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| 23.01.2025 | Health | Emergency contraception pill could be an alternative to mifepristone for abortions, study suggests | The 60 milligram dose of ulipristal used in the study is twice the dose of Ella, a prescription drug used for emergency contraception.
The company that makes Ella says on its website that it won’t end an existing pregnancy. It can be taken ... |
| 22.01.2025 | Science | Scientists detect chirping cosmic waves in an unexpected part of space | The chorus has been picked up on radio antennas for decades, including receivers at an Antarctica research station in the 1960s. And twin spacecraft — NASA’s Van Allen Probes — heard the chirps from Earth’s radiation belts at a closer dista... |
| 22.01.2025 | Health | Keeping blood pressure under control is critical. There’s a new option for tough cases | And only a fraction of patients have their hypertension well-controlled, meaning there’s a need for novel strategies. The Food and Drug Administration approved that “renal denervation” option about a year ago, based on studies showing a mod... |
| 21.01.2025 | National Politics | Trump wants to pull the US out of the World Health Organization again. Here’s what may happen next | His move calls for pausing the future transfer of U.S. government funds to the organization, recalling and reassigning federal personnel and contractors working with WHO and calls on officials to “identify credible and transparent United St... |
| 18.01.2025 | A New Era in Obesity Diagnosis and Alcohol Labeling: Health Policies Under Scrutiny | In the realm of health, change is a constant. Recently, two significant developments have emerged that could reshape our understanding of obesity and alcohol consumption. These changes are not just policy tweaks; they are shifts in how we p... |
| 17.01.2025 | Health | Surprise finding sheds light on what causes Huntington’s disease, a devastating fatal brain disorder | Scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, McLean Hospital in Massachusetts and Harvard Medical School studied brain tissue donated by 53 people with Huntington’s and 50 without it, analyzing half a million cells.
They focused on... |
| 16.01.2025 | Health | Proposed rules would require nutrition info, allergen warnings on alcohol labels | Companies have been allowed to provide the information voluntarily for several years. In August 2021, a survey from the Beer Institute indicated that 95% of beer volume sold by several top producers contained nutrition information provided ... |
| 16.01.2025 | SpaceX catches its Starship rocket back at the launch pad, but the spacecraft is destroyed | Skimming space, the shiny retro-looking spacecraft — intended by Musk as a moon and Mars ships — targeted the Indian Ocean for a controlled but destructive end to the hourlong demo.
SpaceX beefed up the catch tower after November’s launch e... |
| 16.01.2025 | NASA’s stuck astronaut steps out on a spacewalk after 7 months in orbit | It was the first spacewalk by NASA astronauts since an aborted one last summer. U.S. spacewalks were put on hold after water leaked into the airlock from the cooling loop for an astronaut’s suit. NASA said the problem has been fixed.
This w... |
| 14.01.2025 | Health | Up to 4 in 10 people could develop dementia after 55. What you can do to lower your risk | Alzheimer’s is the most common form, and silent brain changes that eventually lead to it can begin two decades before symptoms appear. Other types include vascular dementia, when heart disease or small strokes impair blood flow to the brain... |
| 14.01.2025 | Health | Obesity won’t be solely defined by BMI under new plan for diagnosis by global experts | People with clinical obesity meet BMI and other markers of obesity and have evidence of organ, tissue or other problems caused by excess weight. That could include heart disease, high blood pressure, liver or kidney disease or chronic sever... |
| 13.01.2025 | Jeff Bezos’ space company calls off debut launch of massive new rocket in final minutes of countdown | Amazon’s Jeff Bezos founded the company 25 years ago. He took part in Monday’s countdown from Mission Control, located at the rocket factory just outside the gates of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center about 50 miles (80 kilometers) east of Orland... |
| 17.12.2024 | Alivi Health: A Beacon of Hope in Florida's Healthcare Landscape | In the heart of Miami, a healthcare revolution is brewing. Alivi Health, a company dedicated to enhancing healthcare access, is poised to expand its reach significantly. With two new contracts in hand, Alivi is set to double its size and cr... |
