Forbes Healthcare
MAY 22, 2025
Fresh off a $275 million fundraisethe largest in digital health so far this yearInnovaccers cofounder and CEO Abhinav Shashank has a plan to pull together data and AI tools all in one place.
Sensible Medicine
MAY 17, 2025
On a recent shift, I received sign-out for Room 20, a 46 year old man with a history of schizophrenia as well as alcohol and cannabis abuse. He came to us from a nursing home where he lives. He accidentally set his room on fire with a cigarette, prompting the nursing home to kick him out for being a risk to the facility. Although he had no acute medical issues, he was sent to the emergency department so “the health care system” could find him a new home.
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EvidenceCare
MAY 16, 2025
Written by Carol Howard, VP of Clinical Strategy After a tough few years marked by the pandemic, staffing shortages, and rising costs, hospitals are finally starting to catch their breath. New data reveals a rebound in hospital margins, offering hope for health systems. Yet, beneath the surface of these improving numbers lies a growing concern that federal Medicaid policy could threaten the financial stability of hospitals that disproportionately serve low-income populations.
Emerging RN Leader
MAY 28, 2025
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Nurse Managers have one of the most challenging roles in healthcare today. They are at the frontline of care and usually among the first to witness trends in both the workforce and workplace. I pay close attention to the questions they ask during the leader development session […] The post Ten Questions Nurse Managers Are Asking appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.
Minority Nurse
MAY 8, 2025
When it comes to the power of nurses, Angel Toney, BSN, RN, is the real deala critical care force fueled by compassion, community, and the drive to pay it forward. As an ICU nurse at Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Center , Toneys superpower isnt just handling high-stakes moments but weaving humanity into every heartbeat of her day. Her journey into nursing was born from personal heartache.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
MAY 16, 2025
Researchers said staff turnover following Chapter 11 filings drove some of the adverse patient outcomes, noting less experienced staff tended to provide subpar care.
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Sensible Medicine
MAY 26, 2025
Today we talk about the environment and procedures of a trial and how it affects translation of the results to patients. Think of two extremes: one trial requires that patients stay on their assigned strategy with no deviations; the other trial allows oodles of physician discretion and crossover. The latter trial is called pragmatic. Keep in mind though that pragmatism is not dichotomous, all trials have degrees of pragmatism.
KevinMD.com
MAY 8, 2025
Why has faith in government health agencies never been lower? Because conflicts of interest (COIs) have never been higher. At the FDA, concerns about drugmakers “buying” drug approvals go back to passage of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) in 1992. Since then, the many doctors with research and speaker grants, drug stocks, and Read more Conflicts of interest are eroding trust in U.S. health agencies originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
Medical Economics
MAY 22, 2025
AAFP board chair details potential effects in critique of federal spending plan.
The HIPAA Journal
MAY 1, 2025
A $2.4 million settlement has received final approval from the court to resolve a class action lawsuit against Somnia Inc. and others over a 2022 cyberattack and data breach. Somnia manages anesthesiology services at more than a hundred surgery centers across the country. In the summer of 2022, Somnia experienced a cyberattack that saw hackers access parts of its network where patient information was stored.The forensic investigation confirmed that names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth,
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
MAY 27, 2025
Young adults could struggle to navigate government bureaucracy and face other challenges managing work requirements or increased eligibility checks in the safety-net insurance program, the Urban Institute found.
Forbes Healthcare
MAY 26, 2025
With AI agents, workflows are delegated, not just automated; healthcare moves from fragmented to intelligent; and enterprise operations shift from reactive to proactive.
Sensible Medicine
MAY 8, 2025
John and Adam discuss our hopes for Vinay’s tenure at the FDA and how we intend to keep Sensible Medicine a vibrant place on Substack, a place where we will continue to showcase a range of ideas and opinions about all things bio-medicine. We also answer some of the questions from our recent “ask us anything” post.
KevinMD.com
MAY 2, 2025
As a health care writer and data analyst, I hear frequently from patients who are being denied safe and effective pain care due to unscientific bias on the part of U.S. health care agenciesand sometimes on the part of otherwise once-reputable medical journals. These are among millions of U.S. citizens who are now being deserted Read more The hidden bias in how we treat chronic pain originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
Medical Economics
MAY 22, 2025
Vague terms like "common" and "rare" are misleading your patients.
