As people become richer, they generally spend more money on health. However, as countries become richer, do they spend more or less (relative to their GDP per capita) on health care innovation? A paper by Yu et al. (2026) looks at trends in willingness to pay thresholds between the US and countries in the most-favored…
Improving healthcare was a central theme of the latest episode of the Debunked Podcast. The discussion offered perspectives from Louisiana Republican Senator Bill Cassidy, HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr., Devoted Health CEO Ed Park, and Dr. Ezekiel Emmanuel, an oncologist and professor with University of Pennsylvania, and Debunked co-hosts Arundhati Parmar and Samir Batra. The…
The patient experience is shaped in every interaction, not just with clinical care. Kaziah Riston, housekeeper with Cincinnati Children’s EVS team, proves that as she makes her daily rounds. Earlier this year, she was given a glowing note from a family that saw her kindness as an action of going above and beyond, which led…
CTMS platforms do not lack capability. They reflect an earlier architectural priority. The post Transforming CTMS: An Operating Layer for Real-Time Trial Execution appeared first on MedCity News.
Payment friction isn’t always obvious. It shows up in extended accounts receivable timelines, increased billing inquiries, and patients who delay payment – not because they’re unwilling to pay, but because the process made it harder than it needed to be. The post Patient Responsibility Is Rising — The Payment Experience Needs to Keep Up appeared…
Healthcare often expects consumers to contort themselves around processes that were never built with them in mind — and that’s where the trust issue begins. With the looming arrival of HR1, how to fix it. The post Lack of Trust, Not Technology, is What’s Stopping Health Plans from Meeting Their Mission and Financial Objectives appeared…
A handful of corporate hospital systems now dominate most U.S. hospital care, leading to higher prices for consumers
Next time you go to the pharmacy, you might be offered a coupon on your prescription drugs. While it may sound like a great deal — with the prospect of saving hundreds of dollars — the decision to accept it is complicated, especially for people with insurance. Even as prescription drug costs rise, patients with…
Since his second term started, President Donald Trump has announced, negotiated, or floated a flurry of initiatives aimed at taming the excesses of the pharmaceutical industry. No surprise. About 60% of American adults are “worried about being able to afford prescription drug costs for themselves or their families,” a recent KFF nationwide poll showed. More…
By MIKE MAGEE In its final summary of the landmark paper in Nature this past month, the authors led with this statement: “This study underscores the highly personalized nature of thymic health and emphasizes the previously unrecognized possible critical role of maintaining thymic health to preserve an agile, adaptive immune response that will accommodate long-term…