When Irma Arrived, Most Florida Health Care Facilities Were Ready
(By Jon Hamilton for NPR) Another hurricane, another health care horror story. At least that’s how it looked when eight patients
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As Care Shifts From Hospital To Home, Guarding Against Infection Falls To Families
(By Melissa Bailey for Kaiser Health News) Angela Cooper arrived home from work to discover her daughter’s temperature had spiked
Read MorePhysician who researches price transparency at Harvard: My experience price shopping for care was terrible
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Ateev Mehrotra, MD, an associate professor of healthcare policy and medicine at Harvard
Read MoreMedicare Health Plans Members Are Unsure if their Plans Offer Telemedicine
In a survey by HealthMine of 500 Medicare health consumers, found that 57 percent of members aged 65 plus said
Read MoreCalifornia Drug Price Bill Sweeping In Scope, Lacking In Muscle
(By Pauline Bartolone for California Health Line produced by Kaiser Health News) A California bill headed to the governor’s desk may be
Read MoreWithout Price Breaks, Rural Hospitals Struggle To Stock Costly, Lifesaving Drugs
(By Sarah Jane Tribble for Kaiser Health News) MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ark. — Hospital pharmacist Mandy Langston remembers when Lulabelle Berry
Read MoreThis Gift Voucher Might Just Get You A Kidney
(By Fran Kritz for Kaiser Health News) Seven-year-old Quinn Gerlach got a gift certificate from his grandpa a few years
Read MoreThe Growth of FSA and HSA will Continue
The growth of high-deductible health plans is contributing to an increase in enrollment in flexible spending accounts (FSA) and health
Read MoreFDA approves 1st app to treat substance use disorders
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has permitted the startup Pear Therapeutics to market the first medical app aiding in
Read MoreEfforts To Prevent Misuse Of Biomedical Research Fall Short
(By Nell Greenfield Boyce for NPR) For years, the government has been trying to reduce the risk that legitimate biological
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