If you want a covid-19 shot this fall, will your employer’s health insurance plan pay for it? There’s no clear answer. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime anti-vaccine activist, has upended the way covid vaccines are approved and for whom they’re recommended, creating uncertainty where coverage was routine. Agencies within…
[Sponsored] A one-size fits most approach to clinical trial recruitment is no longer effective. A webinar discussion emphasized the need for patient-level data to shape each phase of a drug’s lifecycle, from clinical development to market access. The post How Can RWD Transform the Patient Journey? appeared first on MedCity News.
Nearly all CIOs and other healthcare technology leaders at provider organizations believe that effectively leveraging AI gives them a competitive edge, according to new research. However, the report also found that some organizations still struggle with barriers to adoption, such as the lack of the right talent and concerns about ethics, privacy and security. The…
The cruel irony is that incredibly effective treatments already exist. Many people, however, cannot access them due to barriers to care The post A Massive Wave of Eye Disease is Coming, and Healthcare is Unprepared appeared first on MedCity News.
As it deepens its push into healthcare, LG is developing more tools and workstations aimed at supporting clinical workflows. National sales leader Jim Salamon said the company’s innovations are designed around clinician needs, such as the desire for more lifelike color representation and lightweight displays that can be set up easily for home use. The…
Integrating nursing expertise into technology design, development, and implementation fosters early user support, establishes credibility with the technology, and leads to significantly better usage across the organization, avoiding the creation of process workarounds. The post The Nurse as Designer: Breaking Down Barriers with Clinician-Center Innovation appeared first on MedCity News.
I lived for nine years with ALS while navigating a healthcare system that routinely obscured my own medical reality. But I know that pain is only amplified for individuals without medical expertise like mine. The post We Have a Problem: Even Doctors Struggle to Navigate our Healthcare System appeared first on MedCity News.
As the Trump administration announces a new partnership with private companies and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to expand access to digital health tools like apps, this KFF Health Tracking poll finds that most adults have used these tools to manage their care.
What drug characteristics lead to higher vs. lower prices in the US? A paper by Beinfeld et al. (2025) finds the answer using data from SSR Health (about rebates) and Tufts Medical Center Specialty Drug Evidence and Coverage (SPEC) database (to inform drug characteristics. Among the 161 drugs in both SSR and SPEC data, the…
LB Pharmaceuticals’ planned IPO will fund late-stage clinical development of LB-102, a once-daily pill designed to improve on the old Sanofi schizophrenia drug Solian. The IPO filing follow a corporate restructuring in May that cut the jobs of LB’s chief financial and scientific officers to streamline operations and extend its cash runway. The post With…