At HLTH 2024, I had dozens of conversations with providers, investors and digital health startup executives. Here are seven refreshingly honest takes I heard from them. The post 7 Hot Takes I Heard at HLTH appeared first on MedCity News.
What do the KGB and the former CEO of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital have in common? Eugene Litvak. The Soviet intelligence agency and the children’s hospital have each separately looked to the Ukrainian émigré with a PhD in mathematics for help. He turned down the KGB, but Litvak saved Cincinnati Children’s Hospital more than $100 million…
About a third of small businesses discontinue their health insurance coverage from one year to the next, new research from JPMorganChase Institute shows. The post JPMorgan: How Small and Mid-Sized Businesses Make Healthcare Decisions appeared first on MedCity News.
En una sofocante tarde de julio de 2020, Belinda Ramones recibió una llamada informándole que su hermano estaba en el hospital. La llamada fue de una mujer de la empresa de jardinería en Florida en donde había comenzado a trabajar esa semana, la empresa Davey Tree Expert Co. Cuando llegó, “mi hermano estaba hinchado de…
Suki’s $70 million Series D financing round was led by Hedosophia and included participation from Venrock, March Capital, Flare Capital, Breyer Capital and inHealth Ventures. The post Suki Secures $70M To Expand AI Offerings appeared first on MedCity News.
The Host Emmarie Huetteman KFF Health News Emmarie Huetteman, senior editor, oversees a team of Washington reporters, as well as “Bill of the Month” and KFF Health News’ “What the Health?” She previously spent more than a decade reporting on the federal government, most recently covering surprise medical bills, drug pricing reform, and other health policy debates…
Recommendations include real-time data sharing to give VA greater awareness of potential problems in system operations and prioritizing major performance incident response in a clear and consistent manner
With Medicare’s annual open enrollment period underway, a new KFF analysis finds that Medicare Advantage enrollees, on average, had access to just under half (48%) of the physicians in their area who were available to people enrolled in traditional Medicare. The finding illustrates a key tradeoff for beneficiaries in choosing Medicare Advantage.
The challenge isn’t whether AI can be used (it already is). It’s whether it can be trusted. And trust in medicine is not something healthcare professionals can afford to get wrong. The post Trust and AI Adoption in Medicine appeared first on MedCity News.
GuardDog Telehealth admitted it misrepresented its services to access patients’ health information, marking the first major concession in Epic’s lawsuit against Health Gorilla and other defendants accused of exploiting interoperability networks. The broader case is still ongoing. The post Why The Epic-Health Gorilla Case Just Got Juicier appeared first on MedCity News.