Valentino Valdez was given his birth certificate, his Social Security card, a T-shirt, and khaki pants when he was released from a Texas prison in 2019 at age 21. But he didn’t have health insurance, mental health medications, or access to a doctor, he said. Three years later, he landed in an inpatient hospital after…
“I will maintain that there is no comparably important question in economics, because this is the question of human progress. This is the question of human wellbeing over millennia. Everything else about resource allocation, about policy, about macro…everything else is a footnote to this larger question of how new things come into being and how…
The accident happened in Pittsburgh on Nov. 16. Joseph Masterson, a lawyer who was just days from retiring at age 63, suffered cardiac arrest while driving, plowed into a guardrail, and lost consciousness. Other drivers stopped, broke the car window, and pulled him to safety. A passing volunteer firefighter performed CPR until an ambulance arrived…
Groundbreaking new therapies have exciting potential to treat and cure diseases while minimizing burden on patients; however, they create major clinical, operational and financial implications that must be planned for years in advance. The post Four Ways Health Systems Should Plan for the Next Wave of Breakthrough Therapies appeared first on MedCity News.
Taking a page from the private insurance industry’s playbook, the Trump administration will launch a program next year to find out how much money an artificial intelligence algorithm could save the federal government by denying care to Medicare patients. The pilot program, designed to weed out wasteful, “low-value” services, amounts to a federal expansion of…
María Sánchez emigró al área de Chicago desde México hace unos 30 años. Ahora, a sus 87, sigue viviendo en Estados Unidos sin papeles. Como muchos inmigrantes de larga data, ha trabajado —y pagado impuestos, incluyendo para Medicare— durante todo ese tiempo. Pero Sánchez nunca tuvo seguro médico, y cuando cumplió 65, no pudo inscribirse…
In response to emailed questions, the founders of MucoLife Therapeutics shared their company’s approach, which is designed to help people with COPD, cystic fibrosis, asthma, and pulmonary fibrosis. The post A Biotech Startup’s Quest to Relieve Pulmonary Mucus Obstruction for Respiratory Care appeared first on MedCity News.
GE HealthCare made a slew of announcements at RSNA 2024, including an acquisition, new machines for mammography and SPECT/CT imaging, and new AI features to help improve radiologist workflows. The post 4 Announcements GE HealthCare Made at RSNA 2024 appeared first on MedCity News.
This brief offers a close examination of women’s experiences with contraception, insurance coverage, contraceptive preferences, and interactions with the health care system. We also explore the influence and reach of contraceptive information on social media.
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