| 17.12.2024 | Costs of Care and The Leapfrog Group Present Steven Schroeder Award for Outstanding Healthcare CEO to Mr. Richard A. Anderson | Mr. Richard A. Anderson
St. Luke's University Health Network President and CEO, Mr. Richard A. Anderson, awarded for addressing both the quality and affordability of healthcare.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Steven Sch... |
| 16.12.2024 | National Politics | RFK Jr. meets with senators as questions swirl about Trump’s pick to lead health agency | HHS has a broad reach across the lives of Americans — inspecting the nation’s food, regulating medicines and overseeing research of diseases and cures. It provides health insurance for nearly half of the country — poor, disabled and older A... |
| 12.12.2024 | Alivi Health Unveils Growth Plans That Will Add Hundreds of Florida Jobs | Miami Healthcare Company's Services For Medicare And Medicaid Health Plans Will Double Revenue
MIAMI, Dec. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Alivi Health, a healthcare benefits company, announced it will more than double in size thanks to two ... |
| 27.11.2024 | The Shifting Sands of American Politics: Trump’s Victory and the Evolving Role of Black Women | The 2024 election results have sent shockwaves through the political landscape. Donald Trump’s unexpected victory has left many questioning the dynamics of voter behavior and the implications for various demographic groups. The narrative is... |
| 25.11.2024 | National Politics | After Trump’s win, Black women are rethinking their role as America’s reliable political organizers | Harris’ loss spurred a wave of Black women across social media resolving to prioritize themselves, before giving so much to a country that over and over has shown its indifference to their concerns.
AP VoteCast, a survey of more than 120,00... |
| 18.11.2024 | The Tug-of-War Over Drug Pricing: Eli Lilly's Legal Battle and Medicaid's Role in Weight-Loss Drug Coverage | In the complex world of pharmaceuticals, Eli Lilly is embroiled in a legal battle that highlights the tension between drug manufacturers and government regulations. The company has taken the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRS... |
| 18.11.2024 | Medicaid fuels US coverage of Novo, Lilly weight-loss drugs | Medicaid fuels US coverage of Novo, Lilly weight-loss drugs
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| 12.11.2024 | New Guidelines and Investments: A Dual Approach to Combat Health Threats | Stroke is a silent predator. It strikes swiftly, often without warning. The latest guidelines from health authorities aim to arm the public with knowledge and tools to fend off this fourth leading cause of death in the United States. Meanwh... |
| 12.11.2024 | The Unsung Heroes of Cleanliness: Janitors in Office Spaces | Janitors are the backbone of cleanliness in office environments. They work tirelessly behind the scenes, ensuring that spaces are not just clean but also welcoming. Yet, their challenges are often invisible to the eye. This article explores... |
| 11.11.2024 | Health | Here are new guidelines for preventing stroke, the nation’s 4th biggest killer | Here’s what to know about stroke and the new guidelines:What is a stroke?
A stroke happens when blood flow to part of the brain is blocked or if a blood vessel in the brain bursts. That deprives the brain of oxygen which can cause brain dam... |
| 04.11.2024 | Komodo Health Awards New Research Grants on Diet and Health Powered by Its Healthcare Map | Komodo’s Technology Platform and Healthcare Map Will Support Five Cutting-Edge, Cross-U.S. Investigations of Diet-Related Diseases
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–November 4, 2024–
Healthcare technology company Komodo Health today announced t... |
| 30.10.2024 | Health | Patients are relying on Lyft, Uber to travel far distances to medical care | From April 2022 to April 2024, Lyft drivers completed thousands of rides that were greater than 50 miles each way and that began or ended at Atlanta-area medical treatment centers, including the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University ... |
| 29.10.2024 | This Halloween, be safe when trick-or-treating by watching for cars | Walk defensively
An easy way to keep yourself and your kids out of harm’s way on Halloween is being aware of your surroundings, Lombard said.
That goes for drivers and pedestrians.
“We see a lot of distracted drivers who are on their phones... |
| 26.09.2024 | CHC: Creating Healthier Communities Elects Daniel Dawes to its National Board of Directors | Dr. Daniel Dawes joins CHC to ensure that all communities have access to the resources they need to thrive.
