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Covid-19
Despite Losing Federal Money, California Is Still Testing Uninsured Residents for COVID — For NowAbsent free options, people without health insurance could pay as much as several hundred dollars out-of-pocket depending on where they...
Innovation
Cedars-Sinai Sets its Sights on Using AI in Clinical CareThe Los Angeles health system has launched an Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIM) division and published studies highlighting how AI...
Covid-19
Whatever Happened to Biden's Pandemic Testing Board? The day after his inauguration, President Joe Biden signed an order creating a Pandemic Testing Board, which he said would...
Innovation
Researchers Using Digital Health Tools to Design a 'Digital Twin' for PatientsResearchers at the University of Miami School of Medicine have launched an NIH-funded study to create a 'digital twin,' which...
Covid-19
What Are Taxpayers Spending for Those 'Free' COVID Tests? The Government Won't Say.The reluctance to share pricing details flies against basic notions of cost control and accountability.
Innovation
NJ Hospitals Unveil Digital Health Platform for Remote UltrasoundsThe platform, developed in France and used now in Europe and Canada, will enable health systems in the US to...
Covid-19
At Nursing Homes, Long Waits for Results Render COVID Tests 'Useless'One-quarter (25%) of nursing homes that sent tests to a lab waited an average of three or more days for...
Supply Chain
States Were Sharing COVID Test Kits. Then Omicron Hit.Some states are holding on to expired tests for use as a last resort.
Strategy
Declining Rate in Cervical Cancer Screenings Cited as Patient 'Lack of Knowledge'A new study digs into the reasons why women are not having regular cervical cancer screenings.
Covid-19
Why Medicare Doesn't Pay for Rapid At-Home COVID TestsFinding the tests will be hard enough, but Medicare beneficiaries face an even bigger hurdle: The administration's new rule doesn't...
Covid-19
5 Things You Should Know About 'Free' At-Home COVID TestsYou can either get a test without any out-of-pocket expense from retail pharmacies that are part of an insurance company's...
Innovation
Mobile Ultrasound Devices Give URMC Clinicians a New Tool for Decision SupportThe University of Rochester Medical Center will soon be deploying AI-enhanced devices to help clinicians improve point-of-care management