Listen to the Latest ‘KFF Health News Minute’
The KFF Health News Minute is available every Thursday via direct download or the RSS feed….
Listen to the Latest ‘KFF Health News Minute’
The KFF Health News Minute is available every Thursday via direct download or the RSS feed. Oct. 1 Arielle Zionts [arr-ee-ELL ZY-ence] reads the week’s news: If you’re an older patient taking a long list of medications, consider reviewing them with a primary care provider to make sure they’re helping more than hurting. Plus, states are…
Healthcare Is Scary. Channel Your Fears Into a Haiku.
(Oona Zenda/KFF Health News) Something wicked this way comes, and it’s 5-7-5. Our annual Halloween haiku contest is back, and we’re once again summoning readers to turn the horrors of healthcare into three tiny lines of poetry. Surprise us with a verse about medical bills, insurance, hospitals, health policy, or whatever else keeps you up…
Hospitals Have a Little-Known Tool To Prevent Medical Debt. Here’s How It Works.
If you have medical debt, there’s a good chance you owe money to a hospital. One way patients can avoid medical debt is through hospital financial assistance, also known as charity care. Most of the nation’s hospitals offer free or discounted medical care to patients with very high medical debt or low incomes. Getting financial…
The Least-Informed Person in the Room
By DAVID KIRK My father called me from a hospital bed a few years ago. He had been admitted to a small hospital with an abdominal infection, and his surgeon had offered him an open operation. He wanted my clinical perspective. I knew that in his condition, he was unlikely to survive general anesthesia and…
FDA Looks to Bring New Scientific, Consumer Voices to Advisory Committees
The FDA is recruiting to fill vacancies on its advisory committees, informally known as adcomms. While these committees have met less frequently during the Trump administration, more meetings have been scheduled since former Commissioner Marty Makary left the agency in May. The post FDA Looks to Bring New Scientific, Consumer Voices to Advisory Committees appeared…
MedCity FemFwd: Opportunities in the Fertility Market
In this episode, we’re joined by Claire Love, PwC’s global health industries advisory leader. We discuss PwC’s recent report showing the opportunities in the fertility and reproductive health market. The post MedCity FemFwd: Opportunities in the Fertility Market appeared first on MedCity News.
4 Notable Health Tech Funding Announcements in September
Health tech companies made several major funding announcements in September. Here is a list of some of the biggest funding rounds. The post 4 Notable Health Tech Funding Announcements in September appeared first on MedCity News.
AI’s Healthcare ‘Doomsday’? It May Be Less About Autonomy Than Trust
For one ICU physician and startup CMO, the more immediate danger isn’t an autonomous system taking over medicine and leaving human decision-making behind. It’s healthcare organizations harnessing AI primarily to increase efficiency while leaving healthcare providers even more mired in complexity and regulation. The post AI’s Healthcare ‘Doomsday’? It May Be Less About Autonomy Than…
Intermountain Exec: AI Tools Bolster Efficiency of Appeals Workflows
Written appeals that used to take up to two hours now take about 33 minutes, says Utah-based health system’s Beau Bailey, M.D.
AI Won’t Fix Social Care, But Could It Help Us Finally Make It Work?
AI could play a meaningful role in advancing social care. Not by replacing people, but by helping them and organizations doing this work move faster, see patterns earlier, and coordinate more effectively. The post AI Won’t Fix Social Care, But Could It Help Us Finally Make It Work? appeared first on MedCity News.
