Sarepta Therapeutics knew about the death of a patient treated with its experimental gene therapy for a type of limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, but said nothing public for a month. Financial analysts lambasted Sarepta executives for failing to disclose the fatality when the company announced a restructuring that includes stopping work on this limb-girdle program. The…
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Steps that healthcare providers can take – internally and with the help of external partners – to boost both their security capabilities and the confidence of their clinicians in those capabilities The post Imaging Practices Can Restore Their Clinicians’ Cybersecurity Confidence With These Four Steps appeared first on MedCity News.
Republicans insist that President Donald Trump’s cuts to Medicaid were aimed at reducing fraud and getting more of its adult beneficiaries into jobs. But the side effects may include less care for sick kids. Some children’s hospitals collectively stand to lose billions of dollars in revenue once Trump’s wide-ranging tax and spending law, which Republicans…
Every time Ashton Alexander sees an ad for Georgia Pathways to Coverage, it feels like a “kick in the face.” Alexander tried signing up for Pathways, the state’s limited Medicaid expansion, multiple times and got denied each time, he said, even though he met the qualifying terms because he’s a full-time student. Georgia is one…
The Trump administration has cancelled $766 million in contracts to develop mRNA vaccines against potential pandemic flu viruses. In addition, since President Donald Trump took office, at least half of the security council’s staff have been laid off or left. This is dangerous say former health security officials. The post In Axing mRNA Contract, Trump…
By DANIEL STONE As a doctor, I consider Secretary Xavier Becerra and his Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to be allies of practitioners like me. The behemoth federal agency administers Medicare and Medicaid, the Food and Drug Administration, and an army of public health workers. The Surgeon General, symbolic leader of the nation’s…
A delayed diagnosis can cause a progression in severity (from mild to moderate to severe), increased suffering for the entire family, as well as enhance the risk of long-term neurological damage and the time it takes for them to heal. The post The Hidden Autoimmune Disorder Affecting Our Kids: Understanding PANS and PANDAS appeared first…
Many great ideas fail because of a fundamental misunderstanding or underestimation of the unique barriers entrenched within healthcare. Here are some key considerations that innovators from non-healthcare backgrounds need to be prepared for. The post The Long Road to Adoption: What Founders Need to Know Before Breaking into Health Tech appeared first on MedCity News.
[Sponsored] For non small cell lung cancer patients, a zip code can mean the difference between diagnosis time and treatment options. The post SDOH in Oncology: Mapping Out How Zip Code Can Affect Care Is a Critical Step to Improving Outcomes appeared first on MedCity News.