In the early days of the West Texas measles outbreak, Thang Nguyen eyed the rising number of cases and worried. His 4-year-old son was at risk because he had received only the first of the vaccine’s two doses. So, in mid-March, he took his family to a primary care clinic at the University of Texas…
That is according to the 2024 national health expenditure data published in Health Affairs last week (Hartman et al. 2026). Here is the abstract: Health care spending in the US reached $5.3 trillion and increased 7.2 percent in 2024, similar to growth of 7.4 percent in 2023, as increased demand for health care influenced this two-year trend. As…
AI continues to dominate digital health funding, but investors and health systems are demanding proof that these tools actually save money — and quickly. AI startups without clear, measurable ROI are finding it harder to stand out, explained Vig Chandramouli, partner at Oak HC/FT. The post Why ‘Time-to-Value’ Is the #1 Metric Healthcare AI Customers…
With the expiration of ACA subsidies and a decline in enrollment, lawmakers face uncertainty
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals has licensed rights to an Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals small-interfering RNA therapy designed to address a particular genetic mutation associated with the fatty liver disease MASH. It’s Madrigal’s fourth business development deal of the past year and the company’s second one involving siRNA therapies. The post Madrigal Pharma Adds Another Genetic Medicine to Its Drug…
While enrollment in Medicare Advantage, the private plan alternative to traditional Medicare, has grown steadily over the past decade, traditional Medicare remains the most common source of coverage for people who live in rural areas.
Boehringer Ingelheim receives rights to oral small molecules from Sitryx with potential applications in multiple autoimmune disorders. Depending on the progress of Boehringer’s research, Sitryx could receive more than $500 million. The post Boehringer Boosts Pipeline, Adding Oral Small Molecules With Broad Immunology & Inflammation Potential appeared first on MedCity News.
Besides the impact to physician satisfaction, the cost of this administrative burden is staggering: Organizations spend $82.7 billion annually on documentation, coding, and other administrative tasks, straining both budgets and staff. The post Tackling Burnout: How AI Lifts the Coding Burden on Physicians appeared first on MedCity News.
Chronic wounds demand clinicians willing to act outside of their defined role, not because the system incentivizes it, but because without it, the wound will not heal. The post The Silent Epidemic: Why Diabetic Foot Ulcers Have Been Overlooked for Three Decades appeared first on MedCity News.
Imaging has become a core input into how health systems understand disease, evaluate outcomes, plan capacity, and increasingly, how they learn. The post Imaging Data Liquidity: The Foundation of Multimodal Medical Intelligence appeared first on MedCity News.