Building on previous research, the resources aim to streamline health data sharing by promoting standardized legal frameworks and practical tools for automated consent
One of Crothall’s longest-running associates recently celebrated her 60th work anniversary in the healthcare industry. Carolyn Mixon, Environmental Services operations manager at Walker Baptist Medical Center in Jasper, Alabama, began working as a housekeeper in 1965. She started her career at the former Peoples Hospital and moved to Walker Baptist when it opened in 1980. To celebrate this milestone, her friends and co-workers presented the 80-year-old with a certificate and a plaque, and treated her to dinner at a…
NYU Langone Health is partnering with Isaac Health to launch a specialist-led virtual care model aimed at reducing long waits for memory care. The partnership will test whether telehealth can expand access without sacrificing quality as demand for neurologists continues to outpace supply. The post NYU Langone Taps Isaac Health for New Virtual Dementia Care…
Orna Therapeutics brings Eli Lilly an in vivo cell therapy ready for Phase 1 testing as a potential treatment for autoimmune diseases. Lilly is now the latest pharma company to use M&A to enter this growing field, following deals made in the past year by AstraZeneca, AbbVie, Gilead Sciences, and Bristol Myers Squibb. The post…
It’s not well known but there’s a lot of people in hospitals who spend a lot of time creating patient registries for quality programs, CMS reporting, clinical trials and lots more. It requires extremely detailed abstraction of patient data from patient records and comparisons with registry demands. Wouldn’t it be clever if an AI system…
[Sponsored] Employee mental health, emotional resilience and workplace well-being are strategic priorities for health care organizations navigating burnout, staffing shortages and rising stress levels. The post The Best EAP Providers in America: Top 10 Services for Workplace Support appeared first on MedCity News.
A proposed amendment to existing legislation could create centralized and harmonized rules for single-use device reprocessing across all EU member countries. The post Europe’s Promising (But Rocky) Path to Embracing Single-Use Device Reprocessing appeared first on MedCity News.
This interactive tool tracks public opinion on the Affordable Care Act, from the inception of the law to the present. It highlights key moments when views shifted and trends based on party identification, income, age, gender, and race/ethnicity.
Meeting people where they are with personalized AI-powered patient outreach could help traditional healthcare move beyond reactive medicine. The post Could AI be the Antidote to ‘Sick Care’ in America? appeared first on MedCity News.
A small Tennessee hospital that was destroyed by a surging river during Hurricane Helene will soon be rebuilt on low-lying farmland that could face several feet of flooding in a much smaller storm, risking another disaster if the new facility is not built to withstand extreme weather, according to a KFF Health News analysis. Ballad…