June 3rd 2025
The FDA introduced Elsa, an artificial intelligence (AI) tool intended to enhance efficiency in clinical reviews and scientific evaluations.
Telehealth Availability for Mental Health Care Declined After COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
July 31st 2024Researchers analyzed the availability of telehealth services at mental health treatment facilities across the US before and after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency through a national secret shopper analysis.
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Almost half of all Americans struggle to afford quality health care and prescription medications; the cyberattack on UnitedHealth Group's Change Healthcare unit will cost the company between $2.3 billion and $2.45 billion in 2024; CMS releases the final part 2 guidance for plan outreach and education for the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan.
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Lower Utilization Seen for Patients With Breast Cancer Using Remote Monitoring With Texts
July 16th 2024A remote monitoring app with alerts for doctors did not improve medication adherence in patients with breast cancer, but those receiving tailored text messages on top of monitoring saw reduced high-cost health care use.
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Kelly Harris Shares How Health Systems Can Implement Mobile Care Units for Dermatology
July 14th 2024Kelly Harris, APRN, an advanced practice registered nurse at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, discusses using mobile care units to deliver dermatology care and education to underserved communities and how health systems can implement them.
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Faye Brown Explains How Technology Can Be Used to Elevate Dermatology Triage Systems
July 14th 2024At the Society for Pediatric Dermatology annual conference, Faye Brown, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, a family nurse practitioner at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, highlights how telemedicine efforts can be utilized within dermatology triage systems to better care for pediatric patients.
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Telehealth Can Drive More Meaningful Serious Illness Conversations in MDS, AML
July 10th 2024Researchers collected feedback from 20 clinicians implementing a telehealth serious illness conversation (SIC) with their patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS).
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What We’re Reading: Surging Global Dengue Cases; EHR Blocking Ban Finalized; Weight-Loss Drug Access
June 26th 2024The CDC issued a warning to doctors on Tuesday to look out for dengue cases amid a global surge; HHS has finalized disincentives to prevent health care organizations from unreasonably blocking the exchange of electronic health record (EHR) information; patients in some states, like West Virginia, cannot afford weight-loss medications due to the high costs and lack of insurance coverage.
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Change Healthcare will begin notifying individuals whose data may have been exposed when hackers disrupted the claims processing system; experts advocate for early diagnosis of gestational diabetes to mitigate risks for both mother and child; researchers worry that the slow rollout of bird flu tests may hinder outbreak detection and response.
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Reducing Delays in Breast Cancer Care Using an Innovative Digital Health Platform
The use of a novel digital health platform achieved a 55% reduction in time to treatment among women with a new diagnosis of breast cancer.
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Eli Lilly’s Alzheimer disease drug donanemab unanimously earned the backing of FDA advisers; recent research found 323 active drug shortages in the first 3 months of 2024, marking the highest number since 2001; Microsoft and Google will offer free or discounted cybersecurity services to US rural hospitals to make them less vulnerable to cyberattacks.
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