A conversation with David Bardan, the general manager of the healthcare business at Clear, shows how the company is bringing its expertise to counter cybersecurity threats in the healthcare industry. The post MedCity Pivot Podcast: Being Clear About Cybersecurity appeared first on MedCity News.
With strategic direction and funding from five health system members, Longitude already has initiatives around specialty pharmacy, population health, and financial experience
This brief examines the legal status of Crisis Pregnancy Centers, attempts to regulate them, and future efforts to expand their footprints as they gain more recognition and funding from local, state, and federal programs.
Hansa Biopharma has encouraging early clinical results showing its drug imlifidase, used as a pretreatment, enabled Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients to receive the gene therapy Elevidys. Sarepta is searching for ways to mitigate excessive immune responses to Elevidys that can lead to serious and potentially fatal liver injury. The post Sarepta’s Future in Gene Therapy…
Amy Frank dijo que pasó 17 horas al teléfono durante casi tres semanas, rebotando entre su aseguradora y el sistema hospitalario local, para asegurarse de que el plan de salud cubriera la atención que su esposo necesitaba después de una cirugía. Muchas de sus llamadas no pasaron de la música en espera. Cuando lograba comunicarse,…
KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed Trump administration cuts to the National Institutes of Health on WNYC’s “The Brian Lehrer Show” on June 3. Click here to hear Rovner on “The Brian Lehrer Show.” KFF Health News Southern correspondent Sam Whitehead discussed Georgia’s abortion laws on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on May…
Fujirebio Diagnostics’ blood test for Alzheimer’s disease offers a less expensive and less invasive alternative compared to medical imaging and tests of cerebrospinal fluid. But competition looms from blood-based tests in development by other diagnostics companies. The post Alzheimer’s Disease Now Has Its First FDA-Cleared Blood Test appeared first on MedCity News.
When a “Make America Healthy Again” summit was held at the posh Waldorf Astoria in Washington, the line of attendees stretched down the block. The daylong, invitation-only event in November featured a who’s who of MAHA luminaries. Vice President JD Vance attended, as did Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the leader…
Larry Humphreys, a retired Federal Emergency Management Agency worker in Moultrie, Georgia, says he and his wife won’t be traveling much next year after their monthly health insurance premium payment increases more than 40%, to $938. Humphreys, 68, feels betrayed by the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. “As federal employees we sacrificed good salaries in…
Like bandaids, AI chatbots can comfort us in times of desperation. But healing a wound takes more than a comforting bandaid. The post Are Therapy-Bots Really Our Best Chance At Solving Population Mental Health? appeared first on MedCity News.