Early Medicaid Work Requirement Insights From Nebraska
This brief describes the verification process for Medicaid work requirements in Nebraska and examines early…
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…
After Failed Execution, Health Workers Say State’s Rules Flout Medical Ethics
This story describes a lethal injection procedure used in state executions. In May, a group of healthcare workers spent about an hour trying to establish complete IV access so they could inject Tony Carruthers, an inmate at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, Tennessee, with a lethal dose of sedative. Maria DeLiberato, an attorney…
She Left After Waiting Hours in the Emergency Room. The ER Billed Her Anyway.
Autumn Daniels is no stranger to migraine headaches, which have troubled her since childhood. The migraine tormenting the 32-year-old in April was even worse than usual. After a week of piercing head pain, she went to an urgent care center near her home in Champaign, Illinois, and received an injection of Toradol, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory…
Confusion and Angst Follow State’s Early Rollout of Medicaid Work Rules
MISSOULA, Mont. — Bethany Zulick went back to school in January to become a high school English teacher. Years ago, she taught English as a second language overseas and loved it. “It’s so exciting to me to watch someone learn a new word or have that spark of understanding,” she said. Zulick knew she could…
