As the 2024 presidential election draws near, there are sharp differences in former President Trump’s and Vice President Harris’ records on health coverage and spending, including the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, prescription drugs, and more. At Noon ET on Tuesday, October 1, Larry Levitt, KFF’s executive vice president for health policy, will moderate a 45-minute…More
Check out news from Oral Genome, BeMe Health, Noetik, and Vouched. The post StartUPDATES: New Developments from Healthcare Startups appeared first on MedCity News.
This policy watch summarizes recent proposed actions by states related to state-funded health coverage for immigrants and trends in other legislation enacted during the 2025 session that have implications for immigrants.
Even by rural hospital standards, Keokuk County Hospital and Clinics in southeastern Iowa is small. The 14-bed hospital, in Sigourney, doesn’t do surgeries or deliver babies. The small 24-hour emergency room is overseen by two full-time doctors. CEO Matt Ives wants to hire a third doctor, but he said finding physicians for a rural area…
The Alzheimer’s disease drugs that have reached the market in the past two years are antibodies designed to break up amyloid plaques. Vigil Neuroscience brings to Sanofi a different approach: an oral small molecule designed to activate microglia, immune cells that play a key role in brain health. The post Sanofi’s Neuro Pipeline Expands to…
Dashboard was developed by the VA in 2016 to highlight and optimize the treatment of patients with direct oral anticoagulants
The answer to this question, of course, depends on your specific research question. However, it is helpful to review what has been done in previous literature. A paper by Vasileiou et al. (2018) conducted a systematic literature review of all published studies using a single-interview-per-participant designs within three health-related journals: British Medical Journal (BMJ), British…
Like any other tool, understanding the right problem to apply it to is the difference between success and failure. Addressing a problem is never just about technology; it’s always about people, processes, and technology. The post The AI Advantage: Reimagining the Future of Drug Development 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…
In this episode, we’re joined by Dr. Tiffany Inglis, national medical director for women and children’s health at Carelon Health, a subsidiary of Elevance Health. Inglis discusses a paper Elevance Health Public Policy Institute recently published about doulas. The post MedCity FemFwd: How Doulas Can Improve Maternal Health Outcomes appeared first on MedCity News.