Belgian sleep diagnostics company Sunrise announced the acquisition of Dreem Health, a California-based sleep clinic. This has allowed Sunrise to provide its telehealth-based sleep care in California, Iowa, Maryland and Washington, with plans to be available nationwide next year. The post Belgian Sleep Medicine Company Begins Providing Care In The US Through New Acquisition appeared…
Explore an overview of the Mexico City Policy, which, when last in effect, required foreign NGOs to certify that they would not “perform or actively promote abortion as a method of family planning” using funds from any source (including non-U.S. funds) as a condition for receiving most U.S. government global health assistance.
New tools can predict deadly reactions to common cancer drugs, but adoption lags despite evidence. The post Genetic Screening In Cancer Care: Optimizing Drug Safety And Efficacy Using Personalized Medicine appeared first on MedCity News.
Treating serious mental illness is not just a good thing to do for altruistic reasons. It also can improve health outcomes and reduce cost for those with comorbid physical conditions as well. Vincent Joralemon writes in Health Affairs Forefront regarding this issue. The article quotes Sherry Rais, CEO of Enthea: Ten percent of patients drive…
Nearly two-thirds of adults oppose President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” approved in May by the House of Representatives, according to a KFF poll released Tuesday. And even Trump’s most ardent supporters like the legislation a lot less when they learn how it would cut federal spending on health programs, the poll shows. The…
We can and must do better to make sure our smart new tools actually do see the individual – by making them as transparent, unbiased, and compassionate as the caregivers we would want for our own families. The post AI Decides Who Gets Care: Algorithmic Bias in Post-Acute Care Decisions appeared first on MedCity News.
Color Health is partnering with insurer Evry Health to offer its virtual cancer clinic to employer health plan members. The post Color Health Partners With Evry Health to Expand Access to Virtual Cancer Care appeared first on MedCity News.
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt. The Nobel Prize committee said that the award was merited “for having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress” The Nobel Prize committee summarizes their key contributions as follows: Over the last two centuries, for the first time in history, the world has seen sustained economic…
By VINCE KURAITIS, GIRISH MURALIDHARAN & JODY RANCK This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Platforming Healthcare — The Long View. This essay is the next in the series entitled “Platforming Healthcare — the Long View”. The series presents a 30-Year Framework for Platforming Healthcare. An updated v2.0 of a graphic depicting…
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