Doctors Should Keep an Eye on Your Mix of Medication. If They Don’t, You Should.
Medications can snowball as we age. Pill organizers pile up. Prescriptions that are no longer…
Doctors Should Keep an Eye on Your Mix of Medication. If They Don’t, You Should.
Medications can snowball as we age. Pill organizers pile up. Prescriptions that are no longer necessary can mix with other drugs to create concerning side effects. “Once you get to six or seven prescription medications, you get a nearly 100% chance of some sort of side effect or intolerance,” said physician K. Eric De Jonge,…
The Rural Radiologist Who Already Exists
By STEVEN GOODMAN The future of rural healthcare won’t be determined by how much money is invested. It will be determined by how wisely that money is used. That line gets nodded along to at every rural health conference, then quietly ignored the moment the conversation turns to solutions, because the solutions on offer are…
Immunology Startup ai3Bio Aims to Redefine What It Means to Reset the Immune System
While the immune reset field is mainly focused on depleting pathogenic B cells, ai3Bio is applying its novel approach to inflammatory T cells. The startup’s initial disease targets are autoimmune disorders of the liver that have few treatment options if any at all. The post Immunology Startup ai3Bio Aims to Redefine What It Means to…
Trump’s ACA Fraud Crackdown: Experts Urge Going After Bad Actors, Not Patients
The Trump administration’s ACA fraud crackdown will remove 760,000 people from Marketplace coverage, drawing criticism from healthcare experts and advocates. The post Trump’s ACA Fraud Crackdown: Experts Urge Going After Bad Actors, Not Patients appeared first on MedCity News.
MUSC Pioneers Virtual Nursing in ED Arrival Workflow
Paired with Virtual Provider in Triage program, the model allows nursing intake and provider evaluation to begin before traditional treatment room is available
Closing the Diagnostic Gap: Why Access to Allergy Care Isn’t Equal
Rural patients, Medicaid enrollees, and patients from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups are more likely to go undiagnosed, more likely to be misdiagnosed, and more likely to end up in an emergency department rather than an allergist’s office. The post Closing the Diagnostic Gap: Why Access to Allergy Care Isn’t Equal appeared first on MedCity…
Healthcare Privacy Leaders Look to AI to Improve Monitoring and Data Breach Investigations
At a recent symposium on privacy, experts discussed how AI supports a faster and oftentimes more insightful approach to data security, while identifying which privacy risks healthcare organizations must monitor. The post Healthcare Privacy Leaders Look to AI to Improve Monitoring and Data Breach Investigations appeared first on MedCity News.
Journalists Evaluate Rural Voter Sentiment, MAHA Movement, and Gene-Editing Finding
KFF Health News chief rural correspondent Sarah Jane Tribble discussed the findings of a KFF-Associated Press poll about rural support for the Make America Healthy Again movement on NPR’s Morning Edition on Sept. 30. Click here to hear Tribble on Morning Edition. Read Tribble’s “Rural MAHA Followers Say Trump Health Policies Haven’t Reached Their Communities,”…
Debunked Episode 30: ACCESS Tries to Succeed Where VBC Fails, AI, and UnitedHealth Gets the Last Week Tonight Treatment
Debunked Podcast co-hosts Arundhati Parmar and Samir Batra discussed the merits of the CMS ACCESS Model (Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions) and how it can offer a path to advance value-based care goals. The post Debunked Episode 30: ACCESS Tries to Succeed Where VBC Fails, AI, and UnitedHealth Gets the Last Week Tonight…
Parakeet Health Secures $10M for Conversational Agentic Platform
The Series A round was led by Canvas Ventures, with participation from Blank Space Ventures, StoryHouse Ventures and HMC INQ. The post Parakeet Health Secures $10M for Conversational Agentic Platform appeared first on MedCity News.
