How AI Is Reshaping Emergency Departments
We are building a more connected system that bridges acute and post-acute settings by uniting…
How AI Is Reshaping Emergency Departments
We are building a more connected system that bridges acute and post-acute settings by uniting insights across the continuum. The insights empower clinicians with the information they need at the moment they need it, resulting in faster, safer, and more human-centered care. The post How AI Is Reshaping Emergency Departments appeared first on MedCity News.
KFF Health Tracking Poll: Health Care Costs in the Current Moment of Economic Anxiety
As economic anxiety rises, KFF’s Health Tracking Poll finds that younger adult, LGBT adults, Hispanic adults, and adults with modest incomes are among groups most likely to report difficulty earning a living and affording health care. Large shares of those who are uninsured or purchase their own insurance also report challenges earning a living and…
Improving Care Delivery With Ambient Technology
A future where ambient technology is integrated across all hospital spaces — patient rooms, ORs, even waiting areas — will revolutionize decision-making to improve care. The post Improving Care Delivery With Ambient Technology appeared first on MedCity News.
Trump Administration Actions to Curb Data Collection Related to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI)
This brief describes Trump Administration efforts to scale back or modify data collection on sexual orientation and gender identity variables in federal surveys. It specifically focuses on changes in three national surveys that are representative of these efforts: the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS), and the National Crime Victimization…
Recent Trends in Commercial Health Insurance Market Concentration
Commercial health insurance markets remain highly concentrated across coverage types. However, the individual market, which consists mostly of the ACA Marketplaces, has attracted more insurers and witnessed greater insurer competition across a variety of measures since the implementation of the enhanced premium tax credits in 2021, according to a new Healthy System Tracker analysis.
CDC Vaccine Panel Ends Universal Hepatitis B Recommendation and Reviews Aluminum in Vaccines, Plus Public Awareness of Mifepristone Safety — The Monitor
This volume shares updates from the most recent CDC advisory panel meeting, changes to the CDC webpage on autism and vaccines, and polling on trust in news organizations. Additionally, it shares recent developments in AI and social media policy and new KFF poll findings about perceptions of mifepristone’s safety and prevalence.
Wheelchair? Hearing Aids? Yes. ‘Disabled’? No Way.
In her house in Ypsilanti, Michigan, Barbara Meade said, “there are walkers and wheelchairs and oxygen and cannulas all over the place.” Barbara, 82, has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, so a portable oxygen tank accompanies her everywhere. Spinal stenosis limits her mobility, necessitating the walkers and wheelchairs and considerable help from her husband, Dennis, who…
Trump Rules Force Cancer Registries To ‘Erase’ Trans Patients From Public Health Data
LISTEN: “People get better care when we know who they are.” That belief is at the heart of why scientists and LGBTQ+ health advocates oppose a new rule that makes it harder to collect data on trans patients with cancer. KFF Health News correspondent Rachana Pradhan appeared on WAMU’s Health Hub on Dec. 10 about…
Health Care Consolidation and Rising Costs Happen, but Obamacare Is Not the Key Culprit
In a recent Meet the Press appearance, Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) joined a growing number of Republicans who are speaking out against Obamacare. One of his lines of attack: that the Affordable Care Act fueled health care consolidation. “What Democrats did 15 years ago was they radically changed all health care in America. They moved…
High deductible health plans: Lessons from Singapore
Republicans are pushing for increased use of high deductible health plans (HDHP). HDHPs have increased over time, from 29% of all employer health plans in 2021 to 33% of all employer health plans in 2025. One country that has successfully used HDHP is Singapore. A 2020 Commonweath Fund Report summarizes 3 components of the Singapore’s…
