When Inaction Becomes Negligence in the Age of AI
We are on the cusp of being held accountable not just for what we did wrong, but for what we failed to do, especially when readily available, life-saving technology could have made a difference.
A Healthcare System’s Moral Bankruptcy Goes Viral
Brian Thompson's murder was chilling, but the social media response of this tragedy was equally shocking, if eye-opening. It shows a massive collapse of public trust in our healthcare system, a system so broken that it bankrupts families, denies life-saving care, and treats death as an acceptable cost of doing business.
Beyond Analytics: How Sellers Dorsey is Hard-Coding Value into Medicaid Policy [Video]
How to turn analytics into actual policy outcomes.
AliveCor Isn’t Backing Down from Apple, Its ‘Bully’
AliveCor CEO Priya Abani argues that Apple has made a habit of taking intellectual property from smaller medical device firms in order to improve the functionalities its Apple Watch. She also believes that Apple has been able to avoid taking accountability for this by “bombarding” smaller companies with litigation it knows they won’t be able to afford — a claim that medical IP lawyers have backed up.
How legal analytics will transform the pharmaceutical industry
Pharma companies already rely heavily on data and predictive analytics to assess new drugs. In the same way, analytics can be used to enhance legal advice and improve litigation strategies.
Have clouds of uncertainty dissipated? Covid-19’s impact on medical professional liability.
Despite best efforts and protection from federal and state immunity, you need to be prepared to defend Covid-19 related claims. Coverys offers guidance on how you can mitigate the impact.
The litigation shaping the healthcare industry landscape
While the ultimate litigation effects of the COVID-19 pandemic remain to be seen, the current high-profile healthcare claims are as varied as product liability and mass tort actions, antitrust and patent cases, and disputes involving the Affordable Care Act.
The New Blueprint: How Clever Care Health Plan is Scaling Its Member Experience [Video]
MedCity News was at the Vive conference and spoke with executives who shared their insights for the healthcare industry.
Anthem to pay record $115 million to settle data breach lawsuit
That 2015 Anthem data breach wasn't so easily forgotten. The health insurer has agreed to pay $115 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over the breach, which impacted 78.8 million individuals.
Healthcare startups and the new art of the deal (MedCity CONVERGE)
When that potential first big customer drops in your lap, how do you make the most of it? For an early-stage healthcare company, it’s about balancing the time commitment against the actual ROI, said Jean-Luc Neptune (@jeanlucneptune), executive director at Blueprint Health (@bphealth). Neptune is one of four speakers who’ll discuss the challenges of modern […]
Life is sometimes like HBO’s Silicon Valley (unfortunately)
Hard truth: Even the most promising startups are one calamity away from completely shutting down. Self-inflicted wounds are hard to escape from. But there are increasingly a number of options when a competitor, customer or would-be investor puts a company on the brink. Lee Ducker, one of the founders of Lake Whillans, sees the horror […]