Trivia Nights, Valentine’s Cards: Overlooked Social Connections Can Prevent Suicide
If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the…
Trivia Nights, Valentine’s Cards: Overlooked Social Connections Can Prevent Suicide
If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” Nearly every Tuesday for a decade, Steve Siple attended a bar trivia night with friends in Birmingham, Alabama. After moving to North Carolina, he developed a new ritual — joining…
Could Your Kid Benefit From Counseling? Experts Offer 3 Questions To Help You Decide
0:00 0:00 Produced in partnership with: Embed Download Volume Speed 0.5x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x Embed this player × <iframe src=”https://kffhealthnews.org/mental-health/healthq-children-therapy-experts-help-parents-decide/embed/” width=”600″ height=”200″ frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no” title=”Could Your Kid Benefit From Counseling? Experts Offer 3 Questions To Help You Decide”></iframe> Copy HealthQ’s Cara Anthony and Blake Farmer share know-how for parents navigating the decision to seek…
Can AI Break the “Measurement Paradigm?”
How do we know if AI use in health care actually makes patients better? Chip talks with Dr. David Bates — a veteran physician leader at Mass General Brigham and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Co-director of the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Bioinformatics Learning Systems — about measuring patient outcomes reliably and in…
Why don’t health plans voluntarily cover GLP-1s for obesity?
ICER found GLP-1 drugs to be cost effective for treating obesity. If that is the case, why don’t more US payers cover the GLP-1 drugs? Clearly, one reason is the cost given the sheer volume of patients i nthe US that are obese; specifically, >40% of US adults are obese. However, a bigger issue may…
HHS Affordability Czar Says Healthcare Costs Stem From Incentives, Not Coverage
Healthcare affordability czar Casey Mulligan laid out the economic philosophy guiding the Trump administration’s approach to healthcare costs during a recent conference address. He argued that provider taxes and state-directed payments inflate healthcare spending far beyond Medicaid and ultimately raise costs for employers and taxpayers. The post HHS Affordability Czar Says Healthcare Costs Stem From…
Incyte’s $1.25B Buyout Brings What Could Become the Next Big Bleeding Disorder Drug
Incyte’s Vega Therapeutics acquisition comes with a late-stage drug offering a novel mechanism of action and a dosing advantage compared to currently available therapies for von Willebrand disease, an inherited bleeding disorder. The deal comes as patent expiration looms for Jakafi, currently Incyte’s top product. The post Incyte’s $1.25B Buyout Brings What Could Become the…
Vida Health Teams Up with Instacart to Expand Access to Nutritious Food
Vida Health partnered with Instacart to provide members with grocery stipends for healthy foods, expanding access to nutrition support as part of cardiometabolic care. The post Vida Health Teams Up with Instacart to Expand Access to Nutritious Food appeared first on MedCity News.
How AI is Unlocking Smarter Clinical Trial Protocols
By fine-tuning domain-specific models with real clinical operations data — such as historical performance, feasibility outcomes, enrollment patterns, and resource utilization — hidden information can be translated into structured intelligence. The post How AI is Unlocking Smarter Clinical Trial Protocols appeared first on MedCity News.
6 Ways in Which Healthcare Needs to Expand the Supply Chain Resilience Conversation
Supply chain resilience is far too important to leave with the supply chain specialists. Health systems must elevate the resilience issue to the corporate strategy level and involve officers from other functional areas as well. The post 6 Ways in Which Healthcare Needs to Expand the Supply Chain Resilience Conversation appeared first on MedCity News.
Expanding the Reach of Remote Patient Monitoring: The Real Signal Behind the 2026 RPM Changes
While the policy changes create new opportunities, they also introduce operational complexity. Here’s some important things to know. The post Expanding the Reach of Remote Patient Monitoring: The Real Signal Behind the 2026 RPM Changes appeared first on MedCity News.
