Healthcare Leaders Must Keep Pace With AI
Lessons from MaineHealth CIO Daniel Nigrin, M.D., on governance, workforce readiness, cybersecurity and keeping patients…
Healthcare Leaders Must Keep Pace With AI
Lessons from MaineHealth CIO Daniel Nigrin, M.D., on governance, workforce readiness, cybersecurity and keeping patients at the center of innovation
Groups Call for Delay to Ambulatory Specialty Model Roll-out
Stakeholders say operational and technical challenges and could undermine both participant performance and the validity of the model’s early results
Work Requirements Put New Pressure On Medicaid Member Retention
By using existing data to better understand members and implementing retention strategies, plans can remain sustainable and members can get the care they need. The post Work Requirements Put New Pressure On Medicaid Member Retention appeared first on MedCity News.
How Can Hospitals and Pharmacists Collaborate on Effective Stewardship Programs for Opioids and Antibiotics?
[Sponsored] A webinar sponsored by Inovalon explored how hospitals and pharmacies can work together to generate the best outcomes for patients while improving patient safety. The post How Can Hospitals and Pharmacists Collaborate on Effective Stewardship Programs for Opioids and Antibiotics? appeared first on MedCity News.
National Academy of Medicine’s 2026 Annual Meeting (Scientific Symposium on Chronic Disease)
KFF Founding President and CEO Dr. Drew Altman delivered the Victor J. Dzau Keynote Address at the National Academy of Medicine’s 2026 Annual Meeting (Scientific Symposium on Chronic Disease) on October 10, 2026, where he described the big challenges ahead in health policy, and where chronic illness fits.
In California and Other States, Dads Are Now Even With Moms in Paid Leave Claims
Karlo Campana is usually outnumbered these days. He has three young kids under age 4. On a recent Saturday, he played a mini game of basketball with his two older kids in their Southern California home, shooting a ball into a hoop on the door, while his baby boy watched from his bouncy chair. Campana…
Hospital Beds for the Nation’s Sickest Kids Are Disappearing
Hospital units dedicated to treating the nation’s sickest kids are disappearing nationwide. In the past year alone, hospitals have closed pediatric intensive care units for critically ill kids in Montana, Oregon, and Missouri. Overnight hospital wings for kids have also shuttered in Illinois and California. Depending on the hospital, pediatric units — which are separate…
I’d Like Some Choices, Please
By KIM BELLARD Let’s say your favorite social media platform is bought by a right wing trillionaire, who espouses free speech, but only when it echoes his. You can switch to, say, Threads, but – whoops – that’s owned by Mark Zuckerberg, another of the super-rich who have turned to the right. There’s always Facebook…
Willow Acquires 2 Women’s Health Companies
Willow Innovations acquired Swehl and Momtech to expand its maternal health offerings beyond breast pumps. The post Willow Acquires 2 Women’s Health Companies appeared first on MedCity News.
Patients Deaths and Data Shortfall Spell the End for Cell Therapy Biotech Artiva
Artiva Biotherapeutics attributed one of the fatalities to a drug used to prepare patients for cell therapy and not to the cell therapy itself. But Artiva’s setbacks follow safety signals reported for autoimmune disease cell therapy programs from Novartis and Bristol Myers Squibb. The post Patients Deaths and Data Shortfall Spell the End for Cell…
