The government wants to free your health data. Will that unleash innovation?
(By Casey Ross for STAT) In health care, breakthrough cures are no longer just hidden in the innumerable mysteries of
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Month: March 2018
PhRMA new ad criticizing insurers and pharmacy benefit managers
A new ad from PhRMA, the powerful trade lobby for the drug industry, is out criticizing insurers and pharmacy benefit
Read MoreScientists find mini gastrointestinal tract growing inside tumor
(By Meghana Keshavan for STAT) Embedded in a lung cancer tumor, scientists have found a gastrointestinal tract in miniature. Continue
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 More30% of patients have left medical appointment due to long wait times
(By Megan Knowles for Becker’s Hospital Review) Thirty percent of patients said they have walked out of a medical appointment
Read MoreOmissions On Death Certificates Lead To Undercounting Of Opioid Overdoses
(By Jake Harper, Side Effects Public Media in partnership with NPR and Kaiser Health News) In a refrigerator in the
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 MoreHouse lawmakers hope to bring opioid legislation to vote before Memorial Day
(By Lev Facher for STAT) A key House committee will hold the last of three major hearings to address the
Read MoreCalif. Bill Targets Profiteering In Addiction Treatment, Dialysis Industries
(By Chad Terhune for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) A California lawmaker is seeking to rein in addiction
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