Public health trailblazer Dr. Daniel Dawes joins CHC to address the barriers and drivers of health and ensure that all communities h... |
| 22.08.2024 | The Painful Truth: Rethinking Gynecological Care in America | In the realm of healthcare, gynecology often stands as a unique battleground. Women face a double-edged sword: the need for essential procedures and the fear of pain. Recent discussions have spotlighted this issue, particularly around the i... |
| 21.08.2024 | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Awards Grant to National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys Foundation to Address Inequities Caused by Medicaid Estate Recovery | The NAELA Foundation is an affiliated 501(c)(3) entity of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.
New initiative seeks to elevate voices of affected communities and inform change.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Recogni... |
| 21.08.2024 | Health | It’s not just IUDs. Gynecologists and patients are focused on making procedures less painful | The CDC’s new guidance is just that — not a hard rule. And the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists spokesperson Rachel Kingery said in an emailed statement that there’s no timeline for the group to provide clearer guidance o... |
| 20.08.2024 | Study Suggests Correlation Between Economic, Health Factors and Rise in Asian American Hate Incidents During COVID-19 Pandemic | And Finds Discrepancies in Reporting between News Media and FBI Data
SAN FRANCISCO , Aug. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Asian American Foundation (TAAF) today released findings from its study Roots of Racism: Examining the Conditions for Ant... |
| 30.07.2024 | Olympics | Here’s what to know about Seine River water quality during the Paris Olympics | “It’s also the wildlife — rodents, for example. When it rains a lot, all of that from those animals can end up in the Seine,” she said.What did Paris do to clean up?
To prepare for the Paris Games, the city built a giant basin to capture ex... |
| 01.05.2024 | Germany’s Deltia.ai bags €4.5M to combat manufacturing labour shortage using AI and computer vision | Read this article in:
Berlin-based Deltia.ai, a computer vision software company, recently announced the completion of €4.5M in a seed funding round led by Cavalry Ventures, with participation from existing investor Merantix.
Additionally, ... |
| 30.04.2024 | 16,000 people with disabilities are in state-operated institutions. This is how experts say health care should change. | Watch the CBS Reports documentary "No Place Like Home" in the video player above.
More than 16,000 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, or IDD, are housed in institutions in the U.S., reports the Residential In... |
| 10.11.2023 | Amplifying the Voices of Caregivers and Families | (StatePoint) As we celebrate National Family Caregivers Month, advocates say it’s important to not only honor caregivers’ dedication, compassion, and resilience, but to also acknowledge their challenges and aspirations. Doing so can help fa... |
| 03.11.2023 | Health | GOP states embrace Uber, Lyft to take low-income patients to medical appointments | Anna Claire Vollers | Stateline.org (TNS)
This month, Mississippi becomes the latest state to partner with ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft to ferry residents to their medical appointments.
