What Are the Challenges in Building a Consumer-Focused Diagnostic Testing Startup?
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.
What Will It Take to Improve Healthcare Cybersecurity?
During a panel discussion at MedCity News’ INVEST Digital Health conference, three healthcare leaders shared their expert insight on what needs to change in order to improve the industry’s cybersecurity strategy. The post What Will It Take to Improve Healthcare Cybersecurity? appeared first on MedCity News.
Mass Board Exodus at 23andMe Leaves Company With Tough Decisions Ahead
Months after 23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki publicly stated she wants to take the company she co-founded private, all of the company’s independent board directors have resigned. The board letter to Wojcicki stated that its members preferred resigning over continuing to have a difference of view over the direction of the company. The post Mass Board…
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: American Health Under Trump — Past, Present, and Future
The Host Emmarie Huetteman KFF Health News @emmarieDC Emmarie Huetteman, senior editor, oversees a team of Washington reporters, as well as “Bill of the Month” and KFF Health News’ “What the Health?” She previously spent more than a decade reporting on the federal government, most recently covering surprise medical bills, drug pricing reform, and other health policy…
Abortion Clinics — And Patients — Are on the Move as State Laws Shift
Last month, Planned Parenthood Great Plains opened its newest clinic in Pittsburg, Kan., a city of about 21,000 people mere minutes from the borders of both Missouri and Oklahoma. It’s the second new clinic the regional affiliate has opened in Kansas in a little over two years, to accommodate the growing number of patients coming…
Medicare Reimbursement for Doctors is in Critical Condition
Doctor’s offices are the front door of the American healthcare system. We owe it to them to support H.R. 2474 and put an end to annual Congressional stop-gap spending bills. The post Medicare Reimbursement for Doctors is in Critical Condition appeared first on MedCity News.
Implementing Ambient AI in a Rural Hospital Setting
A leader at St. Mary’s Hospital in upstate New York describes that hospital’s implementation of Suki’s AI Assistant
Disrupting the U.S. “Sickcare” System
Real change will come from disrupting the status quo. Advances in AI and a focus on prevention offer a way forward, promising not just financial rewards, but a healthier population, less strain on healthcare, and a future where “healthcare” truly means care. The post Disrupting the U.S. “Sickcare” System appeared first on MedCity News.
Cyberattacks Plague the Health Industry. Critics Call Feds’ Response Feeble and Fractured.
Central Oregon Pathology Consultants has been in business for nearly 60 years, offering molecular testing and other diagnostic services east of the Cascade Range. Beginning last winter, it operated for months without being paid, surviving on cash on hand, practice manager Julie Tracewell said. The practice is caught up in the aftermath of one of…