'Medicare for All' Candidate in 2024; Exploding MRI Machine; Doc Convicted of Murder Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Dec 21, 2023
Youth Death Rallies Anti-Vaxers; Insurers Hire After Malpractice; Bad Doc Ignored? This past week in healthcare investigations Dec 20, 2023
Explanations Don't Help Clinicians Spot Biased AI Biased AI predictions tanked diagnostic accuracy, and model explanations didn't bring it back up Dec 19, 2023
HF Patient's Zip Code Telling of Potential Adherence Issues to Meds GDMT nonadherence exceeds 50% in some neighborhoods, New York study finds Dec 15, 2023
Biden Administration Announces Moves to Cut Drug Prices Lower drug copays for Medicare enrollees, price concessions for new COVID treatments spotlighted Dec 14, 2023
Experts Highlight Drug Overdose Deaths Among Seniors During Senate Hearing Early CDC data suggest the problem is worsening Dec 14, 2023
Doctors See Advantage in AI, but Remain Wary AMA survey shows most doctors have not adopted AI in practice Dec 14, 2023
Ditch Sterile Gloves When Treating Wounds? Meta-analysis suggests nonsterile ones may work just as well in certain settings Dec 14, 2023
Nurse Who Filmed Assaults Gets 20 Years; Doc Not Guilty of Her Sister's Murder A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Dec 14, 2023
Health Spending Rose 4.1% in 2022, Government Report Says But spending on physician and clinical services grew more slowly, at 2.7% Dec 13, 2023
How Are Americans Using Emerging Cannabinoids? Survey reports past-year use of cannabidiol, cannabigerol, cannabinol, and more Dec 13, 2023
Weight-Loss Surgery Scandal; Unnecessary Vascular Surgeries; Private Equity Probe This past week in healthcare investigations Dec 13, 2023
White House Looks to States for Help Reining in Gun Violence "No single city, state, or federal agency has a monopoly on good ideas," says official Dec 13, 2023
Five Companies Sign Agreement to Participate in National Health Data-Sharing Network Live transactions on the new network have already begun Dec 12, 2023
Companies Market Stem Cell Treatments to Long COVID Patients Prices are high but evidence is scant that therapies work, researchers say Dec 12, 2023
Texas Emergency Medicine Residency Program Won't Shut Down A petition with more than 2,000 signatures prompted the county medical board to act Dec 11, 2023
Would You Take Out a $200k Loan With No Real Returns for a Decade? The federal government must address medical school affordability Dec 11, 2023
Biden Wants States to Ensure Obamacare Plans Cover Enough Doctors and Hospitals Annual regulatory proposal also seeks to expand access to dental coverage in ACA marketplaces Dec 10, 2023
Less-Frequent Surveillance Mammo Feasible in Older Breast Cancer Survivors No difference for survival outcomes for annual versus around every 2 years Dec 09, 2023
The Impracticality of Treating Healthcare as a Market Commodity And an opportunity to improve how we deliver care Dec 09, 2023
MedPod Today: Rare 'Long Vax' Cases; Macchiarini's Missteps; AI Cloned Doc's Voice? reporters offer further insights on these recently covered topics Dec 08, 2023 podcast
Corporate Ownership Worsens Patient Care, Surveyed Docs Say Reduced autonomy, focus on financial incentives among top negative impacts cited by doctors Dec 08, 2023
MedPAC Draft Recommendation Calls for 1.3% Pay Bump for Medicare Clinicians Concerns raised about doctors' ability to absorb the increased costs of running their practices Dec 07, 2023
White House Says It Can Seize Certain Drug Patents to Lower Prices Draft plan announced along with new efforts against anti-competitive healthcare mergers Dec 07, 2023
Nurse Accused of Injuring Baby; Doc Asked Teen for Nude Pics; Pill-Mill MD Sentenced A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Dec 07, 2023
GOP Presidential Candidates Spar Over Transgender Care and Fentanyl Policy The Affordable Care Act and healthcare competition also were discussed at the final GOP debate Dec 07, 2023
Experts, Senators Wrestle Over Thorny Drug Shortage Challenge Re-shoring, "friend-shoring," stockpiling: how does one solve a problem like drug shortages? Dec 06, 2023
Artificial Hips Snapped in Half; Obesity Drug Windfall for Docs; Clinicians Unionize This past week in healthcare investigations Dec 06, 2023
Transplant Advocates Sound Alarm Over Proposed Medicare Test Coverage Policy Proposed rules would decrease early detection of organ rejection, they say Dec 06, 2023
How Much Pain Is 'Enough' to Prescribe Opioids? A compliance plan can help optimize clinical decision-making Dec 05, 2023
RaDonda Vaught Loses Appeal to Get Her Nursing License Back Tennessee court rejects former nurse's appeal to overturn nursing board's 2021 decision Dec 05, 2023
Jamie Foxx's Health Scare; 23andMe Hacked; Decongestant Probe Announced Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Dec 05, 2023
Don't Neglect Tobacco Use in People Experiencing Homelessness Cessation programs can save lives and improve financial stability Dec 04, 2023
Gaming the Patent System Can Keep Biosimilars Off the Market for Decades Sean Tu, PhD, JD, explains trade secret laws and patent laws for biologics Dec 04, 2023 video
House Committee Puts CDC Director in the Spotlight Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH, was asked about viral outbreak in China and agency's internal workings Nov 30, 2023
ChatGPT's Birthday Message; Journal Softens on AI; Healthcare AI Tracker A monthly roundup of AI innovation and research in healthcare Nov 30, 2023
Clinician Says Her Voice Was Cloned by AI for Social Media Ad "It's going to be a huge problem," says podiatrist Dana Brems Nov 30, 2023
Patient Who Fell Off Operating Table Sues; Doc's Murder Trial; Hopkins Wants Retrial A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Nov 30, 2023
Rabid Kitten Threat; Religious Groups Quash Abortion Exemptions; Redefining Death This past week in healthcare investigations Nov 29, 2023
