Should health technology assessment (HTA) processes consider using distributional cost effectiveness analysis (DCEA) to incorporate technology impacts on inequality? Some say ‘yes’ and some say ‘no’. Let’s take a look at both sides. No In a Letter to the Editor in Value in Health, Sreeram Ramagopalan noted that NICE currently has a number of concerns…
When was the last time you asked a patient to contribute to trial design? Have you ever asked a patient to contribute to a protocol? Patient-centricity benefits the entire healthcare ecosystem. The post When Patients Win, Everyone Wins appeared first on MedCity News.
New strategies using predictive analytics are emerging to improve post-acute home healthcare
Cigna Healthcare ranks highest among commercial health plans when it comes to digital experience, while UPMC Health Plan ranks highest among Medicare Advantage plans, according to J.D. Power. The post Which Health Plans Take the Lead in Member Digital Experience? appeared first on MedCity News.
By automating repetitive tasks, improving accuracy, and enabling data-driven decisions, LLMs promise to optimize processes, reduce costs, and free healthcare systems to focus on strategic goals. The post How Large Language Models (LLMs) Will Revolutionize Healthcare Administration appeared first on MedCity News.
Community oncology practice believes responding to patient symptoms earlier will keep patients out of the ER or hospital
Called coordn8, solution automates the intake and filing of faxed documents into the EHR and allows patients to digitally give consent
Here are nine notable announcements shared at the HLTH conference held this week in Las Vegas. The post 9 HLTH Announcements You Don’t Want to Miss appeared first on MedCity News.
Medication-delivering drones. Telehealth at libraries. Church-hosted wellness events. These are a few ideas proposed by states in their bids to win a portion of the new $50 billion federal Rural Health Transformation Program. Congress approved the five-year spending plan in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the same law that codified nearly $1 trillion in…
“What If” I was seen, heard, and treated like a partner? Regarded as the greatest English novelist during the Victorian Era, Charles Dickens once said, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness.” Those words never rang truer than…