Last month, the Office of Health Economics published a report titled “Health Technology Assessment of Gene Therapies: Are Our Methods Fit for Purpose?” I summarize some of the key challenges and solutions below. Challenge #1: Initial assessment of clinical effectiveness. Since gene therapies often target rare disease, the sample size from clinical trials is often […]
We’ll probably reach a global population of 8 billion by the end of this year, at least according to the United Nations. In health news, the Food and Drug Administration will review an application for what could be the first over-the-counter birth control pill, amid heightened concerns for contraception access following the overturning of Roev. Wade. Welcome to Overnight […]
As physician practices work to modernize their technology and become more consumer-focused, their efforts are often complicated by a sea of vendors selling point solutions. One startup wants to change that. “So many of them are using four or five different products in their practice and have no in-house IT — it’s tough to stitch together a solution that way,” […]
In an under-the-radar move, UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) has been combining Optum Health assets with Red Ventures’ health care portfolio to create a new consumer health joint venture dubbed “RVO Health.” That’s according to a Monday report from Axios. The ownership “structure” of the JV is not clear, according to the report. All that is clear is Red Ventures received […]
Dive Brief: About 18,000 registered nurses at the University of California’s medical centers, clinics and student health centers across the state voted to ratify a new three-year contract Saturday, according to the California Nurses Association, which represents the nurses. The new contract includes measures to enhance safety and retention and recruitment efforts for nurses across the system, according to a […]
The Biden administration on Monday said doctors and hospitals need to follow federal law and provide abortions if there is a medical emergency and the health or life of the patient is at risk, regardless of state law. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reaffirmed that the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) protects providers when offering legally-mandated, […]
Optum has partnered with media company Red Ventures to combine consumer healthcare news and information with online pharmacy and telehealth services. The joint venture, RVO Health, supports UnitedHealth Group’s plan to build consumer brand awareness around its Optum healthcare services subsidiary, said Rick Kes, a healthcare partner at RSM. During UnitedHealth Group’s investor day in December, CEO Andrew Witty said […]
Name: Tilak Mandadi New title: EVP and chief data, digital and technology officer, CVS Health Previous title: Chief strategy, innovation and technology officer, MGM Resorts International CVS has named Mandadi to the newly created CDDTO role effective July 25. Mandadi will be responsible for the company’s digital and tech strategy, along with overseeing company growth through digital and consumer-focused experiences and services, […]
Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) urged the federal government Monday to ramp up access to monkeypox vaccines as cases of the virus continue to rise. “We cannot wait any longer to take action against the spread of monkeypox,” de Blasio said in a Twitter thread on Monday. De Blasio officially announced his run for New York’s […]
Well, here we go again. Once more, the ever-changing coronavirus behind COVID-19 is assaulting the United States in a new guise—BA.5, an offshoot of the Omicron variant that devastated the most recent winter. The new variant is spreading quickly, likely because it snakes past some of the immune defenses acquired by vaccinated people, or those infected by earlier variants. Those […]