Now that the pumpkin-spiced latté has returned, you can take your love of fall even further with these pumpkin-shaped Dutch ovens that Twitter has fallen in love with. Today in health, we’ll look at the White House requesting billions in new funding to respond to both the coronavirus and monkeypox, with “difficult decisions” looming if more resources aren’t available. Welcome to Overnight […]
Parrott’s departure comes nearly a year after the breakup of Amita Health was announced. Amita was formed in 2015 through a joint venture of national chains Ascension and AdventHealth. Together, they operated 19 hospitals, most of which are in the Chicago area. Parrott was CEO of Amita Health from January 2020 until the breakup and subsequent rebranding in April. The unwinding […]
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday that the recent decline in monkeypox cases that has been observed in North America and Europe is evidence that the current outbreak can be stopped or eliminated outright. Tedros made note of how monkeypox has quickly grown in prominence from being a little-known virus that was often only discussed […]
Artificial intelligence biotech company Owkin announced Friday that its rapid AI diagnostic solutions for breast cancer and colorectal cancer have been approved for use in Europe. The tests are the first approved diagnostics created by Owkin, which has offices in New York City and Paris. One of the solutions is RlapsRisk BC, which uses AI to predict if a breast […]
Home-based care providers continue to invest big on recruitment and retention efforts, new survey data suggests. The survey is the result of a collaboration between the home care technology company AlayaCare, and Home Health Care News. It examines the current staffing climate and what providers are doing in response. Over 100 home-based care industry professionals participated. Overall, recruiting and retention […]
The Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) on Friday said that it will provide access to abortions to pregnant veterans in limited circumstances. In a statement, the department said it submitted an interim final rule in the federal register to allow it to provide access to abortion counseling, as well as the procedure itself for people who became pregnant as a […]
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson ruling overturning Roe vs. Wade, obstetric care teams are rightly focusing on how already-critical efforts to protect maternal health and reduce maternal mortality will be affected. Tragically, maternal mortality in the U.S. has been increasing. In 2020, the maternal mortality rate was 23.8 deaths per 100,000 live births, up […]
Seniors on Medicare Advantage health plans may not always be receiving high quality care, a new study shows. The study from RAND Corporation, a nonprofit research organization, looked at 15 different quality measures from patients on MA plans during 2016 and 2017 and found that the quality of care was only slightly better when compared to plans that didn’t have […]
Healthcare providers need better algorithms to predict opioid dependency, especially among Medicaid patients, according to new research from Stanford University and Gainwell. Stanford researchers teamed up with healthcare technology company Gainwell to use the company’s datasets — 180,000 de-identified Medicaid claims from six states (three in the Southeast, two in the West and one in the Midwest). Their research revealed […]
What Is N3C, and What’s the Technology Behind It? Dr. Kenneth Gersing, director of informatics at NCATS, says the organization gets groups to work together and turns data silos into a network through shared services. To make a program such as N3C possible, it’s important for NCATS to find economies of scale. The organization also leads the Rare Diseases Clinical […]