It’s a bid to improve overall health i... |
| 30.04.2023 | Report: 20% of Americans Skip Healthcare Due to Transportation Barriers | What You Should Know:
A new analysis shows more than 21% of U.S. adults without access to a vehicle or public transit went without needed medical care last year. These individuals were significantly more likely to skip care than those who r... |
| 31.03.2023 | Millions of Americans are about to lose Medicaid coverage. Here's what to know. | 3 million Pennsylvanians need to renew Medicaid eligibility to continue state-sponsored health insur 3 million Pennsylvanians need to renew Medicaid eligibility to continue state-sponsored health insur 02:34
For millions of Americans who ge... |
| 07.02.2023 | Mid-Atlantic Climate Action Hub Launches With $2.2M Grant From Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | A $2.2 million grant will help launch a University of Maryland-led initiative to address the effects of environmental racism and climate change across the mid-Atlantic region, providing financial and training support and advocating for poli... |
| 03.02.2023 | How’s Your Congress Rep Doing? New Dashboard Shows Key Health Measures In 435 Districts | A team from the New York University (NYU) Grossman School of Medicine in partnership with the Robert ... [+] Wood Johnson Foundation just launched the Congressional District Health Dashboard (CDHD), pictured here. (Image: Courtesy of Sasha ... |
| 25.01.2023 | New Online Tool Provides Health Snapshot of All 435 U.S. Congressional Districts | The Congressional District Health Dashboard Can Inform Policymaker Action to Eliminate Wide Disparities in Premature Death, Mental Health, Childhood Poverty, Broadband Access, and More
NEW YORK, Jan. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, research... |
| 30.12.2022 | Just over half of Americans want the COVID public health emergency to stay in place | Democrats, Baby Boomers, and those in urban areas are most like to be in favor
It's been almost three years since the start of the pandemic in early 2020, and while we'd all like to move on and put it behind us, unfortunately cases, hospita... |
| 30.12.2022 | Science says parents of successful kids have these 26 things in common | Research suggests that parents who manage stress well and maintain a positive mood impact their child's mood in a positive way. MoMo Productions/Getty Images
Every parent wants their children to grow up and do amazing things with their live... |
| 26.12.2022 | Over 8 million workers will get a raise on New Year's as states step in to raise their minimum wages | Lucy Nicholson/Reuters
8.4 million workers will get a raise on New Year's, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
23 states are set to raise their minimum wages on January 1, due to inflation, legislation, and ballot measures.
Many sta... |
| 19.09.2022 | Film Screening of "Who Cares: A Nurse's Fight for Equity" Features Fargo Nurse Whitney Fear | Hundreds of local nurses and nursing students gather on ‘red carpet’ at Fargo Theatre
FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, UNITED STATES, September 19, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The groundbreaking documentary, "Who Cares: A Nurse’s Fight for Equity,&... |
| 12.09.2022 | Getting sick from Covid knocked 500,000 workers out of the labor force, a new study says. It shows why labor shortages are still going strong. | A grocer wearing a protective mask as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus stocks papers at the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. AP Photo/Matt Rourke
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| 08.09.2022 | A $15 minimum wage would take 7.6 million people out of poverty, according to a new study | Demonstrators participate in a protest outside of McDonald's corporate headquarters on January 15, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson/Getty Images
The minimum wage in the US has been $7.25 for the last 13 years.
A new study finds that r... |
| 19.07.2022 | Keep equity in mind when moving to value-based payment | Value-based care champions health and justice by focusing on outcomes rather than on units of service. As this type of payment reform expands, implementing the necessary changes to enable it must operate from a frame of equity rather than e... |
| 04.05.2022 | Raising Clinical Outcomes and Engagement Through Healthcare Equity: What Health Plans Need to Know | Anne Davis, VP of Government Markets & Strategy at Wellth
Structural racism and poverty are correlated with a higher incidence of obesity among Black Americans (49%). Social drivers of health, which impact a disproportionate number of n... |
| 14.03.2022 | ESG is not enough. It’s time to add an H | Never miss a story: Follow your favorite topics and authors to get a personalized email with the journalism that matters most to you.
More than a decade of sustained focus on ESG principles has driven substantial change: Nearly all the worl... |
| 07.02.2022 | Science says parents of successful kids have these 25 things in common | Research suggests that parents who manage stress well and maintain a positive mood impact their child’s mood in a positive way. MoMo Productions/Getty Images
Every parent wants their children to grow up and do amazing things with their live... |
| 25.01.2022 | UnityPoint Health Partners with TailorMed to Reduce Cost of Treatment for More Patients | “We’re committed to ensuring that our patients have access to lifesaving medications,” said Gary Robb, VP and Chief Pharmacy Officer at UnityPoint Health. “We’re confident that TailorMed’s technology and vast network will enable us to ease ... |
| 19.01.2022 | Negative descriptors are more likely to appear in health records of Black patients, study finds | Doctors’ notes are meant to be an objective record of their interactions with patients. Among other uses, the notes provide important context for any other providers who treat those patients in the future.
