Customer Attrition, Project Delays Dinged Veradigm Revenues in ’24
Executives say sales have rebounded and are forecasting that the data and technology company’s 2025 top line will be level with last year’s.
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A New Chapter in Improving Sepsis Programs and Optimizing Patient Care Nationwide
Since 2017, CDC has been committed to protecting patients and addressing sepsis, a life-threatening medical emergency that affects at least 1.7 million adults each year. This Sepsis Awareness Month, CDC ushers in a new chapter in advancing sepsis programs and patient care: New Innovative Tools and Scientific Work CDC has led the way providing new,…
KFF Dashboard: Progress Toward Global HIV Targets in PEPFAR Countries
This dashboard monitors progress being made to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic in countries where PEPFAR operates. It includes data for 54 countries and tracks progress against 6 different indicators.
FDA Approval of Drug for Rare Tumors Enables SpringWorks to Challenge AstraZeneca
SpringWorks Therapeutics’ Gomekli is now FDA approved for treating tumors caused by the rare genetic disorder neurofibromatosis type 1. The approval comes as SpringWorks has emerged as a potential acquisition target. The post FDA Approval of Drug for Rare Tumors Enables SpringWorks to Challenge AstraZeneca appeared first on MedCity News.
State-Based Efforts Will Provide Limited Relief from Enhanced Tax Credit Expiration
After failed Senate votes late last year and no subsequent bipartisan agreement, the enhanced premium tax credits expired as of January 1. Some states, particularly those operating State-Based Marketplaces (SBMs), have been preparing for this possibility for months and are moving to blunt the impact on consumers by implementing their own state-funded subsidies and implementing…
The Human Touch: Why Human Transcriptionists Still Outperform AI in Healthcare
While AI continues to advance, the healthcare industry requires a level of accuracy, understanding, and confidentiality that only well-trained human transcriptionists can consistently provide. The post The Human Touch: Why Human Transcriptionists Still Outperform AI in Healthcare appeared first on MedCity News.
Concord Hospital Leverages Wellsheet’s Predictive Clinical Workflow Platform
Christopher Fore, M.D., chief quality officer at Concord, describes how clinicians use the tool for mobile chart review, care team collaboration, handoffs, and discharge planning
Broadening horizons in health technology
That is the title of an interview with me in The Evidence Base out today with the subtitle Introducing generalized cost effectiveness analysis for a comprehensive value assessment. Below is an excerpt: What is this paper about? What is new in this paper?Our recent publication presents a comprehensive framework for evaluating the societal value of health technologies,…
Health care spending makes up 18% of the US Economy
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…
A Look at the Potential Impact of the High Unemployment Hardship Exception to Medicaid Work Requirements
This issue brief describes the hardship exception for individuals living in counties with high unemployment, and using the most recent available county-level unemployment data, estimates the number of counties that could meet the criteria for this exception and the number of expansion enrollees living in those counties who could be exempt from work requirements.