HHS Expands Newborn Screening to Include Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Metachromatic Leukodystrophy
The additions would help earlier diagnosis and treatment for affected children
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Trump’s Picks for Top Health Jobs Not Just Team of Rivals but ‘Team of Opponents’
Many of President-elect Donald Trump’s candidates for federal health agencies have promoted policies and goals that put them at odds with one another or with Trump’s choice to run the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., setting the stage for internal friction over public health initiatives. The picks hold different views…
Veradigm CEO Transition Underway Amid Optimistic Financial Outlook
Until a new CEO is identified, three principal executives are jointly managing CEO responsibilities at the company
Towards a Tricoder
By MIKE MAGEE On March 9, 1967, the Star Trek classic episode, “The Devil in the Dark” first aired. The Enterprise had received an urgent distress call from miners on the planet Janus VI. They are literally melting after, Horta, a wounded inhabitant has targeted them with liquifying acid rays. A sympathetic Spock hears the…
How A Physician Group Is Using AI to Save Clinicians 3+ Hours Per Day on Documentation
Alpine Physician Partners — which operates primary care organizations in several states — is implementing Ambience Healthcare’s documentation and coding tool after a successful pilot. Before adopting Ambience’s tool, Alpine clinicians spent 4.7 hours on charting per day, but now that time has dropped down to 1.2 hours per day. The post How A Physician…
MedCity Pivot Podcast: Mayo Clinic Florida Redefines Cancer Care
[Sponsored] In this latest episode, Arundhati explores how one Mayo Clinic doctor found purpose in her deeply personal tragedy and how Mayo Clinic Florida then took her idea, executed on it and is attempting to scale it. The post MedCity Pivot Podcast: Mayo Clinic Florida Redefines Cancer Care appeared first on MedCity News.
In Vermont, Where Almost Everyone Has Insurance, Many Can’t Find or Afford Care
RICHMOND, Vt. — On a warm autumn morning, Roger Brown walked through a grove of towering trees whose sap fuels his maple syrup business. He was checking for damage after recent flooding. But these days, his workers’ health worries him more than his trees’. The cost of Slopeside Syrup’s employee health insurance premiums spiked 24%…
Impact of AI on healthcare: billing edition
Joe Paduda of Managed Care Matters discusses rising Workers Comp cost in California: Of particular interest is the growing prevalence of unlisted codes in physical medicine (PM). Last year saw a huge jump in PM services coded as 97799 – “unlisted physical medicine”. Note that jump happened while the use of normal/traditional/common PM codes for…
Titanium Dioxide Effects on Gut Health
Titanium dioxide and its effects on Human gut health Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is an inorganic compound that occurs naturally, and it is very common additive in foods, medicines and grooming products because of its whitening properties. It is also known as titanium (IV) oxide or titania and when used as a pigment, its often-called titanium…
Race-Based Vaccine Myths Spread Amid Measles Outbreaks — The Monitor
This volume discusses the spread of race-based vaccine myths and shifts in health communication from fact-checking to fostering open dialogue. It also explains common misconceptions about heart attack treatment and prevention, a new scientific journal that questions established science, and gaps in research standards for AI chatbots used in healthcare.