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Trump Provides Key Update With Major Health Care Policy
Nine more companies are participating in the “most-favored-nation” policy with the hopes of lowering drug prices, as the White House says that 89 percent of the “branded drug market” is now covered with 26 deals in…
China Is Trying to Make AI Work for Health Care
China's efforts to embed artificial intelligence across industries, which it calls its “AI+ plan,” has generated plenty of fanfare, and much of it is justified. For China, AI is a national development project, not simply a…
The new frontier of healthcare could be earlier intervention
This article has been reviewed by a Digital Journal editor and may be licensed for reuse. American healthcare is spending at a scale that makes prevention increasingly difficult to ignore. National health expenditures rose 7.2% in 2024 to $5.3…
Healthcare's AI Debate Is Finally Moving Beyond Hype
Amit Phull is Chief Medical Officer at Doximity, Clinical Assistant Professor at GWU School of Medicine. For the past several years, healthcare AI has been defined by rapid innovation and even faster moving expectations. New models have emerged at…
Trump, 80, Zonks Out as His Team Brags He's Fixed Health Care
America's 80-year-old president cannot keep his eyes open. Donald Trump was caught on camera getting some shuteye Monday afternoon—in the middle of a health care announcement at the White House. Surrounded by several Cabinet members and a…
Together, GLP-1s And GenAI Can Solve Healthcare's Affordability Crisis
GenAI plus GLP-1s will be healthcare's next great disease-fighting duo. Healthcare costs have become a growing problem for American families. Nearly two-thirds of U.S. adults worry about being able to afford medical care and coverage. Less than…
Patient Privacy on Healthcare Websites
When patients share personal information with healthcare or mental healthcare providers, those providers have ethical duties to maintain the privacy and confidentiality of the information they collect (ACA, 2014 ; AMA, n.d.;. APA, 2017 ; NASW…
Thousands of healthcare students to get cash for travel costs under new plans
Thousands of healthcare students will receive upfront cash support to cover travel and accommodation costs for clinical placements under new government plans. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) says eligible students with full access…
Sweden ends aid to Liberia in a hammer blow to women's rights and healthcare
The Swedish flag is still flying above the pale blue building overlooking the Atlantic in Liberia's capital, Monrovia, but the doors of the embassy are now closed to visitors. On 31 August, the Swedish embassy in Liberia ends a presence in the…
Hackers claim millions of patient records stolen during data breach at healthcare giant McKesson
A prolific hacking group has taken credit for last week's cyberattack against U.S. pharmaceutical distribution giant McKesson, leading to the latest spill of highly sensitive health data by an American healthcare company in recent months. McKesson…
abrdn World Healthcare Fund Q2 2026 Commentary
The equity portion of abrdn World Healthcare Fund gained (gross of fees) and outperformed its benchmark. The S&P Global 1200 Healthcare Index includes securities of those companies listed on the S&P Global 1200 Index classified according to the…
CMS taps Mathematica, Deloitte to improve effectiveness of its healthcare models
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has launched a project to help its innovation unit scale the deployment of effective healthcare payment and service delivery models. Mathematica first announced the effort in an Aug. 24 press release…
Hims & Hers: The Amazon Of Personalized Healthcare Is Emerging (NYSE:HIMS)
Hims & Hers Health is building a vertically integrated consumer-health distribution platform, with value driven by its scalable engine rather than individual products. HIMS demonstrates accelerating growth, with multiple product lines surpassing…
Aveanna Healthcare: Increasing Earnings And Delevering Focus Make It An Appealing Stock
Aveanna Healthcare Holdings demonstrates strong revenue and earnings growth, with a focus on private duty services and strategic M&A. AVAH trades at a low LTM P/E of 11.8x, reflecting its high leverage but also offering compelling value versus…
Transforming healthcare means transforming the conversation - VTDigger
This commentary is by Mark Crow, president of Tenth Crow Creative, a strategy and communications agency serving healthcare organizations. He lives in Shelburne and writes about healthcare transformation and systems change. Vermont has an…
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