Penn Medicine CEO Kevin Mahoney will be part of a panel discussion on health equity at the MedCity INVEST conference March 28-30 at the Ritz Carlton hotel in Chicago. Register today!
The Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law that would require doctors who performed abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. The case was nearly identical to a Texas law the Supreme Court ruled against four years ago.
Executives from Imagine360, Verily, BrightInsight, Lantern, and Rhapsody shared their approaches to reducing healthcare costs and facilitating digital transformation.
After seeing their peers in Washington, and now New York, treat an onslaught of Covid-19 cases, hospitals in communities that haven’t been hit as hard yet are rushing to ready beds, ventilators and other needed equipment. MedCity News interviewed physicians across the U.S. to see how they are preparing for the next wave of the disease.
With more individuals exploring their family tree, it’s reasonable to believe many of them are als intent to get a handle on their potential for various hereditary diseases. With that in mind, Ochsner Health has launched a digital population health pilot program.
The so-called Destination: Health network will launch later this year with Aetna Medicaid members in Louisville, Kentucky and Aetna dual-eligible special needs plan members in Tampa, Florida and Southeastern Louisiana.
A visit to the Louisiana health system sheds some light on how it is innovatively addressing chronic diseases like hypertension and diabetes, the inpatient experience and more.
Closing cancer health equity gaps require medical breakthroughs made possible by new funding approaches.
As we get closer to the inaugural MedCity INVEST Population Health conference with the New Orleans Business Alliance May 22, the CEO of Ochsner Health's innovation lab talked about some of the programs the group has developed to support care delivery.
The $500,000 fund will aid medical practices in sharing clinical information with other doctors and hospitals through health information exchanges.
During the May 22 event in New Orleans, the startups — which tackle social determinants of health, behavioral health and more — will present their solutions and vie for the first place prize.
May 22 marks the inaugural MedCity INVEST Pop Health conference in collaboration with the New Orleans Business Alliance. The population health conference is timely as communities around the nation wrestle with how best to help patients manage chronic conditions, reduce hospitalizations, and improve outcomes.
The future looks bright for the integrated specialty pharmacy model – for health systems, providers, and most importantly, for patients.
The aim of their collaboration is to improve the patient clinical trial experience and ease participation in clinical research for patients and healthcare professionals.
INVEST Pop Health, a collaboration between MedCity News and the New Orleans Business Alliance, will highlight the efforts underway to transform population health and will take place on May 22 at the Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium in New Orleans.
Geneva Health Solutions' cloud-based technology platform and remote monitoring service will be used to help Ochsner's patients with cardiac device implants in Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia.
HHS CTO Bruce Greenstein will take on the role of chief innovation and technology officer of LHC Group, a provider of in-home healthcare services, in June.
With federal officials seemingly unwilling or unable to come up with legislation to control skyrocketing drug prices, that task is increasingly moving to the states. But so is pharma muscle and money opposing the measures.