BOLIGEE, Ala. — Green lights flickered on the wireless router in Barbara Williams’ kitchen. Just one bar lit up — a weak signal connecting her to the world beyond her home in the Alabama Black Belt. Next to the router sat medications, vitamin D pills, and Williams’ blood glucose monitor kit. “I haven’t used that…
This brief provides five key facts on Medicaid and immigrants as context for understanding the potential impacts of policy changes under the Trump administration.
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Health systems preparing for an M&A, or even those not immediately considering one, must prioritize a robust workforce data strategy. This approach is essential for navigating today’s increasingly frequent healthcare consolidations. The post Prioritize Provider Data for Seamless M&A Success appeared first on MedCity News.
Click Therapeutics’ migraine mobile app may now be used alongside standard drug therapies as a way to prevent episodic migraine in adults. In clinical trials, daily use of the app led to a statistically significant reduction in monthly migraine days. The post Software-as-Treatment Startup Click Therapeutics Gets FDA Authorization for Migraine Mobile App appeared first…
The company paid about $40 million for the clinical decision support software in June and executives say it can deliver clients a 10-to-1 return on their investment.
Durante la pandemia, los recursos federales se orientaron a reforzar los presupuestos de los estados para que pudieran responder a la emergencia por covid-19. Sin embargo, ya desde entonces, las autoridades de salud pública advirtieron que se avecinaba un inminente ciclo de auge y debacle en el financiamiento. Anticiparon que la crisis se presentaría cuando…
The assisted living facility in Edina, Minnesota, where Jean Peters and her siblings moved their mother in 2011, looked lovely. “But then you start uncovering things,” Peters said. Her mother, Jackie Hourigan, widowed and developing memory problems at 82, too often was still in bed when her children came to see her midmorning. “She wasn’t…
A combined bottom-up facility-level approach to integrated data and a top-down national-level effort for connected networks is needed to eliminate data silos and deliver frictionless care. The post Connecting Siloed Data Facilitates Interoperability and Helps Maintain Care Continuity Across the Behavioral Health Patient Journey appeared first on MedCity News.