Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is caught between his Make America Healthy Again supporters who want him to do more to advance their priorities, including curtailing vaccines, and a White House trying to combat President Donald Trump’s unpopularity. Protesters’ chants could be heard from inside the Cleveland City Club, where Kennedy…
Shyld AI has raised $13.4 million to expand its AI-powered UV disinfection platform, which autonomously sanitizes hospital rooms. The startup’s technology aims to reduce the risk of hospital-acquired infection, as well as lessen hospitals’ reliance on labor-intensive cleaning workflows. The post Shyld AI Snags $13M for Device that Disinfects Hospital Rooms Autonomously appeared first on…
BeOne Medicines drug Beqalzi has accelerated FDA approval for treating relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma, a type of blood cancer. The regulatory nod opens the door to potentially compete against Venclexta, a blockbuster cancer drug marketed by AbbVie and Roche. The post FDA Approval Gives BeOne Medicines a New Challenger to AbbVie, Roche Cancer…
At this year’s Healthcare Innovation Summit in Washington, D.C., healthcare leaders tackled some of the industry’s biggest challenges — from AI governance and cybersecurity to interoperability, digital medicine and operational transformation. Here are just a few of the conversations and themes that stood out throughout the day.
Twin Health CMO Lisa Shah, M.D., describes how her company makes highly personalized recommendations to help users reach goals such as a lower A1C
Carrot is expanding its AI-powered metabolic health program to support menopause care, offering personalized guidance and wearable integration. The post Carrot Expands AI Metabolic Health Program to Menopause appeared first on MedCity News.
That is the title of my column for my latest column forThe Evidence Base. In this latest edition of Perspectives from the Healthcare Economist, Jason Shafrin (FTI Consulting and Mann School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California) examines how AI is beginning to reshape health economics and outcomes research (HEOR), from evidence generation and literature reviews to…
The Patient Transport team at Novant Health Rowan Medical Center is a strong example of Crothall’s commitment to workplace safety in action. Crothall Healthcare’s Patient Transport team, located in Salisbury, N.C., makes over 68,000 trips a year and has achieved impressive safety milestones: no major injuries since January 2017 and no ‘Red Rule’ violations for more than eight…
Difficult packaging comes with tangible consequences, including lower adherence, higher rates of adverse events, and diminished real-world effectiveness. It can also delay FDA submissions and ultimately, market entry. The post Our Aging Population is Forcing a Rethink of How We Design & Package Medicines appeared first on MedCity News.
How much of precision interventional psychiatry can actually happen remotely, and where does the model hit a wall? The answer is potentially more nuanced than the conventional framing suggests. The post Can Precision Psychiatry Be Delivered Remotely? The Limits and Opportunities of Telehealth in Interventional Care appeared first on MedCity News.