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Health Tech On this episode of HTD, Jess and I check out Akili Interactive: at least it’s still worth more than Pear Therapeutics. And by the way, what do we think will happen between Amazon and Signify? Tune in to find out! We also look at some new deals in health tech: Happy Ring raises $60 million; Upfront buys PatientBond, […]
Sanford Health (Sioux Falls, S.D.) has delayed construction on a new $46 million heart and vascular center in Fargo, N.D., according to the website inforum.com. The new center was expected to break ground this past spring, but has been paused due to delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. A new construction timeline will be determined as plans progress. The outpatient […]
BY MIKE MAGEE Epidemics don’t appear in isolation of geography, social status, race or economics. In a recent Kaiser Family Foundation article, the authors reviewed case numbers and death rates organized by race/ethnicity. It will come as no surprise that the most vulnerable populations death rate is nearly three times greater than the least vulnerable. But what may surprise you […]
The 452,000-square-foot Sarasota Memorial Hospital-Venice is one of the first expansions for the Sarasota Memorial Hospital Care System (SMHCS). It’s part of the system’s strategy to deliver advanced medical and emergency services to residents of the rapidly growing community south of Sarasota, Fla. Completed in November 2021, the greenfield hospital in Venice, Fla., was submitted to the Design Showcase by […]
As Medicare Advantage continues to grow, a gradual but significant reshaping of the Medicare program is taking place. A new KFF analysis finds that nearly half of eligible Medicare beneficiaries – 28.4 million out of 58.6 million Medicare beneficiaries overall – are now enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans. That represents a more than doubling of the share of the eligible […]
Multiple sclerosis is typically assessed by a test that that measures how far and how well a patient walks. Called the expanded disability status scale, or EDSS, it’s scored according to a clinician’s observations along with patient-reported information. This decades-old test has become the gold standard for tracking MS progression, but it still has limitations, according to Charisse Litchman, […]
Dozens of small community hospitals with low inpatient volumes will likely be good candidates to convert to the rural emergency hospital model. But before they convert, hospitals want more clarity and adjustments on issues like maintaining swing beds, the 340B drug discount program, the status of rural health clinics, quality reporting requirements and staffing models. Trust issues with the federal […]
Suzanne BeHanna initially turned down an experimental but potentially lifesaving cancer treatment. Three years ago, the newlywed, then 62, was sick with stage 4 lymphoma, sick from two failed rounds of chemotherapy, and sick of living in a trailer park near the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. It was fall 2019, and treatment had forced her […]