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Health data company Health Gorilla filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit from Epic and several healthcare providers alleging inappropriate access to nearly 300,000 patient records. The case highlights ongoing questions about governance and standards for national health data sharing, with Health Gorilla arguing the dispute should be handled through interoperability networks’ internal processes rather…

In this episode, we’re joined by Allison Adamson, an architect at Build Health International. We discuss Build Health International’s new Maternal Center of Excellence in Sierra Leone. The post MedCity FemFwd: Inside Build Health International’s New Maternal Center of Excellence in Sierra Leone appeared first on MedCity News.

GoodRx launched GoodRx Employer Direct, a program that allows employers to subsidize manufacturer-sponsored prices for high-cost brand medications like GLP-1s without adding them to their health insurance benefits. The post GoodRx Launches Employer Program to Help Subsidize High-Cost Brand Drugs appeared first on MedCity News.

Atrium spun out of Avidity Biosciences, which Novartis acquired in a $12 billion deal. The Atrium pipeline is led by two RNA therapies with a path to the clinic for rare inherited cardiological disorders that have no FDA-approved drugs. The post Atrium Therapeutics Launches With $270M for RNA Therapies Addressing Rare Cardio Conditions appeared first…

Now is the time to build a system where every pregnant person, regardless of zip code, ethnicity, or insurance status, can access the level of care their pregnancy demands. The post The U.S. Keeps Failing the March of Dimes Report Card. Here’s One Gap We Can Close Right Now appeared first on MedCity News.

Safety threats impact more than what is physically visible. The emotional toll is crushing the healthcare workforce from the inside out, and until the erosion of psychological safety is addressed, the battle to combat workplace violence will continue.  The post Solving the Psychological Safety Problem in Healthcare appeared first on MedCity News.

February has seen a slew of executive hires, promotions and layoffs across the healthcare industry. For instance, the CDC, Nabla and symplr named new executives. There were also layoffs at organizations including Walgreens, Cigna and Merck. The post Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires, Exits and Layoffs appeared first on MedCity News.

Walgreens launched a virtual weight management program offering clinician support and GLP-1 prescriptions for self-pay patients. The post Walgreens Introduces Virtual Weight Management Offering appeared first on MedCity News.

Flagship Pioneering-founded Generate Biomedicines aims to offer less frequent injections compared to a blockbuster asthma drug from partners Amgen and AstraZeneca. Generate’s drug comes from a “programable biology” platform technology that uses AI and machine learning to design proteins with desirable properties. The post Generate Biomedicines’ IPO Brings In $400M for Pivotal Tests of Severe…