But these notes aren’t as objectiv... |
| 29.12.2021 | Deaths of despair: the unrecognized tragedy of working class immiseration | Given the socioeconomic effects of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, it should have come as no surprise that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported more than 100,000 drug overdose deaths during the 12-month period end... |
| 03.06.2021 | The Future Of Health Care Lies With Nurses, Says AARP | A friend I’ll call Howard just completed a three-day stay in the hospital. At 40, this was his first intense experience as a patient. “I was amazed at how great the nurses were. They were incredibly knowledgeable and basically did almost ev... |
| 01.06.2021 | Can Technology Improve How We Treat (or Prevent) Chronic Conditions? | Dr. John Janas, Medical Director, Twistle
The prevalence of chronic disease in the United States will increase over the next several decades among all age groups, as will the associated care costs, and physical, mental and social consequenc... |
| 13.05.2021 | Child Poverty Related Indicators (CPRI) Report - HTML version | Copyright:
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| 29.04.2021 | Jvion and Mozzaz Strike Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Value-Based Care and Improve Patient Outcomes | “The last year has been a challenging time for value-based care as patients withdrew from the healthcare system, making it difficult to identify and engage with patients at risk...Our partnership with Jvion will help payers and providers ov... |
| 02.04.2021 | Fee or free? The services hospital-based psychologists provide are ‘priceless’ | Hospital-based psychologists are sorely undervalued, not just for the care they provide their patients and the insights they offer their clinician colleagues, but for the substantial savings they can provide their institutions.
Under the cu... |
| 18.03.2021 | U.S. Parents Optimistic about Raising Children While Navigating Barriers to Opportunity, Survey Finds | |
| 01.03.2021 | As Johnson & Johnson’s One-Shot Covid-19 Vaccine Joins The Fight, Hesitancy Could Subside | Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose vaccine in the U.S. could spur more Americans to get immunized ... [+] against Covid-19 and further reduce vaccine hesitancy, a Feb. 26, 2021 Kaiser Family Foundation analysis indicates. In this Tuesday, ... |
| 17.02.2021 | Strategies to Drive Community Development Capital to Small and Midsized Cities | PHILADELPHIA (PRWEB) February 17, 2021
Urban Institute released Making Community Development Capital Work in Small and Midsize Cities, a report in partnership with Reinvestment Fund, that explores the challenges many small and midsize citie... |
| 17.02.2021 | New White House, Covid-19 pandemic spurring insurer participation in ACA marketplace | This suggests that insurers are anticipating increased enrollment as a result of federal policy changes and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, said Katherine Hempstead, senior policy adviser at RWJF and author of the analysis, in an email... |
| 13.01.2021 | For underserved patients, the promise of telemedicine still holds | Fitzpatrick, a former epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, created started Grapevine last year to address patient engagement in Medicaid populations.
One common refrain is that low-income patients might not ha... |
| 18.11.2020 | The American Medical Association officially recognised racism as a public-health threat, saying it creates and entrenches health inequality | Bryce Hill stands in line to vote while wearing his ‘Black Lives Matter’ mask at the Durham County Library on the first day of early voting in Durham, North Carolina on October 15, 2020. Cornell Watson/Getty/Washington Post
The American Med... |
| 15.10.2020 | Report: 21M people could lose insurance if ACA is overturned | Next month, the Supreme Court will hear California v. Texas, which raises questions about the ACA’s individual mandate. But if the court finds that the individual mandate is not severable from the rest of the ACA, it could strike down the e... |
| 08.10.2020 | Covid-19, Subway Stops And Health Equity: How Digital Health Platforms Help Reduce Disparities In Care | There’s no question that social determinants of health (SDoH) affect health outcomes. But amidst Covid-19, their significance is becoming even more clear and their drivers more apparent. |
| 20.09.2020 | Three Million People Lost Health Coverage From Their Employers During The Pandemic | The Urban Institute says 3.3 million Americans lost employer based health coverage during this ... [+] summer's "pandemic recession." In this photo, Airline industry workers hold signs during a protest in Federal Plaza in Chicago,... |
| 18.09.2020 | New Survey Shows Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic Worsening Financial Inequalities In America | Housing security and evictions continue to be a problem for many Americans, especially persons of ... [+] color. Here Patty Torres, the Organizing Director for Make The Road Pennsylvania speaks during a protest organized by Make the Road Pe... |
