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Innovation
When Parkinson's Meets AI: Models for Disease Progression Expected
The Michael J. Fox Foundation partners with IBM to analyze "treasure trove" of data.
Clinical Care
Emergency Medical Responders Confront Racial Bias
Unconscious bias can be subtle, but, as this new report shows, it may be one of the factors behind race-linked...
Innovation
10,000 NorthShore Patients Will Get Free Genetic Testing. Could This Improve Primary Care?
The goal is to improve outcomes and lower costs through precision medicine.
Clinical Care
When Medicine Makes Patients Sicker
The FDA is supposed to inspect all factories, foreign and domestic, that produce drugs for the U.S. market. But a...
Finance
As Hospitals Post Sticker Prices Online, Most Patients Will Remain Befuddled
Knowing chargemaster rates wouldn't necessarily help a patient fight a high balance bill.
Clinical Care
The VA's Private Care Program Gave Companies Billions and Vets Longer Waits
Trump wants to supersize a program that spent almost a quarter of its funds on overhead.
Clinical Care
The Most Wonderful Mistake the FDA Ever Made
The 2008 decision to mandate large-scale clinical cardiovascular trials transformed the treatment of diabetes for millions of people in an...
Finance
Chronically Ill, Traumatically Billed: The $123,000 Medicine For MS
Even in a world of soaring drug prices, multiple sclerosis medicines stand out. Over two decades, costs for MS medicines...
Clinical Care
Overshadowed By Opioids, Meth Is Back And Hospitalizations Surge
As opioids become harder to get, police said, more people have turned to meth, which is inexpensive and readily available....
Clinical Care
10 Approaches to Reduce Readmissions for Heart Failure and COPD
Patients with both heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have a high cost of care, but there are multiple...
Clinical Care
An Underused Strategy For Surge In STDs: Treat Patients' Partners Without A Doctor Visit
Many physicians aren't taking the federal government's advice because of entrenched ethical and legal concerns.
Clinical Care
'I Had Not Kept Up': A Physician Re-Education Story
A patient's overdose made Jeoffry Gordon, MD, recognize he didn't know everything.