OIG Report Highlights Critical Staffing Gaps at VHA Medical Facilities
The OIG has released a review of the VHA’s staffing shortages for 2025
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League Connect Digital Summit on May 7
I’m thrilled to be working with League and I’ll be MC-ing health care’s must-attend virtual CX event, League Connect Digital Summit on May 7. An immersive day of inspiration, insights, and incredible speakers is headlined by Moneyball & Big Short Best-Selling Author, Michael Lewis and @HighmarkHealth CEO, @DavidHolmberg, as well as many more. More than…
Pre-Surgical Complications (Part 6) — The Decision
By MATTHEW HOLT Strap in for the tale of why your hero is spending most of his life down YouTube rabbit holes of cardiology videos while blundering his way around many many medical centers and exposing many problems with American health care even before he gets close to the operating table. Yes it’s Matthew Holt’s…
‘I Am Going Through Hell’: Job Loss, Mental Health, and the Fate of Federal Workers
The National Institutes of Health employee said she knew things would be difficult for federal workers after Donald Trump was elected. But she never imagined it would be like this. Focused on Alzheimer’s and other dementia research, the worker is among thousands who abruptly lost their jobs in the Trump administration’s federal workforce purge. The…
States Push Medicaid Work Rules, but Few Programs Help Enrollees Find Jobs
For many years, Eric Wunderlin’s health issues made it hard to find stable employment. Struggling to manage depression and diabetes, Wunderlin worked part-time, minimum-wage retail jobs around Dayton, Ohio, making so little he said he sometimes had to choose between paying rent and buying food. But in 2018, his CareSource Medicaid health plan offered him…
SEC Charges Ipsen Worker for Insider Trading Tied to $247M Epizyme Acquisition
Securities regulators say the role of Ipsen employee Dishant Gupta made him privy to details of the Epizyme acquisition. Gupta allegedly accumulated Epizyme shares while the deal was negotiated, then sold all of them hours after the transaction was announced. The post SEC Charges Ipsen Worker for Insider Trading Tied to $247M Epizyme Acquisition appeared…
Do orphan drugs deliver more survival gains per patient than non-orphan drugs?
Conventional wisdom holds that orphan drugs treat rare (by definition) and more severe diseases. Because they treat diseases with significant unmet needs, their health benefits per person are large. But are they really? Does conventional wisdom align with the evidence? To answer the question myself and colleagues at FTI Consulting, including co-author Marie Steele-Adjognon, conducted…
5 of the Top 10 U.S. Health Systems Are Moving to This New Health IT Category. Here’s Why.
[Sponsored] 74% of healthcare AI is stuck in pilots. The reason isn’t the AI, it’s the data architecture underneath it. Read more to find the solution. The post 5 of the Top 10 U.S. Health Systems Are Moving to This New Health IT Category. Here’s Why. appeared first on MedCity News.
Why Providers Are Stalling When It Comes to Scaling AI
Without a clear picture of which solutions are working and which ones aren’t, it’s difficult for providers to scale AI across their enterprise. As hospitals transition their AI efforts from experimentation mode to the widespread adoption phase, experts agree that more rigorous, real-world evidence is needed. The post Why Providers Are Stalling When It Comes…
How Lifepoint Health Is Addressing Incidental Findings at Enterprise Scale
Using Eon’s AI platform. Lifepoint says it has identified more than 100,000 high-risk abnormalities and delivered a 36% improvement in early-stage cancer diagnoses