| 16.07.2020 | 3 Foundation Leaders On How Philanthropy Can Support Inclusive Small Business Recovery | Getty |
| 14.07.2020 | Report: 10M could lose insurance by the end of 2020 | Unemployment rates soared in March, though they have since leveled off at 11.1% in June, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But this figure may not fully represent the number of people who are newly jobless, since it only includes... |
| 05.07.2020 | 10 Examples Of Covid-19 Coronavirus Advice That May Be Difficult To Follow | Covid-19 coronavirus advice and guidelines haven't always accounted for differences among the ... [+] experiences and conditions faced by different socio-demographic groups. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty Im... |
| 01.05.2020 | The Importance of Equity in Contact Tracing | Commentators and policymakers appear to have slowly rallied around “contact tracing” as a means to ease society out of restrictive social-distancing measures. Unlike in past pandemics, some observers assume that this iteration of contact tr... |
| 05.04.2020 | Among Those Losing Jobs, Red States Will See More Uninsured | A big increase in uninsured Americans is expected to hit harder in states that didn’t expand ... [+] Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act amid record applications for unemployment in an economy struggling with the Coronavirus strain COVID... |
| 10.11.2019 | Litesprite’s game for managing depression gets an endorsement from Bayer’s startup accelerator | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Litesprite had the vision years ago to use a mobile video game to help patients manage problems such as stress, anxiety, or depression.... |
| 10.11.2019 | Litesprite’s game for managing depression gets an endorsement from Bayer’s startup accelerator | Litesprite had the vision years ago to use a mobile video game to help patients manage problems such as stress, anxiety, or depression. And it seems like we’re seeing more and more demand for something that can treat these problems, which a... |
| 22.10.2019 | The HRA rule could be a game changer for health insurance | The open enrollment season for health insurance is close at hand, providing many people with an opportunity to re-evaluate their coverage. This year there is a new option for employers that could affect the individual market.
In the individ... |
| 14.10.2019 | Legislators examine potential impact on free school meals of USDA’s proposed SNAP policy changes | In July, USDA proposed eliminating state broad-based categorical eligibility policies that allow beneficiaries of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)-funded noncash benefits to automatically qualify for SNAP. The department argue... |
| 29.05.2019 | Dialysis care offers lessons for achieving health equity in the U.S. | Health equity is an important goal for the U.S. health care system, though one it is still far from achieving. That means providing every person with the same opportunity to receive high-quality care, regardless of their income or race.
Acc... |
| 11.04.2019 | Why some health system merger plans work out but others are nixed — and why you should care | In October, two Texas healthcare giants — Baylor Scott & White Health in Dallas and Memorial Hermann Health System in Houston — signed a letter of intent to form a new health system. Just four months later in February, they scrapped the... |
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| 31.10.2018 | The U.K.’s Care Opinion: how hospitals can learn from online feedback | As consumers take to the internet to rate their health care experiences, some doctors and hospitals are cringing. A few have even retaliated with lawsuits against patients who post negative comments about them. In Cleveland, for example, a ... |
| 03.10.2018 | AI and Personalized Learning That Goes Beyond Tech: The Latest Camelback Ventures Cohort | Aaron Walker, founder and CEO of an incubator based in New Orleans called Camelback Ventures, believes there’s talent everywhere. That’s why his organization doesn’t make entrepreneurs accepted to its fellowship move anywhere. They can stay... |
| 22.08.2018 | Solving the Tech Deficit on Capitol Hill: A Call for Applications | Anyone who saw Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony before Congress in April witnessed first-hand what I experienced for six years as a congressional staffer: the Senate and the House of Representatives aren’t up to the task of understa... |
| 19.04.2018 | Research shows that investing in social services can help reduce health care costs and improve health outcomes | RWJF-supported study demonstrates that access to food and energy assistance through the SNAP program may reduce health care costs while improving health status. The research reinforces the value proposition of PurFoods, a Cressey & Comp... |
