Serenity Cole pasó las fiestas del pasado diciembre descansando con su familia cerca de su casa en St. Louis, haciendo manualidades y visitando amigos. Fue muy diferente a la temporada navideña de 2024, cuando estuvo hospitalizada, algo frecuente debido a la anemia falciforme, una enfermedad genética que daña los glóbulos rojos encargados de transportar oxígeno,…
[Sponsored] In an interview, UberDoc CEO Sean Kearney described how it is carving a niche for healthcare that better serves patients and physicians. The post Moving Beyond an Insurance-Based Framework for Healthcare appeared first on MedCity News.
Maddy Olcott plans to start a career once she graduates from college. But the junior at the State University of New York-Purchase College is so far not planning to start a family — even with the Trump administration dangling inducements like thousand-dollar “baby bonuses” or cheaper infertility drugs. “Our country wants us to be birthing…
For healthcare facilities, AI-driven soft skill training is gaining traction in light of critical staffing shortages and the need for more emotionally intelligent personnel. The post AI Can Improve Bedside Manner, Training Healthcare’s Human Skills appeared first on MedCity News.
By JACOB REIDER & JODI DANIEL Jacob: I recently needed to sign a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) with one of the large hosting providers for a new health IT project. What should have been straightforward turned into a multi-week educational exercise about basic HIPAA compliance. And when I say “basic,” I mean really basic, like…
Using data from the KFF Medicaid Enrollment and Unwinding Tracker, this analysis reports data on unwinding renewal outcomes through June 2024 and examines Medicaid enrollment changes from February 2020 through May 2024, the most recent federal enrollment data available, nationally and across states.
Ideas floated by the Trump Administration and Democrats in Congress aim to expand access to fertility treatment as an essential health benefit. But an influx of patients could collide with an already-brittle system of 430,000 annual cycles, 5,000 embryologists, and long-overdue lab upgrades. The post IVF Coverage Proposals Could Squeeze U.S. Fertility Clinics Without Improving…
By leveraging select pharmacogenomic tools, physicians can minimize off-target effects of medications for their rare disease patients and support improved health outcomes while minimizing unintended consequences from adverse drug reactions or dosages. The post Pharmacogenomics Can Ease Burden On Doctors Treating Patients With Rare Diseases appeared first on MedCity News.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ Jounavx is now FDA approved, providing patients a non-opioid option for treating acute pain. The twice-daily pill is the first in a new class of medicines that block a key pathway in the peripheral nervous system. The post Vertex Pharma’s Opioid Alternative Wins FDA Approval, First in a New Class of Pain Meds…