Working out of a tribal-owned hospital in Anchorage, Alaska, liver specialist Brian McMahon has spent decades treating the long shadow of hepatitis B. Before a vaccine became available in the 1980s, he saw the virus claim young lives in western Alaskan communities with stunning speed. One of his patients was 17 years old when he…
By MIKE MAGEE “The technological leaps of the 1900s — microelectronics, antibiotics, chemotherapy, liquid-fueled rockets, Earth-observing satellites, lasers, LED lights, disease-resistant seeds and so forth — derived from science. But these technologies also spent years being improved, tweaked, recombined and modified to make them achieve the scale and impact necessary for innovations.” Jon Gertner, author of “The Idea…
Sustainable quality doesn’t live in binders or dashboards; it lives in the small, repeatable actions that happen every day. The post Making Quality a Daily Habit appeared first on MedCity News.
Open enrollment 2026 marks a turning point in U.S. healthcare. The cost pressures are no longer cyclical; they are structural. For payers and providers alike, the challenge is clear: we must modernize operations, not just manage costs. The post Open Enrollment: Why Rising Premiums Are Forcing Healthcare Organizations to Bet on AI and Automation appeared…
Hasta hace unos años, cualquier indicio de piojos solía ser suficiente para que mandaran al estudiante de vuelta a casa. Recién se le permitía regresar a la escuela cuando tenía la cabeza libre de bichitos. Pero las normas de “cero liendres” fueron reemplazadas por otras de “no exclusión”, que priorizan la asistencia a clase por…
As the FDA’s top biologics official, Peter Marks oversaw regulation of cell and gene therapies. The departure of Marks and mass layoffs throughout the FDA raise concerns about the agency’s ability to review and potentially approve such treatments. The post Ouster of Peter Marks & Mass FDA Layoffs Have Biotech Sector Bracing for Regulatory Disruptions…
The next era of health won’t be defined by how big our hospitals are. It will be defined by how fast – and how fairly – we deliver care. The post We’ve Taught Machines To Save Lives — Now We Need To Let Them appeared first on MedCity News.
Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan has launched a program that gives eligible new parents in San Diego County baby supplies and incentives to support postpartum and infant care. The post Blue Shield of California Plan Introduces Initiative to Support Expecting Parents appeared first on MedCity News.
New center to be led by WashU Medicine’s Philip. R.O. Payne, Ph.D., who will serve as the inaugural chief health AI officer, and Deborah O’Dell, chief data & analytics officer at BJC Health System
During a panel discussion at the MedCity News INVEST Digital Health Conference, executives shared the top challenges they’re facing in the consumer diagnostic testing space. These challenges include funding and encouraging behavior change. The post What Are the Challenges in Building a Consumer-Focused Diagnostic Testing Startup? appeared first on MedCity News.