Mass General Brigham’s Stephen Dorner, M.D., on the Future of Home Hospital
Leader of one of the largest hospital-at-home programs calls it ‘one of the most disruptive elements of care delivery that we’ve had in a generation’
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What would a rational DOG(gi)E do(o)?
By MATTHEW HOLT DOGE, or Doggie as Kara Swisher has been calling it, has gone from being a meme about Shiba Inus to a crypto scam to a group tearing the Federal government apart.So I thought I would use the title of this piece to make a joke. Like Musk’s humor it’s puerile and not…
Centivo Launches Virtual Primary Care Offering for Employers
Through Centivo Care, patients can access free appointments, a dedicated primary care team and behavioral health support. The post Centivo Launches Virtual Primary Care Offering for Employers appeared first on MedCity News.
5.6 Million Patients’ Data Stolen During Ascension’s Ransomware Attack Earlier This Year
Ascension’s May cyberattack compromised 5.6 million patients’ personal and health information, including Social Security numbers, credit card numbers and addresses. However, there is no evidence that any data was stolen from Acension’s EHR or other clinical systems, the health system said. The post 5.6 Million Patients’ Data Stolen During Ascension’s Ransomware Attack Earlier This Year…
Next Up: Fiber Computers
By KIM BELLARD I know: you’re pretty proud for being into “wearables” to help monitor your health and other functions. You’ve got some apps on your smartphone. You use a smartwatch. Maybe you’ve tried one of the many iterations of smart glasses, like Google Glass or Meta’s Ray Bans. You were disappointed when Humane’s AI…
Remembering Thomas E. Kurtz
By MIKE MAGEE This has been a challenging week for me, but not for the reasons you might think. Compartmentalization skills have allowed me to push the 2024 Presidential election into the back reaches of my mind as I worked to complete teaching a course on “AI and Medicine” at the Presidents College at the…
Cancer Biotech ArriVent Lands an ADC for GI Malignancies and Makes Best-in-Class Claim
ArriVent Biopharma claims best-in-class potential in gastrointestinal cancers for its new asset, but it’s not specifying the class. It’s possible the Phase 1-ready drug goes after claudin 18.2, a hot target for GI cancer drug research that recently welcomed its first FDA-approved therapy and is in pursuit by several companies. The post Cancer Biotech ArriVent…
Eikon Raises $350M for Cancer Drug Pipeline Led by Melanoma Med in Pivotal Testing
Eikon Therapeutics’ lead drug candidate is designed to activate toll-like receptors 7 and 8, sparking an immune response that fights cancer. Beyond this TLR7/8 agonist, the biotech is also developing PARP inhibitors that could have advantages over cancer drugs currently available from this class. The post Eikon Raises $350M for Cancer Drug Pipeline Led by…
User Activity Monitoring: Real-Time Visibility Within the EHR to Stay Ahead of Insider Threats
It has become standard practice for healthcare organizations to focus on identifying and stopping external threats to the privacy and security of data, but one often overlooked risk may be right inside your offices — snooping employees and malicious insider threats. The post User Activity Monitoring: Real-Time Visibility Within the EHR to Stay Ahead of…
Coverage of Dental Services in Traditional Medicare
In Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rules from recent years, the administration made changes to Medicare payment policies for certain dental services, in addition to other payment and policy changes. The 2023 rule clarified CMS’s interpretation of when medically necessary dental services can be covered and codified certain payment policies, and the 2023, 2024, and…