Medicare Part D spending on 10 diabetes drugs increased 364% between 2019 and 2023. The post Medicare Part D Spending on 10 Diabetes Drugs Hit $35.8B in 2023 appeared first on MedCity News.
If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” Overcome by worries, Lynette Isbell dialed a mental health hotline in April 2022. She wanted to talk to someone about her midlife troubles: divorce, an empty nest, and the demands…
In a recent interview, Elizabeth Mitchell, president and CEO of the Purchaser Business Group on Health, discussed employers’ challenges in accessing medical data, emphasizing the need for transparency and potential strategies to enhance their fiduciary responsibilities. The post PBGH CEO: Transparency is “Table Stakes” and an “Expectation” appeared first on MedCity News.
One of California’s two programs for training nurse-midwives has stopped admitting students while it revamps its curriculum to offer only doctoral degrees, a move that’s drawn howls of protest from alumni, health policy experts, and faculty who accuse the University of California of putting profits above public health needs. UC-San Francisco’s renowned nursing school will…
In this episode, we’re joined by Julia Lasater, management consulting senior analyst at Accenture, and Amani Bright, senior program manager at Springboard Enterprises. They discuss the key takeaways of their recent women’s health report. The post MedCity FemFwd: Inside Springboard Enterprises and Accenture’s New Women’s Health Report appeared first on MedCity News.
The Trump administration’s sudden firing of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employees gutted training programs across the nation whose participants bolstered the workforce of state and local public health departments that for decades have been starved of resources. The programs are designed to cultivate a new generation of public health leaders, many of whom…
As President Trump begins his second term, the public’s trust in health information from key health agencies has fallen over the past 18 months, continuing a decline that began during the COVID-19 pandemic, finds the new KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust. Just over half (53%) of the public now says they trust…More
Artificial intelligence (AI) holds potential to forecast and predict where hospital leaders should direct limited resources such as clinicians, staff, and beds to improve operational efficiency and drive better patient outcomes. The post How AI Can Help Hospitals Overcome Patient Flow Barriers appeared first on MedCity News.
AI-assisted software development can help teams achieve faster delivery, lower costs, and higher-quality results – all key to meeting patients’ and providers’ digital health expectations. The post The Future of Healthcare Apps Depends on AI-Assisted Development appeared first on MedCity News.
First project launched under the Connected Health Collaborative Community will focus on advancing a sustainable hospital-at-home ecosystem at scale