Here’s how finance leaders can evaluate AI investments in revenue cycle management before committing budget, and the risk exposure most vendor pitches leave out. The post Before You Sign That AI Contract: 7 Questions Every Healthcare CFO Should Ask appeared first on MedCity News.
PEPFAR, the U.S. global HIV/AIDS program, is – for the first time in its two-decade history – facing significant challenges that could impede its ability to fulfill its mission. This policy brief provides an overview of recent events and ongoing challenges facing the program.
We kick off our first season of the MedCity Pivot Podcast by discussing ways healthcare organizations can protect themselves from being targets of a cybersecurity attack. A new IEEE Standard can help. The post MedCity Pivot Podcast: Embedding a New Data Safety Standard in Healthcare appeared first on MedCity News.
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Voters in three states — Arizona, Missouri, and Nevada — chose on Tuesday to advance protections for abortion rights in their state constitutions. Donald Trump, meanwhile, is likely to win all three states in his victorious bid for the White House. It’s a conundrum for Democrats, who expected ballot initiatives on abortion rights in those…
A few days after a harrowing cosmetic surgery procedure, Erin Schaeffer said, she woke up with fluid leaking from an open wound in her stomach. Schaeffer went on to spend a week in a Florida hospital battling a severe infection after a type of tummy tuck and liposuction at the Jacksonville branch of Sono Bello,…
Verastem Oncology developed its drug combination for low-grade serous ovarian cancer (LGSOC) driven by KRAS mutations. As the first treatment specifically approved for this rare cancer, clinicians expect it will become the new standard of care. The post Accelerated FDA Approval Makes Verastem Drug the First Therapy for Rare Type of Ovarian Cancer appeared first…
Crystalys’s dotinurad is currently in pivotal testing for gout, a prevalent inflammatory disorder with few treatment options. The drug has the same mechanism of action as molecule that Sobi added to its pipeline through a $950 million acquisition. The post Crystalys Therapeutics Tacks On $130M for Pivotal Tests of Gout Drug appeared first on MedCity…
About a third (32%) of adults nationally say they have turned to artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots in the past year for health information, a new KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust finds. Most who turned to AI for health information say they were in search of quick and immediate advice, though challenges affording…
Monica Vajani, Executive Director for mHUB’s MedTech Accelerator, discusses how mHUB is helping innovators transition healthcare towards value-based care. The post The Promise of Value-Based Care and MedTech Innovation appeared first on MedCity News.