Our goal should be to make lymphedema a preventable aspect of cancer survivorship or at a minimum, manageable, rather than a debilitating aftereffect that diminishes patients’ quality of life. The post Revolutionizing Breast Cancer Survivorship Care: Early Detection and Prevention of Lymphedema appeared first on MedCity News.
CVS Health overtook Walgreens as the most popular drugstore retailer, a new report found. However, there is no saying for sure if CVS will keep this lead. The post Who is Winning the Retail Pharmacy Consumer Battle? appeared first on MedCity News.
This brief provides estimates of how $37.5 billion of the $50 billion rural health fund could be distributed across states if all states are approved for funding. Awards from the $37.5 billion could range from an estimated $550 million (in Rhode Island) to just over $1 billion (in Texas) over five years if all states…
Given the increased use — and misuse — of opioid medications, it is imperative that we continue to expand access to drug-free pain treatment options. The post Why Expanding Access to Alternative Drug-free Pain Management May be the Key to Improving Chronic Pain Patient Outcomes appeared first on MedCity News.
September 8-14 is Environmental Services Week, a week where we recognize and celebrate all our EVS professionals. We aim to foster a culture of appreciation for all the hardworking people that support Crothall Healthcare’s operations. This week, however, we are shining a spotlight on our EVS team members at facilities across the nation—their hard work…
Access to care isn’t enough. Healthcare organizations need to build trust in order to reach underserved communities, experts said on a recent panel. The post How Can Healthcare Organizations Earn Trust with Marginalized Communities? appeared first on MedCity News.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s rise to become secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services has some concerned that anti-vaccine policies are coming. If the nation’s top public health agency pulls support of vaccination, other healthcare stakeholders will need to step up to fill the vaccine messaging void. The post How the Health Sector…
The combination of coverage awareness and care navigation powered by agentic AI has the potential to transform how older adults engage with the healthcare system. The post The Age of Action: Seizing CMS’s Call to Reimagine Medicare appeared first on MedCity News.
For those who rely on these treatments, affordable medication access is a matter of health, freedom, and dignity, and their mechanisms and outcomes are non-partisan. The post Financial Security, Lasting Relief: How the Inflation Reduction Act Restores Health to Patients and Hope to Their Doctors appeared first on MedCity News.