Purdue Pharma’s creditors and more than 40 states are preparing a barrage of legal actions against members of the Sackler family, less than two weeks after the Supreme Court denied them legal immunity for their role as the company’s owners in the opioid crisis. Purdue itself is supporting a proposal by a group of its […]
In-home, value-based longitudinal primary care provider HarmonyCares announced it secured $200 million in a funding round led by General Catalyst, a large national payor and McKesson Ventures. K2 HealthVentures and existing investors Valtruis, Rubicon Founders, Oak HC/FT and HLM Capital also participated in the round. WHAT IT DOES HarmonyCares is a physician-led, value-based primary care […]
A 54-year-old New Jersey woman who was the second person to receive a kidney transplanted from a genetically modified pig, and who lived with the organ for 47 days, died on Sunday, surgeons at NYU Langone Health announced on Tuesday. The patient, Lisa Pisano, was critically ill, suffering from both kidney failure and heart failure. […]
Boston-based Uwill, a mental health platform for colleges and students, announced it has acquired Virtual Care Group, a fellow student-focused telehealth and wellness support platform. Uwill partners with colleges to offer students on-demand virtual access to licensed therapists and providers trained in crisis counseling. Students can also attend online wellness events through the company’s mental […]
Listen Pause Clinician burnout, negative patient experiences and poor health outcomes are all problems that generative artificial intelligence tools could mitigate. From automated documentation to clinical decision support, the technology has the potential to transform healthcare workflows and care delivery. Generative AI can handle rote tasks and give clinicians a more accessible look at patient […]
A US university has announced a collaboration with Meta which aims to make computer-based tasks accessible to more people. The project focuses on using wearable sensing technology to enable people with different motor abilities to perform everyday tasks and enjoy gaming in digital and mixed reality environments. Meta’s research in electromyography uses sensors placed on […]
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust is a combined acute and community trust providing services at Rotherham Hospital and across the borough to a population of 264,700 people. The Trust had been using Imprivata Enterprise Access Management (formerly OneSign) since 2015 for single sign on, so staff were familiar with tap and go for accessing patient […]
Almost half (45 per cent) of all NHS nurses surveyed by the RCNi (Royal College of Nursing’s Information and Learning subsidiary) and SPS have said the administrative burden is the primary reason for wanting to leave their jobs. These non-clinical tasks include ordering transport, responding to complaints and answering general enquiries – none of which […]
The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday sharply criticized pharmacy benefit managers, saying in a scathing 71-page report that “these powerful middlemen may be profiting by inflating drug costs and squeezing Main Street pharmacies.” The regulator’s study signals a significant ramping up of its scrutiny of benefit managers under the agency’s chair, Lina Khan. It represents […]
Oil prices fell more than 1% on Tuesday in the third straight day of declines, as Gulf Coast production and refining infrastructure appears to have avoided substantial damage from Tropical Storm Beryl. On Monday, Beryl made landfall in Matagorda, Texas, as a Category 1 hurricane but later weakened into a tropical storm. Beryl has moved […]