| 10.10.2017 | Column:: Trump plots another backdoor effort to gut Obamacare’s consumer protections | Still smarting from congressional Republicans’ abject failure to repeal the Affordable Care Act by legislative means, President Trump now reportedly is plotting a backdoor attack aimed at gutting the act’s most important consumer protection... |
| 22.09.2017 | Military medics and corpsmen could help fill the shortage of primary care providers | For more than a century, the United States military has relied on enlisted health care providers — primarily medics and corpsmen — to provide lifesaving care to sick and wounded service members aboard ships, on distant airfields, and on bat... |
| 25.07.2017 | Doctors have the power to help their patients thrive financially | Pediatrician Michael Hole knows that helping his low-income patients stay healthy requires more than correctly diagnosing and treating their illnesses. That’s why he routinely asks families if they receive anti-poverty resources such as the... |
| 21.06.2017 | Oscar Health is headed back to New Jersey and branching out to Ohio and Tennessee | Oscar Health seems to be expanding rather than shrinking in the next year. Despite worries that the Affordable Care Act wasn’t working out for health insurance companies, Oscar has filed to expand in 2018, adding the states of Ohio and Tenn... |
| 22.05.2017 | Vericred raises $5.5M for health insurance data platform | Healthcare data company Vericred, which offers a platform with provider-network dataset, has raised $5.5 million in a round led by FCA Venture Partners. The company, whose centralized data platform allows individuals and business to enroll,... |
| 22.05.2017 | Vericred Closes $5.5 Million Series A Round Led by FCA Venture Partners | Vericred, a healthcare data services company, today announced the closing of a $5.5 million Series A funding round led by Nashville-based FCA Venture Partners, with participation from existing and new investors. The Series A funding brings ... |
| 22.05.2017 | Vericred Lands $5.5M to Become The Enabling Data Layer for Health Insurance | Vericred, a Nashville, TN-based healthcare data services company has raised $5.5 million in Series A funding led by FCA Venture Partners, with participation from existing and new investors. That company plans to utilize the latest round to ... |
| 07.04.2017 | Social justice should be a key part of educating health professionals | Here’s a sad fact about the United States, the country with the highest per-capita spending on health care in the world: Wealthy people are significantly healthier than poor people. That gap exists in part because the rich can afford better... |
| 28.02.2017 | With the Healthy Indiana Plan up for renewal, is the Medicaid expansion experiment working? | Indiana expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act in 2015, adding conditions designed to appeal to the state’s conservative leadership. The federal government approved the experiment, called the Healthy Indiana Plan, or HIP 2.0, which... |
| 18.05.2016 | San Francisco leads the way as cities and states consider warning labels on sugary drinks | Long a feature on cigarette boxes and beer cans, health warnings will soon appear on advertisements for sugary drinks — at least in one US city.
Beginning July 25, outdoor ads for sugar-added drinks in the city of San Francisco will have to... |
| 05.05.2016 | Nation’s most profitable hospitals are nonprofits | The findings are based on Medicare cost reports from fiscal year 2013, analyzing almost 3,000 acute-care hospitals. About 60 percent were nonprofit, while one in four were for-profit. The rest were public, or government-owned.
The top three... |
| 13.01.2016 | Top 5 predictions for 2016 in health tech and services | About the author: @DanGebremedhin is a Senior Associate at Flare Capital Partners, an early stage Health Technology and Services focused VC Firm. He is a practicing physician at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and previously served as a... |
| 16.09.2015 | Litesprite uses mobile games to treat chronic stress problems | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
For the past two years, Litesprite has been building games and a platform to help people deal with mental health problems such as too m... |
| 16.09.2015 | Litesprite uses mobile games to treat chronic stress problems | For the past two years, Litesprite has been building games and a platform to help people deal with mental health problems such as too much stress. A lot of games profess to do that, but Lifesprite’s founder Swatee Surve is seeking full appr... |
| 27.08.2015 | Can role playing program for doctors and patients reduce antibiotic prescriptions? | Goldman said that its approach is driven by creating natural conversations that don’t feel scripted.
“We are focused on the power of conversations to change attitudes and behaviors
for individual health and public health. We have done progr... |
