Digitization has certainly cut down on the paperwork glut in healthcare. But if that’s the extent of technology’s impact on the patient experience, it’s clearly not enough. The post Know Your Patient: How Technology Can Help Health Care Providers Dramatically Improve One Key Aspect of the Patient Experience appeared first on MedCity News.
Last fall, before being named the senior U.S. health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the Trump administration would liberate Americans from the FDA’s “aggressive suppression” of vitamins, dietary supplements, and other substances — ending the federal agency’s “war on public health,” as he put it. In fact, the FDA can’t even require that supplements…
KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani gave an update on how Ohio is using its opioid settlement funds on WOSU Public Media’s “All Sides with Amy Juravich” on April 30. Click here to hear Pattani on “All Sides with Amy Juravich.” Read Pattani’s coverage of opioid settlements in “Payback: Tracking the Opioid Settlement Cash.”…
Dreem Health introduced partnerships with Moona Health, DrLullaby and Daybreak. The partnerships aim to improve care for sleep conditions like insomnia and sleep apnea. The post Dreem Health Launches 3 Partnerships to Address Sleep Disorders appeared first on MedCity News.
In 2013, before the Affordable Care Act helped millions get health insurance, California’s Placer County provided limited health care to some 3,400 uninsured residents who couldn’t afford to see a doctor. For several years, that number has been zero in the predominantly white, largely rural county stretching from Sacramento’s eastern suburbs to the shores of…
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Kura Oncology’s ziftomenib addresses a specific genetic mutation present in about 30% of cases of acute myeloid leukemia. Data from the drug’s pivotal Phase 2 test were presented during the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. The post Kura Oncology Drug’s Data at ASCO Support FDA Filing Now Under Priority Review for…
Program is designed to boost access to interventions such as long-acting injectable antipsychotics and medications for opioid use disorder and alcohol use disorder
The computer systems run by the consulting giant Deloitte that millions of Americans rely on for Medicaid and other government benefits are prone to errors that can take years and hundreds of millions of dollars to update. While states wait for fixes from Deloitte, beneficiaries risk losing access to health care and food. Changes needed…
The National Cancer Institute, the federal research agency charged with leading the war against the nation’s second-largest killer, is studying ivermectin as a potential cancer treatment, according to its top official. “There are enough reports of it, enough interest in it, that we actually did — ivermectin, in particular — did engage in sort of…