The Dementia Diagnosis Gap Is Wider Than We Think
Alzheimer’s costs American families upwards of $360 billion per year, and with our growing aging population, the disease needs to be more of a public health priority.
Why Blood is Best: Transforming the Diagnostic Journey for Alzheimer’s Disease
As the pool of approved therapies continues to (hopefully) expand, the clinical and diagnostic testing communities need to do a better job at ensuring the right patients move through this journey more quickly – and accurately – to improve their health and prognosis.
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The Top 6 Best Analytics Tools for Health Care Revenue in 2025
Finding the best analytics tools for health care revenue management can revolutionize operational processes. Compare the leading software options to discover helpful team resources.
The Role of Clinical Collaboration Platforms in Enhancing Sepsis Care Workflows
While clinical collaboration platforms have already made a significant impact, there is still much work to be done to ensure that every hospital has the tools and protocols in place to respond to sepsis with the urgency it demands.
Earlier Detection and Treatment are Essential for Meeting VBC Goals
While VBC opens the door to new care models, they alone cannot solve another key driver of healthcare costs: many people are diagnosed late in their disease progression when care costs are higher.
RapidAI Rakes In $75M to Accelerate Stroke Diagnosis
RapidAI recently closed a $75 million Series C funding round led by Vista Credit Partners. The company offers an AI platform that helps hospital care teams triage and treat stroke patients more quickly.
Noah Medical Rakes In $150M for Its Robotic Lung Biopsy Platform
Medical robotics startup Noah Medical recently closed a $150 million Series B funding round. The company's robotic platform, called the Galaxy System, was designed to help physicians find, biopsy and diagnose lung cancer lesions with more ease and confidence.
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The Top Surgical Instruments Needed for Extractions
Discover what tools are essential for efficient, safe surgical extractions in today’s health care landscape, from elevators to forceps and beyond.
LifePoint Health, Eon strike partnership to advance early diagnoses
Together, the Tennessee-based health system and health technology company will develop solutions to help clinicians detect diseases faster. The new agreement builds on an existing partnership that focuses on earlier diagnoses for lung cancer.
Partners HealthCare picks 12 disruptive healthcare AI technologies
AI tools for automating malaria detection, improving stroke care and predicting suicide risk are among the technologies Partners believes have the greatest potential to impact healthcare in the next year.
Report: Diagnosis-related failures are the top cause of medical professional liability claims
The report from Coverys analyzed 10,618 closed medical professional liability claims from 2013 to 2017. Diagnosis-related errors and failures make up 33 percent of all claims and 47 percent of indemnity payments.
These 10 AI applications are poised to have the greatest impact in healthcare
The latest report from Accenture, which claims the health AI market will hit $6.6 billion by 2021, also highlights which AI applications will have the biggest near-term impact in healthcare.
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How to Optimize Your Phlebotomy Setup for Efficient Patient Care
The layout of your phlebotomy station can significantly impact efficiency. A well-thought-out setup ensures that every tool is within reach, minimizing unnecessary movement and reducing patient wait times.
CHIME: Ask for a diagnosis, not just a medical test
Medical technology is great, but overused. Information technology, especially data, is underused, in the opinion of Dr. Leana Wen, health commissioner for the City of Baltimore, said at CHIME15.
IOM report could be another landmark for patient safety (video)
One person who is anxiously awaiting the new IOM volume is Dr. Carol Gunn, an occupational-medicine physician and patient-safety advocate in Portland, Oregon.
Heart patient: Apple Watch got me in and out of hospital fast
"Going in with the data certainly reduced my stay by a couple of days," Ken Robson told MedCity News. It also assured that he could have a pacemaker implanted nearly immediately.
Topol: Apple Watch helps colleague’s patient self-diagnose heart condition
Dr. Eric Topol, chief academic officer of Scripps Health in San Diego and director of the Scripps Translational Research Institute, is creating yet another buzz on Twitter with a post about patient-generated data from an Apple Watch.
Mass General, MIT form alliance to address three ‘major challenges’ in healthcare
Massachusetts General Hospital and MIT have formed a $3 million strategic alliance in an attempt to address three “major challenges” that persist in healthcare: improving diagnoses, developing new approaches to prevent and treat infectious diseases and developing more accurate methods of diagnosing and treating neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases. The alliance, officials said, will add further […]