Debunked Episode 30: ACCESS Tries to Succeed Where VBC Fails, AI, and UnitedHealth Gets the Last Week Tonight Treatment
Debunked Podcast co-hosts Arundhati Parmar and Samir Batra discussed the merits of the CMS ACCESS…
Debunked Episode 30: ACCESS Tries to Succeed Where VBC Fails, AI, and UnitedHealth Gets the Last Week Tonight Treatment
Debunked Podcast co-hosts Arundhati Parmar and Samir Batra discussed the merits of the CMS ACCESS Model (Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions) and how it can offer a path to advance value-based care goals. The post Debunked Episode 30: ACCESS Tries to Succeed Where VBC Fails, AI, and UnitedHealth Gets the Last Week Tonight…
Parakeet Health Secures $10M for Conversational Agentic Platform
The Series A round was led by Canvas Ventures, with participation from Blank Space Ventures, StoryHouse Ventures and HMC INQ. The post Parakeet Health Secures $10M for Conversational Agentic Platform appeared first on MedCity News.
New California Laws Address AI Integration Into Healthcare
New law requires that licensed professionals retain independent professional judgment when patient care is informed by clinical decision support systems
Pfizer Pill’s Phase 3 Data in Vitiligo Pave Way for FDA, EMA Submissions
Pfizer’s Litfulo significantly improved skin pigment measures in two pivotal studies in vitiligo, results that were presented during European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology annual meeting. If Pfizer’s daily pill is approved, it would compete against an Incyte topical cream that is currently the only FDA-approved therapy for this autoimmune skin disorder. The post Pfizer…
What Comes Next for AI? Lessons From San Diego
After a full day of conversations with healthcare leaders at the Healthcare Innovation San Diego Summit, one thing was clear: The conversation is shifting from what AI can do to how health systems can make it work.
It’s Time We Reframe Healthcare Organizational Culture Using Behavioral Science
Data, behavioral insights, and experimentation can be used to understand how stress, motivation, and trust shape company culture. Positively changing company culture leads to direct improvements in patient health outcomes, clinician wellbeing, and company performance. The post It’s Time We Reframe Healthcare Organizational Culture Using Behavioral Science appeared first on MedCity News.
Hospitals’ Cost Containment Conundrum
[Sponsored] In this webinar pharmacy leaders share how hospitals are using stewardship as a sustainability strategy to control costs and ease the load on pharmacists. The post Hospitals’ Cost Containment Conundrum appeared first on MedCity News.
Midterms Have Revived Universal Healthcare Debate. These States Are Ahead of Everyone.
Democratic congressional members and candidates are already planning to use any midterm election gains to expand health coverage, including boosting Affordable Care Act subsidies, reversing Medicaid cuts, and lowering the Medicare eligibility age. But Democratic strongholds across the country — including Oregon, California, New York, and Washington — have more ambitious goals: single-payer, universal healthcare…
Patient Dies by Suicide After ‘Insurance Issue’ Delayed Medicine for Lung Disease Flare-Ups
If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” KYLE, Texas — Kenney Blewett was diagnosed with lung disease more than a decade ago but started experiencing flare-ups this year that made him feel like he couldn’t breathe. Blewett…
You Say “AI,” I Hear “Organoid”
By KIM BELLARD I must admit, ever since I learned about, and wrote about (OI May Be the New AI), “organoid intelligence” over three years ago, I’ve been looking to do a follow-up. I mean, sure, AI is in a very exciting stage, but that stage no longer seems like the future; it seems more…
