Both helpful and terrifying: Smart card embedded with your health records
A British company is selling an eCard that contains an electronic copy of an individual's medical records.
The truth about early diagnosis — this is more than just a mammogram story
The British Medical Journal published a monumental study on screening mammography this week. It’s garnered a ton of media coverage because the findings provocatively question the sacrosanct idea that early detection of breast cancer saves lives. Imagine that…Imagine if the entire pink machine was misguided. Of course, for people who have been willing to squint […]
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Transforming Patient Care: The Role of AI-Powered Assistants
The progress in artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping patient care, across various dimensions, from facilitating faster discharge to curating treatment plans and suggesting lifestyle changes.
Medivation, Astellas prostate cancer pill recommended for Britain’s NHS
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's healthcare cost watchdog NICE has recommended that a new prostate cancer pill from Medivation and Astellas should be used on the state health service. The draft guidance is conditional on Xtandi being provided at an undiscl...
How a singing doctor nearly doubled use of asthma treatment protocols at a British hospital
Remember that catchy ‘90s song “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” by one-hit-wonder Deep Blue Something? You’ll probably never think of it the same way again after watching this video made by British physician Tapas Mukherjee. While working at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester, the respiratory specialist was asked to look at why less than half of his colleagues […]
Q & A with Dr. Don Berwick on healthcare and political lessons
Dr. Donald Berwick might be running for Governor of Massachusetts, but he's still got a foothold in his former life. Berwick, most recently known as the acting chief of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, had a long record as the leading autho...
Wow of the Week: Britain shows support for genetically modified embryos to prevent disease
Talk about wow. Reports out of Britain this week suggest that it could soon become the first country to allow an in-vitro fertilization technique that uses genetic material from three people. The technique in question – referred to as three-parent in vitro fertilization – involves intervention in the fertilization process to remove defective mitochondrial DNA […]
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Market Trends to Watch for Health Systems and Their Specialty Pharmacies
The future looks bright for the integrated specialty pharmacy model – for health systems, providers, and most importantly, for patients.
U.K.’s health service providers find common ground with U.S. in D.C. visit
In the contentious debate over health care in this country, the United Kingdom’s single-payer, government-funded National Health Service has been held up by both sides as a system to be either emulated as an ideal or avoided as an abomination. Ne...