Despite hundreds of billions of dollars spent on anti-Alzheimer's drugs over the last several decades, there has been little positive impact on the millions of people and caregivers who still cope with those battling age-related cognitive challenges.
Decision-support tech firms raised more than $1 billion in the first half of this year, more than twice as much as during the same period in 2020, Mercom Capital Group reports.
When all this negative press gets out, it can trickle down to your team and affect confidence and morale. So, how can health systems prepare for and navigate these bad press incidents?
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The striking, milky-blue blood of horseshoe crabs is a critical component of tests to ensure injectable medications such as coronavirus vaccines aren't contaminated.
Experts have long suspected that overlap between total cost-of-care models like ACOs and bundled payments had the potential to yield better results than either model on its own, but there was no evidence until now.
COVID vaccine mandates are expected to trigger a wave of religious exemption claims.
Anxiety in the United States over COVID-19 is at its highest level since winter, a new poll shows, as the delta variant rages, more states and school districts adopt mask and vaccination requirements and the nation's hospitals once again fill to capacity.
"The ICUs are brimming. They're running out of ventilators," a Florida doctor said with frustration. "People are dying. It's so preventable."
According to a review of state legislation, 23 geographically and politically diverse states have passed more than 70 pandemic-related provisions affecting nursing home operations.
Kentucky hospitals are reaching a "critical point" in finding enough space and staff to treat an influx of COVID-19 patients, Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday.
"I think we've scared people," said Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and an adviser to the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration.
With the highly contagious delta variant spreading across the U.S., children are filling hospital intensive care beds instead of classrooms in record numbers, more even than at the height of the pandemic.
Dr. David Feinberg, formerly of Google Health and Geisinger, will join Cerner Corp. as CEO and president in October.
The Biden administration hasn't released essential details about how the No Surprises Act will work. But providers need to start preparing for the new rules now—and most aren't ready.
Cigna and Fresenius will extend their partnership into 2023, hoping it will continue lowering costs and reducing unnecessary hospitalizations for those with kidney disease.
The New York City comptroller's office released an interim report critical of Mayor Bill de Blasio's COVID-19 preparedness efforts despite a substantial public health infrastructure and budget.