We Care Online
MAY 19, 2025
You see headlines about kids and tough feelings. The news talks about anxiety and sadness in young people across the United States. This isn’t just typical growing pains. It is an unprecedented youth mental health crisis affecting the country. CDC reveals that nearly 2 in 5 high school students felt persistently sad or hopeless in 2023, and 1 in 5 strongly considered suicide.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
MAY 20, 2025
TD Cowen, Raymond James and Bank of America have all downgraded UnitedHealth’s stock, citing dogged internal challenges facing the company.
Forbes Healthcare
MAY 13, 2025
Physician assistants are increasing in number and so is their pay, eclipsing $130,000 a year, according to new compensation data.
Sensible Medicine
MAY 2, 2025
One of the many great things about being a general internist is the exposure to the wondrous diversity of humanity. I am a better person for having brief, but intense, visits with some 50 people every week. These people grew up all over the world and have worked in every imaginable field. I see people barely scraping by financially and people with unimaginable wealth.
The Healthcare Blog
MAY 12, 2025
By EMMANUEL ANIMASHAUN The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Star Ratings system represents a cornerstone of quality assessment in Medicare Advantage (MA), designed to empower consumers with transparent information while rewarding plans that deliver superior care. Yet recent developments, particularly the seismic downgrading of Humanas ratings reveal an unintended consequence: a system created to measure and incentivize quality may now be actively undermining it.
Medical Economics
MAY 22, 2025
Responses focus on health care as House approves One Big Beautiful Bill federal spending legislation.
The HIPAA Journal
MAY 21, 2025
Kettering Health, a large health system with 14 medical centers and 120 outpatient facilities in western Ohio, has experienced a system-wide technology outage that has affected all 14 of its medical centers and disrupted its call center. The outage occurred on the morning of Tuesday, May 20, 2025, and without access to critical IT systems, the decision was taken to cancel scheduled inpatient and outpatient procedures on Tuesday.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
MAY 19, 2025
Prospect Medical Holdings’ bankruptcy prompted two hospital closures in Pennsylvania. The closures caused layoffs, disrupted patient care and renewed calls for oversight from lawmakers and Gov. Josh Shapiro.
Forbes Healthcare
MAY 2, 2025
In this weeks edition of The Prototype, we look at quantum computing for image recognition, a gene therapy using a patients own skin cells, electricity-generating bacteria, using physics to cook perfect pasta and more.
Sensible Medicine
MAY 16, 2025
Following up with another 35 “diseases just learned.” Please look back to last week’s intro if you are just coming to this series. Like Part I, this is a gift to our paid subscribers. This Substack is reader-supported. If you appreciate our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
We Care Online
MAY 19, 2025
A single, undeniable demographic trend is reshaping the healthcare landscape in the United States: the population is getting older. Data shows that older adults may outnumber children for the first time by 2034. This highlights the growing longevity among Americans, which leads to an increased demand for healthcare workers. You can also see this in the Employment Situation Summary published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
Medical Economics
MAY 7, 2025
Former Medicare innovation chief forecasts the future of payment for focusing on the patient.
The HIPAA Journal
MAY 21, 2025
April saw a 17.9% month-over-month increase in healthcare data breaches, with 66 data breaches of 500 or more records reported to the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR). Last month, it looked like data breach numbers were starting to reduce; however, Aprils figures are well above the 12-month average of 57 data breaches per month, with breaches reported in similar numbers to April 2024.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
MAY 7, 2025
The abrupt end of $11 billion in public health grants nationally disrupted a program in Colorado that provides residents critical access to behavioral health and substance abuse support.
Forbes Healthcare
MAY 16, 2025
House Republicans have proposed a $880 billion reduction to Medicaid funding over the next decade. If implemented, the cuts could have important effects on public health.
Sensible Medicine
MAY 27, 2025
Yup, it’s a little goofy but we have Merch. Just t-shirts but they’re actually kind of cool. You can see VP modeling one in this video. The link to the shop is here.
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