The AI Value Gap and Why Validation is a Practical First Win for Life Sciences
While many AI conversations revolve around regulated industry transformation, the question is where to actually…
The AI Value Gap and Why Validation is a Practical First Win for Life Sciences
While many AI conversations revolve around regulated industry transformation, the question is where to actually start in a way that does not break trust, budgets or regulatory limits. The post The AI Value Gap and Why Validation is a Practical First Win for Life Sciences appeared first on MedCity News.
Trust Before Triage: Why I Let the Patient Help Write the Agenda
The patient’s voice should be an entry point and not a barrier to better compliance and health outcomes. A nurse practitioner outlines a protocol for a frank exam-room exchange that sustains cultural humility. The post Trust Before Triage: Why I Let the Patient Help Write the Agenda appeared first on MedCity News.
Pennsylvania Town Faces Fallout From Trump’s Environmental Rule Rollback
North America’s largest coke plant hugs the west bank of Pennsylvania’s Monongahela River, belching out emissions from turning superheated coal into a carbon-rich fuel. Researchers say the children at Clairton Elementary School about a mile away pay the price. They discovered the students there and at other elementary schools near major pollution sites in Pennsylvania…
How To Make a High-Deductible Health Plan Work for You
An elementary school teacher chose a low-price health insurance plan but soon realized she wasn’t clear about what it would mean for her family’s finances. “Once I got the insurance card, I compared our old plan to our new plan, and that’s when I really got worried, because I didn’t really understand what a deductible…
Massively Better Healthcare, a review
By MATTHEW HOLT This is a very brief review of Rock Health founder Halle Tecco’s Massively Better Healthcare. Halle is trying to do something quite complicated in this book. It’s really a three-part attempt to help somebody who is relatively new to health care entrepreneurship understand what the hell they are getting into. The first…
‘A Significant Assault on Our Health’: Healthcare Policy Leaders Condemn Trump’s Budget Proposal
President Donald Trump’s 2027 budget proposes deep healthcare cuts, raising concerns about harm to patients and research. The post ‘A Significant Assault on Our Health’: Healthcare Policy Leaders Condemn Trump’s Budget Proposal appeared first on MedCity News.
Two New Takes on Making a Type of Targeted Cancer Therapy Even Better
Sidewinder Therapeutics and Stipple Bio each raised mega-rounds of financing to support their approaches to improving the targeting abilities of antibody drug conjugates for cancer. Both startups are on track to enter the clinic next year. The post Two New Takes on Making a Type of Targeted Cancer Therapy Even Better appeared first on MedCity…
Inside The DOJ’s Hospital Contracting Crackdown: What Message Are the Feds Sending?
The Department of Justice has sued both OhioHealth and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital this year, alleging that they use contracting tactics that limit competition and keep healthcare prices high. The cases mark a broader push by regulators to scrutinize how health systems use “all-or-nothing” contracts to shape insurance networks and patient access. The post Inside The DOJ’s…
What ‘The Pitt’ Gets Right About Emergency Medicine — and What It Reveals About Healthcare IT
Some of the most powerful scenes aren’t the dramatic saves, but the quiet moments when clinicians connect with patients amid the chaos. Healthcare teams deserve access systems that allow for more of those moments. The post What ‘The Pitt’ Gets Right About Emergency Medicine — and What It Reveals About Healthcare IT appeared first on…
ACA Stress Test: Four Key Takeaways from This Year’s Open Enrollment
With data from open enrollment now coming in, we no longer need to rely on guesswork. Let’s take stock of where the ACA Marketplace stands today and what it means for our healthcare system. The post ACA Stress Test: Four Key Takeaways from This Year’s Open Enrollment appeared first on MedCity News.
