This data note analyzes the list of terminated and active awards the Trump Administration recently sent to Congress highlighting to assess the impact on global health awards.
This data note provides new information about waiting lists from KFF’s most recent survey of state Medicaid home care programs, including a discussion of why waiting lists are an incomplete measure of unmet need and why they are not necessarily comparable across states or over time, despite KFF’s efforts to obtain as consistent data as…
Dr. Timothy Showalter talks about how AI can be a powerful force in recommending treatment for cancer patients. He is Artera’s chief medical officer and the company has built a digital pathology tool for prostate cancer patients. The post MedCity Pivot Podcast: How AI Can Help in Cancer appeared first on MedCity News.
Ashley and Kyle were newlyweds in early 2022 and thrilled to be expecting their first child. But bleeding had plagued Ashley from the beginning of her pregnancy, and in July, at seven weeks, she began miscarrying. The couple’s heartbreak came a few weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federal right to abortion. In…
Kitty Grutzmacher had contended with poor hearing for a decade, but the problem had worsened over the past year. Even with her hearing aids, “there was little or no sound,” she said. “I was avoiding going out in groups. I stopped playing cards, stopped going to Bible study, even going to church.” Her audiologist was…
Todo comenzó con un curso de mecanografía en la escuela secundaria. Wanda Woods se matriculó porque su padre le dijo que dominar la mecanografía le ayudaría a encontrar trabajo. Y así fue, la Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA) federal la contrató como trabajadora extraescolar cuando estaba cursando el onceavo grado. El supervisor “me sentó delante…
The Trump administration has launched investigations into health care organizations in an effort to allow providers to refuse care for transgender patients on religious or moral grounds. One of the most recent actions by the Department of Health and Human Services, launched in mid-June, targets the University of Michigan Health system over a former employee’s…
Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and require full names. Health Care as a Human Right If there is anything to take away from my over half a century of professional experience at the crossroads of law, medicine, and health care…
‘No Longer Based on Facts or Truth’ Sylvia Chou, 51, Maryland Program director, National Cancer Institute Sylvia Chou specializes in communication between patients and their health care providers, and social media’s role in public health. She joined the federal government in 2007 as a fellow and became a civil servant in 2010. She left her…
Teladoc Health announced Wednesday that it is launching two new AI-powered capabilities built into its Solo smart care platform for hospitals and health systems to be used during virtual visits. The post Teladoc Health Adds Contactless Vitals and Ambient AI Scribe to Virtual Visit Platform appeared first on MedCity News.