This year, venture capitalists in the digital health landscape have many more quality investment opportunities than they did in the past couple years, according to Oak HC/FT Partner Billy Deitch. He noted that many startups have been preserving the capital over the past two years with the plan to raise funds in 2025. The post…
Ten ACOs and value-based care partners are advocating for the CMS Innovation Center to continue the model beyond its current expiration date in 2026
This analysis details the number of people who would become uninsured from policy changes in the ACA Marketplace and Medicaid. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that, taken together, these changes will result in at least 13.7 million more uninsured people in the year 2034 than would otherwise be the case.
Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir-ritonavir) is effective at preventing hospitalization and death from COVID-19, but few people use it. A paper by SteelFisher et al. (2024) surveyed 1,430 American adults to find out why. Their survey revealed patients had a lack of awareness of the treatment as well as misinformation about the treatment (among those who were aware…
Hospitals’ costs are climbing steadily — driven by chronic underpayments from payers, growing administrative requirements and increasing labor costs, according to a new report from the American Hospital Association. The post Hospitals’ Costs Are Soaring: 3 Stats to Know appeared first on MedCity News.
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.
In this episode, we’re joined by Dr. Audrey Jiricko, senior medical director of women’s health at Intermountain Health. She discusses how the organization is screening women for intimate partner violence. The post MedCity FemFwd: The Link Between Intimate Partner Violence and Health appeared first on MedCity News.
Providing affordable point-of-care diagnostic tools can be instrumental in quickly and efficiently assessing the well-being of all people, especially pregnant mothers. This can empower healthcare providers to be better diagnosticians and improve overall patient care, particularly for those at risk. The post Navigating Diagnostic Deserts: How Portable Ultrasound is Improving Maternal Healthcare in Africa appeared…
By KIM BELLARD I’d love to be writing about something fun. Something that makes us think about things in a new way, or something exciting that will take us into the future. There are lots of such things happening, but there’s too many Orwellian actions happening that I can’t be silent about. Diversity, we’re told,…
By MIKE MAGEE This past month Bishop Mariann E. Budde drew the Episcopal Church into the national spotlight through a single act of courage. She is not the first, nor likely the last from this denomination to do so. There is a history. More on that in a moment. The Episcopal church is an offshoot of the…