As public trust in the U.S. healthcare system declines, Intermountain Health CEO Rob Allen thinks that nonprofit hospitals can do a better job showcasing how they reinvest in their communities. He pointed to Intermountain’s work in areas like affordable housing, food access and charity care as examples of nonprofit providers’ often-overlooked value. The post Intermountain…
Advances in flow cytometry could enable researchers to uncover valuable insights about food allergies without allergen exposure. The post Attacking Food Allergies: How Technology can Ease the Path to New Treatments Without the Pain appeared first on MedCity News.
The Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Healthcare leaders hope he addresses issues relating to health coverage, drug costs and more. The post Which Issues Do Healthcare Leaders Want RFK Jr. to Address? appeared first on MedCity News.
Healthcare AI in the U.S. has progressed to a point where traditional, HIPAA-style compliance alone is no longer adequate. The next phase of regulation and market expectation will require continuous, medical-grade AI governance, and companies that don’t adapt now will be left behind. The post HIPAA Was Built for an Analog Era, Healthcare AI Has…
From September 15 to October 15, we are joining the nation in celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, a month which honors the diverse cultures of Americans whose ancestors represent countries in Central and South America, the islands of the Caribbean, Mexico, and Spain. During this time, Crothall Healthcare wants to shine a spotlight on our Hispanic…
WHITESBURG, Ky. — Drugs and the consequences of addiction are woven into the fabric of Jamie Madden’s life. Her earliest memory is of standing on the passenger seat of her dad’s car as a toddler, wearing a peach-colored blouse, while he drove from their Kentucky home to Florida to pick up drugs. On a stop…
HealthTap and Samsung Health have partnered to offer virtual primary and urgent care within the Samsung Health app. The post Samsung Health, HealthTap Launch Virtual Primary Care Partnership appeared first on MedCity News.
Proposals from some Republicans in Congress would effectively repeal some or all of the ACA premium tax credits and replace them with contributions to Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) or something similar. Senator Rick Scott proposes “Trump Health Freedom Accounts” and Senator Bill Cassidy proposes HSA contributions available only for people who enroll in bronze level…
Last month, Planned Parenthood Great Plains opened its newest clinic in Pittsburg, Kan., a city of about 21,000 people mere minutes from the borders of both Missouri and Oklahoma. It’s the second new clinic the regional affiliate has opened in Kansas in a little over two years, to accommodate the growing number of patients coming…
Enough time had passed since the patient’s previous colonoscopy that she met the criteria to undergo another, said Steven Itzkowitz, a gastroenterologist at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. She was in “reasonably good health,” and the risks of the procedure — bleeding, reaction to anesthesia, perforation of her colon…