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The AI revolution doesn’t mean erasing the value of humans. It means giving nurses more time to do what they signed up to do — deliver care directly to patients. The post Empathetic AI Nurses Can Vastly Improve Nurses’ Work and Patient Care appeared first on MedCity News.
FarmboxRx’s new platform provides tailored support to help members engage with their health benefits. The post FarmboxRx Introduces Platform for Addressing SDOH Needs appeared first on MedCity News.
‘No Longer Based on Facts or Truth’ Sylvia Chou, 51, Maryland Program director, National Cancer Institute Sylvia Chou specializes in communication between patients and their health care providers, and social media’s role in public health. She joined the federal government in 2007 as a fellow and became a civil servant in 2010. She left her…
Through a new partnership, students at schools within Cartwheel’s network in need of higher acuity care can access treatment through Charlie Health. The post Charlie Health Partners with Cartwheel to Address the Student Mental Health Crisis appeared first on MedCity News.
In August, an 80-year-old woman walked into the emergency room at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. She was lucid but experiencing a stroke. Within minutes, doctors asked for permission to pull out the stroke-causing clot before any more brain damage could occur. She hesitated. The procedure was part of a clinical trial, and she’d heard…
A handful of states have issued guidance documents that illustrate how regulators are viewing the IV hydration and IV therapy businesses, which infusion providers should consider as part of their overall compliance monitoring efforts. The post Infusion Industry Boom Raises Red Flag from State Regulators appeared first on MedCity News.
When she was 25 years old, Rhonda Swaney nearly died delivering a stillborn baby. She’s a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes in Montana. Although her experience was nearly 50 years ago, Swaney said Native Americans continue to receive inadequate maternal care. The data appears to support that belief. In 2024, the most…
By WOJCIECH WASILEWSKI Dear Reader, if you’re looking for something soft and easy, please buy a different book. This one isn’t here to comfort you — it’s here to shake your lazy world, to shock you, to drag you out of the same lethargy I was trapped in for years after being diagnosed. If you…
AHIP (formerly America’s Health Insurance Plans) released a statement yesterday saying that their health plan members “announced a series of commitments to streamline, simplify and reduce prior authorization.” 48 US health plans signed off on the statement. What were AHIP’s 6 commitments? Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization. Participating health plans will work toward implementing common, transparent submissions…