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…
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…
What Should Health Care Do About AI’s Lack of Guardrails?
In another concerning example of AI agents going rogue recently, an OpenAI agent hacked into an Australian government website containing health care data. While some industry CEOs are calling for a slowdown and demands for regulation grow, host Chip Kahn focuses on the implications for health care when these same kinds of AI systems are…
Glucose Data Wants to Be Ambient
By IRAKLI KURTANIDZE I have lived with type 1 diabetes for more than twelve years, and I check my glucose the way most people check the time: dozens of times a day, in glances that last a second or two. A continuous glucose monitor sits on my arm and produces a fresh number every few…
DreaMed Wins FDA Clearance for CGM-Driven Insulin Automation Tool for Both Type 2 Injection Regimens
DreaMed Diabetes has received FDA 510(K) clearance for MODI, a mobile app that uses CGM (continuous glucose monitoring) data to provide insulin dosing recommendations for people with Type 2 diabetes who need both basal insulin and fast-acting injections. The post DreaMed Wins FDA Clearance for CGM-Driven Insulin Automation Tool for Both Type 2 Injection Regimens…
