Despite technological advances, most of medicine is still stubbornly one-size-fits-all. But last month, we got one step closer to personalized treatments.
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Your Nurse Practitioner Will See You Now: How APPs Are Expanding Care Delivery
The use of nurse practitioners and physician assistants in hospitals and doctors’ offices has become the rule vs. the exception
With A Projected 208% Population Growth In Those Over 85, It’s Time To Rethink Our Health Workforce
Between 2015-2050 there is projected to be a 208% population growth among people over the age of 85, while only a 12% projected population growth for those under 65. This means the U.S. is getting old, fast. So who is going to care for our aging popula…
Medicaid: It’s an Antipoverty Program, Stupid!
If we think of Medicaid as being only a healthcare program, we overlook its much bigger impact on people’s lives. Medicaid is an antipoverty program. Medicaid helps people avoid poverty by relieving them of the costs of necessary medical care.
WellCare’s Medicare Enrollment Jumps 10% As Centene Awaits
Health insurer WellCare Health Plans said all lines of business including Medicare are growing by double-digit percentages as the company clears regulatory hurdles in its sale to Centene.
EmblemHealth CEO Karen Ignagni Shares Vision For Healthcare
EmblemHealth is a $10 billion company with 3 million members as a leader in health care in New York City. The CEO Karen Ignagni has a real vision for healthcare which is shared in this article.
Older Voters Put Climate Change Above Health Care And Social Security In Next Avenue Reader Survey
Here’s what Next Avenue readers said are their top 2020 election issues.
What The Pfizer-Mylan Deal Means For Pharma
Record-setting summer temperatures across the globe are a metaphor for the financial heat being faced by large Pharma and the Pfizer-Mylan M&A is one answer to this problem. How their joint venture plans to spur sales in China, cut costs and streamline…
Align Technology’s Tech Leader Believes Digital Technology Is the Pathway To A Perfect Smile
Sreelakshmi Kollli leads technology for Align Technology, the $2 billion maker of the popular Invisalign product among other dental devices. She believes that technology is the central nervous system of the company, and she has spearheaded innovations …
Rite Aid Launches Telehealth Connection To In-Store Clinics
Rite Aid is launching telehealth virtual care via InTouch Health to connect patients to clinicians via RediClinic Express kiosks located inside its drugstores.
