Applying Silicon Valley Smarts To Age-Old Diseases
(By Brian Rinker for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon — On the second floor of an infectious-disease research
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Medical Technology
UnitedHealth’s Optum throws support behind at-home lab test startup in $12M funding round
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Optum Ventures, an independent venture capitalist fund of UnitedHealth Group’s Optum, led a $12 million
Read MoreMedicare approves Yescarta for cancer patients who will have a copayment of nearly $80,000
According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Medicare will pay hospitals close to its standard mark-up rate for
Read MoreCVS Health new initiative to focus on kidney disease and home dialysis
CVS Health announced a new initiative focused on early identification of kidney disease and expansion of home dialysis in order to
Read MoreCRISPR paper that sent stocks tumbling is retracted
(By Meghana Keshavan for STAT) A scientific paper that purported to lay bare serious flaws in the gene-editing tool known
Read MorePilot program using blockchain technology
UnitedHealth announced a pilot project in conjunction with Humana, Quest Diagnostics and Multiplan to see if blockchain technology can improve
Read MoreArtificial Intelligence doesn’t need to be robotic in nature
As logic goes, once artificial intelligence (AI) technology advances far enough, the skilled nursing industry could hypothetically solve its persistent
Read MoreStudy: 40% of providers have canceled surgeries over supply shortages
(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) Forty percent of healthcare providers have canceled a surgery and 69 percent of
Read MoreBy 2035, elder care robot industry set to top $3 billion
According to a new report from Reuters, the overall worldwide market for robotic assistants used in nursing homes and other
Read MoreWithout Context Or Cushion, Do Online Medical Results Make Sense?
(By Sandra G. Boodman for Kaiser Health News) As she herded her two young sons into bed one evening late
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