MedCity FemFwd: Opportunities in the Fertility Market
In this episode, we’re joined by Claire Love, PwC’s global health industries advisory leader. We…
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.
The Legal and Policy Landscape of Crisis Pregnancy Centers
This brief examines the legal status of Crisis Pregnancy Centers, attempts to regulate them, and future efforts to expand their footprints as they gain more recognition and funding from local, state, and federal programs.
Rural MAHA Followers Say Trump Health Policies Haven’t Reached Their Communities
About half of rural voters identify with Make America Healthy Again, a sprawling political movement championed by the Trump administration, but most said President Donald Trump’s healthcare policies have not benefited their communities, according to a new poll from The Associated Press in partnership with KFF. About 8 in 10 rural voters — an important…
US Poised To Boot Legal Immigrants From Medicaid, Including Refugees and Sex-Trafficking Victims
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants with legal status are at risk of losing government health coverage starting Oct. 1, state data shows, signaling that the impact of Medicaid changes in President Donald Trump’s signature legislation from 2025 may be greater than anticipated. Many lawfully present immigrants will be among the first people to lose Medicaid…
Drugs Are Widely Used To Sedate Dementia Patients. Her Sons Wanted To Keep Her Off Them.
In December 2024, Marjorie Tingley’s adult sons received an urgent email from the dementia care unit at Vista Grande Villa, a Michigan senior living community. They were told that their 85-year-old mother was a major safety threat. On at least 10 days the previous month, Tingley had hit, kicked, or elbowed aides when they were…
These 100 Nursing Homes Face Perilous Flood Risk. Minnesota Shows What Can Happen.
NEW RICHLAND, Minn. — Floodwater seeped through the nursing home’s front door just before sunrise. Inside the New Richland Care Center, staff members rushed to move 36 residents out of the building on Sept. 19 while they still could. They pushed elderly residents in wheelchairs through 4-inch-deep water to buses waiting in the parking lot,…
