Even the most promising medical advancements struggle to take off in real-world settings without clinician buy-in. Here are some key factors that affect clinician adoption and ways healthtech companies can better position their innovations for success. The post Clinician Adoption: How HealthTech Can Overcome Key Barriers appeared first on MedCity News.
While the FDA is streamlining regulation of copycat versions of the expensive drugs that millions take for arthritis, cancer, and other diseases, the U.S. patent office is making it harder for the cheaper medicines to get on the market, industry officials say. These officials were thrilled Oct. 29 when FDA Commissioner Marty Makary announced the…
Healthcare organizations urged HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to protect the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, warning that disruptions could threaten access to preventive care for millions of Americans. The post 60 Cancer Patient and Provider Orgs Call on RFK Jr. to Protect USPSTF appeared first on MedCity News.
The weight loss market is at yet another inflection point. The euphoria of the past three years is now confronting the realities of how obesity medications will scale to address an epidemic that impacts over 1 billion people globally. The post The Weight Loss Market in 2026: 3 Questions That Will Shape the Next Decade…
Hemab Therapeutics and Seaport Therapeutics are the newest biotech companies to join the public markets, each with an upsized IPO. According to IPO research firm Renaissance Capital, April was the biggest month for biotech IPO proceeds in more than five years. The post Four Biotech IPOs Raise $1.5B in April, the Biggest Month in Five…
This is not an argument against capital in independent medicine. Practices need infrastructure, and physicians have legitimate reasons to seek liquidity. It is an argument that the exit stage carries a risk this market has not yet priced. The post What Happens to Independent Medicine When Private Equity Shows Up With a Checkbook appeared first…
Creation of HEALTHeLINK’s advance care planning solution was funded through ONCs Leading Edge Acceleration Projects in Health Information Technology program
KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed how mental health therapists are finding it difficult to work with insurance companies on WOSU Public Media’s “All Sides with Amy Juravich” on March 27. Click here to hear Pattani on “All Sides with Amy Juravich” KFF Health News national public health correspondent Amy Maxmen discussed the effects of…
As healthcare leaders look for the low-hanging fruit for AI and automation investments in the revenue cycle, there are three things that should be considered to achieve maximum impact on labor effectiveness. The post Revenue Cycle Automation: 3 Considerations For Optimal ROI appeared first on MedCity News.
In 1982, then-Surgeon General C. Everett Koop warned that video games might be hazardous to young people’s health, a statement he later walked back, acknowledging it had no basis in science. These days, state and federal policymakers are sounding alarms about the need to protect children from the harmful effects of social media platforms such…