Rick Pazdur, formerly the FDA’s top oncology official, said the FDA is at a critical juncture that could determine the direction of the world’s top regulator of medicines. Pazdur spoke during a STAT panel discussion during the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. The post Former FDA Officials: There’s Opportunity to Rebuild…
HumoTech has developed a robotic platform that lets patients quickly trial multiple prosthetic or exoskeleton options in a clinic, using both objective data and patient feedback to identify the best fit. The technology aims to reduce device abandonment and improve outcomes. The post How One Company Aims to Fix the Prosthetic Fitting Process appeared first…
Durante una cena bajo palmeras en la terraza de Mar-a-Lago en diciembre, el presidente electo Donald Trump tranquilizó a los directores ejecutivos de las farmacéuticas Eli Lilly y Pfizer diciéndoles que el activista antivacunas Robert F. Kennedy Jr. no sería una elección radical para dirigir el Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos (HHS). “Creo que…
Clinical decision support startup Aidoc has become a major player in healthcare AI thanks to its focus on acute, life-or-death cases and its R&D-first approach. As Aidoc continues to innovate, Chief Business Officer Tom Valent thinks its commitment to patient safety and transparency will be key contributors to future success. The post Why Are Aidoc’s…
The Trump administration is quietly seeking unprecedented access to medical records for millions of federal workers and retirees, and their families. A brief notice from the Office of Personnel Management could dramatically change which personally identifiable medical information the agency obtains, giving it the power to see prescriptions employees had filled or what treatment they…
This Healthy System Tracker analysis, authored by KFF and the Peterson Center on Healthcare, examines remote monitoring technologies, identifying the types of patients and health conditions they serve and what is spent on these services.
Acquisition of Mission Cancer + Blood, valued at $280 million, to offer opportunities for oncology specialists to work together to increase access to cancer detection, treatment, and research across Iowa
This KFF analysis uses 2023 T-MSIS Research Identifiable Files to look at where reproductive-age female Medicaid enrollees received their last contraceptive visit by state. Overall, more than four in 10 (43%) female Medicaid enrollees received their last contraceptive visit of 2023 at a safety net provider, which includes Planned Parenthood clinics, community health centers, state…
Michele Andrews had been seeing her internist in Northampton, Massachusetts, a small city two hours west of Boston, for about 10 years. She was happy with the care, though she started to notice it was becoming harder to get an appointment. “You’d call and you’re talking about weeks to a month,” Andrews said. That’s not…
Patients are tuning out digital messages because they receive too many across channels. This is problematic given that digital strategy is critical to reaching consumers and developing trust in today’s economy. The post Digital Fatigue: Healthcare’s Next Patient Experience Crisis appeared first on MedCity News.