How our health systems are working to prevent hospital drug shortages
(By Barclay E. Berdan, Scott Reiner, and Terry Shaw for STAT) Drug shortages are a major challenge for hospitals. Today, 121
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Emerging Health Issues
Hospitals to publish the prices negotiated with insurers
The Trump administration is proposing a rule that would require hospitals to publish the prices that are negotiated with insurers
Read MoreOn A Mission To Help People Control Diabetes — And Save Money On Insulin
(By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio for Kaiser Health News) In a former church parsonage in Grundy County, Tenn., Karen
Read More40% of primary care clinics will decline a new patient who takes opioids on ongoing basis
(By Anne-Marie Kommers for Becker’s Hospital Review) Forty percent of primary clinics said they would not accept a new patient
Read MoreElon Musk wants to test brain-reading implants in paralyzed patients next year
(By Rebecca Robbins for STAT) SAN FRANCISCO — In front of a crowd of techies packed into a planetarium, Elon
Read MoreMedicare Going In ‘Right Direction’ On Opioid Epidemic
(By Martha Bebinger, WBUR for Kaiser Health News) Prescriptions for two drugs used to treat opioid addiction increased significantly from
Read MoreScientists Make Model Embryos From Stem Cells To Study Key Steps In Human Development
(By Rob Stein for NPR) Scientists have created living entities that resemble very primitive human embryos, the most advanced example
Read MorePatients with feared superbug shed large amounts of it from their skin, study says
(By Helen Branswell for STAT) New research on a frightening new superbug confirms what scientists have both suspected and feared: Some hospitalized
Read More1 In 6 Insured Hospital Patients Get A Surprise Bill For Out-Of-Network Care
(By Rachel Bluth for Kaiser Health News) About 1 in 6 Americans were surprised by a medical bill after treatment
Read MoreHe Jiankui tried to protect ‘CRISPR babies’ against HIV. But his attempted fix shortens lives, study shows
(By Sharon Begley for STAT) Last January, the Chinese scientist who created the first “CRISPR babies” — twin girls born from gene-edited
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