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Technology
Closed Hospital Finds New Life as Startup AcceleratorThe second class of healthcare startups starts in November.
Clinical Care
Alzheimer's Drug Targets People With Mild Cognitive Impairment. What Does That Mean?Who should decide which patients qualify for treatment: dementia specialists or primary care physicians?
Human Resources
Encouraging Paid Free Time for EmployeesProviding staff with time to spend on work-related projects near and dear to their hearts is a great way to...
Innovation
Microbiome Startups Promise to Improve Your Gut Health, but Is the Science Solid?Microbiome startups have been alternately hailed for health breakthroughs and indicted for fraud.
Covid-19
Hot Spots Where COVID Vaccination Lags Push Experimental Antibody TreatmentThousands of people have rushed to receive infusions of powerful antibody cocktails shown to reduce hospitalizations by 70% when given...
Innovation
Mission and Money Clash in Nonprofit Hospitals' Venture Capital AmbitionsEager to find new sources of revenue, hospital systems of all sizes have been experimenting as venture capitalists for healthcare...
Payer
The Pros and Cons of Insurtech Startup ExpansionOne insurtech startup CEO says that single-point startups are "contributing to fragmentation. The key is to solve problems in the...
Payer
Novel Treatments Challenge Traditional ReimbursementPaying for high-cost, breakthrough drugs is one of healthcare's abiding challenges?and tied to so many of the "pre-existing" conditions that...
Innovation
New Moms Latched On to Remote Breastfeeding Help. Will Demand Wane as Pandemic Fades?Support for breastfeeding was upended last year, when it no longer seemed safe to take a baby class at the...
Technology
Glen Tullman Explains Aim to Use Digital to Cut Costs for Employers and ConsumersFormer Allscripts CEO and Livongo founder now heads Transcarent, touted as a comprehensive platform for employees of self-insured employers.
Technology
Study Finds Primary Care and General Clinician EHR Use Is More Time-Consuming Than Pediatrician EHR Use An all-Epic study spanned 349 health systems, and found pediatricians receive considerably fewer messages regarding patients, prescriptions, team activities, and...
Technology
Health Information Exchanges Are Shifting Responsibility for Care Coordination From Patient to ProviderHIE event notification shows promise in solving healthcare challenges.