Thinking of Healthcare Reform as a Movement
By TOMMY BEVERIDGE Thought experiment. What if the United States had a vast network of…
Thinking of Healthcare Reform as a Movement
By TOMMY BEVERIDGE Thought experiment. What if the United States had a vast network of primary care-oriented non-profit health clinics? Imagine if there were, say, 17,000 locations in the most needed corners of our country? What if these clinics had to see everyone, had to offer a sliding fee scale for their services, and be…
Tiny Health Secures $33M to Expand Microbiome Testing
Tiny Health’s Series B round was led by B Capital, with participation from Spero Ventures, The Venture City, Overwater Ventures, Black Opal Ventures, Denver Ventures, Pave Health Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Gaingels and Pari Passu Ventures. The post Tiny Health Secures $33M to Expand Microbiome Testing appeared first on MedCity News.
Unite Us, Instacart Link Care Coordination and Grocery Benefits to Scale Food-as-Medicine
Unite Us and Instacart announced Tuesday that they are partnering to connect healthcare organizations’ care coordination efforts with grocery benefits, with the aim of making food-as-medicine programs easier to launch and operate at scale. The post Unite Us, Instacart Link Care Coordination and Grocery Benefits to Scale Food-as-Medicine appeared first on MedCity News.
Early Medicaid Work Requirement Insights From Nebraska
This brief describes the verification process for Medicaid work requirements in Nebraska and examines early data on outcomes for individuals subject to work requirements.
AstraZeneca Places a $2B Bet on a Summit Therapeutics Cancer Drug
AstraZeneca’s equity investment in Summit Therapeutics comes with plans for clinical trial collaborations. The deal brings AstraZeneca into a growing group of pharmaceutical companies testing the pairing of antibody drug conjugates with PD-1/VEGF bispecific antibodies, a drug combination that could offer advantages in cancer treatment. The post AstraZeneca Places a $2B Bet on a Summit…
Siemens Healthineers’ AI Cybersecurity Project Targets Faster Medical Device Patching
Over a three-year period, Siemens Healthineers’ initiative seeks to shorten cybersecurity response times by simulating hospital scenarios, balancing rapid vulnerability remediation with the imperative of uninterrupted healthcare delivery
MedCity Pivot Podcast: A Conversation With AliveCor’s Priya Abani
In this episode of the MedCity Pivot Podcast, CEO Priya Abani talks about the evolution of AliveCor, one of the earliest digital health companies. The post MedCity Pivot Podcast: A Conversation With AliveCor’s Priya Abani appeared first on MedCity News.
Minnesota’s HealthPartners Proposes Acquisition of Essentia Health
The combined nonprofit organization would include 22 hospitals, more than 135 clinics and 6,000 clinicians
ARPA-H CIRCLE Program Seeks to Catalyze Innovation in ICU Care
Researchers will develop and test computational tools to better track and intervene on patients’ immune responses in intensive care units
The Illegal Drug Marketplace in Your Patients’ Pockets
Patients obtaining drugs through social media, medical spas, or telehealth platforms are not the same as patients obtaining drugs through more traditional illicit channels because they often believe what they are receiving is a clinically validated product. This means they may present with unexplained symptoms without realizing their online purchase is even relevant to the…
