CommonWell: Addition of Labcorp Is Spurring FHIR Adoption
Labcorp’s addition to the network has become a driver for deploying FHIR data exchange at scale for testing among members
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Who are the Direct Care Workers Providing Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS)?
This analysis uses the 2022 American Community Survey to provide an overview of demographic characteristics, wages, and health insurance coverage of direct care workers, which include home health aides, personal care aides, nursing assistants, licensed practical nurses (LPNs), and registered nurses (RNs). his analysis looks both broadly at the direct care workforce as well as…
Can Medical Schools Funnel More Doctors Into the Primary Care Pipeline?
Throughout her childhood, Julia Lo Cascio dreamed of becoming a pediatrician. So, when applying to medical school, she was thrilled to discover a new, small school founded specifically to train primary care doctors: NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine. Now in her final year at the Mineola, New York, school, Lo Cascio remains committed…
ONC and HHS: Health IT Alignment Activities Underway
Under the Health IT Alignment Policy, ASTP and HHS partners have identified billions of dollars that impact health IT across HHS programs and activities; ONC and HHS inform
Women’s Health is Having Its Moment – It’s Time for the System to Catch Up
Too many women have experienced the impacts of living with gynecological conditions while feeling dismissed and struggling to get care. Women deserve better, and as we collectively challenge outdated norms, we are beginning to see improvement. Still, there’s much more work to be done. The post Women’s Health is Having Its Moment – It’s Time for…
RFK Jr: Cleveland Clinic Has Developed an AI Nurse; The Clinic: Uh, Not True (Video)
Responding to a question about rural hospital closures, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. talked about an innovation that he erroneously ascribed to the Cleveland Clinic. The post RFK Jr: Cleveland Clinic Has Developed an AI Nurse; The Clinic: Uh, Not True (Video) appeared first on MedCity News.
Why Pfizer Is Dipping Into DTC Telehealth With PfizerForAll
To address the complicated healthcare landscape in the U.S., Pfizer launched a new direct-to-consumer virtual service called PfizerForAll. It follows Eli Lilly, which launched a similar product in January. The post Why Pfizer Is Dipping Into DTC Telehealth With PfizerForAll appeared first on MedCity News.
These 3 Mindset Shifts Will Help Providers Deliver Consumer-Driven Care, Investor Says
One of the most important things providers can do on the journey toward consumer-driven care is to check their paternalism at the door, said Nworah Ayogu, head of healthcare impact at Thrive Capital. The post These 3 Mindset Shifts Will Help Providers Deliver Consumer-Driven Care, Investor Says appeared first on MedCity News.
What makes a drug “special”?
A recent paper by Kacerek and Mattingly (2025) aims to answer why certain drugs are defined as “specialty” drugs and others are not. They first cite an Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report: The OIG found that there was no standard definition in Medicaid and that Medicaid programs used more than 100 different characteristics to…
Establishing Better Health Care Outcomes through AI
The scaling power of AI can simultaneously remove barriers to access, drive costs down system-wide and elevate the role of the human clinician so they can focus on human touch that their patients need. The post Establishing Better Health Care Outcomes through AI appeared first on MedCity News.