Fortina Hernández is called “the one who knows it all.” For more than two decades, the community health worker has supported hundreds of families throughout southeast Los Angeles by helping them sign up for food assistance, sharing information about affordable health coverage, and managing medications for their chronic illnesses. She’s guided by the expression “an…
For healthcare leaders, actionable SDOH insights are key to advancing equity and improving patient outcomes. By investing in comprehensive engagement strategies and leveraging technology, the healthcare industry can build trust, address barriers to care, and ensure that no patient falls through the cracks. The post Putting SDOH Data to Work for Systems and Patients appeared…
If you get sick in America, there’s a good chance you’ll end up in debt. Four in 10 U.S. adults have some form of health-care debt, KFF has found. One surprising risk: living in a community where hospitals have consolidated — an increasingly common development as health systems merge or large systems gobble up smaller hospitals. That’s…
To scale clinical AI, vendors must design tools that feel natural and personalized to each doctor — otherwise, clinicians won’t use them, said Heidi Health CEO Tom Kelly. In the crowded AI scribe market, he believes that clinician adoption rates, not flashy integration or deployment speeds, are the true measure of success. The post How…
How do you write a good grant proposal? How do you write a good proposal for any type of project? Jim Olds– the former head of NSF’s Biological Sciences Directorate –provides some fantastic advice in his post “What Grant Reviewers Actually Look For (and What They Ignore)“. He distills what grant reviewers want into 5…
Omeros’s complement system drug Yartemlea is now FDA approved for treating a severe and potentially fatal complication of hematopoietic stem cell transplants. Our recap of other regulatory actions includes drug approvals in cancer, rare disease, and metabolic disorders. The post Fatal Complication of Stem Cell Transplants Gets Its First FDA-Approved Therapy appeared first on MedCity…
An Arm and a Leg host Dan Weissmann breaks down how two states passed laws aimed at protecting people from things like medical debt, insurance delays and denials, and corporate profiteering. In Maine, lawmakers unanimously voted to remove medical debts from credit reports. While a nationwide court ruling has cast doubt on the new law’s…
The NFL’s secret weapon for injury prevention is data interoperability, according to Allen Sills, the league’s chief medical officer. The post What Healthcare Can Learn from the NFL appeared first on MedCity News.
The current system is failing vulnerable patients – those it was designed to help. While well-intentioned, the savings these programs promise rarely trickle down to patients. The post The Dysfunctional Drug Discount System’s Serious Implications on Patient Health appeared first on MedCity News.
Headspace recently introduced Ebb, an empathetic AI companion. It helps users reflect and sort through their emotions, and provides recommendations for mental health content. The post Headspace Introduces AI Companion To Support Patients Through ‘Ebbs and Flows’ of Life appeared first on MedCity News.