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As States Ease Hurdles To Physician Assistants, Salaries Eclipse $100K
Physician Assistant salaries rose nearly 3% to $105,000 last year from $102,000 in 2016 as states lift restrictions, The American Academy of PAs says.
Can eConsults Lower Patient Wait Times And Medicaid Spending Problems?
The health system is broken. But it’s particularly bad at transferring patients – and their information – around. When more than 1/3 of patients are referred to a specialist each year in the US, and visits to specialists constitute more than 50% of out…
Mosquito Wars – A Big Win In Australia Brings Hopeful News For Southern U.S.
Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes have shown to be effective in reducing dengue in Australia.
Rise Of The AI-Doc: Insurer Prudential Taps Babylon Health In $100 Million SoftwareLicensing Deal
The insurer plans to plug Babylon’s health assessmentsoftware into its own app to getits customersmanaging their health better.
IBM Watson And The Precarious Balance Between Medicine And Marketing
When marketing becomes better than the medicine at hand, could that put the consumer at risk?
Taking A Wider View Of Precision Oncology
In certain instances molecular profiles of tumors appear to be a necessary but insufficient condition for the success of targeted therapies. Precision medicine may need to be supplemented with clinically useful data outside of the narrow lens of geneti…
The Future of Aging: Bringing Hollywood to the Hospital
Human beings are in need of such innovations today more than ever before. The world is rapidly aging. In 2015 the number of people aged 65 and above stood -at an estimated 617 million—making up 8.5% of the global population—and this number is set to gr…
Cigna CEO: We’ll Pay For Drugs That Work With Express Scripts Clout
Cigna CEO David Cordani said the combination with Express Scripts will accelerate value-based payment models once integrated with Express Scripts.
Humana’s Clinic Strategy Goes Beyond Walgreens And Walmart
Humana’s partnerships with retailers Walgreens and Walmart open a window into the future retail strategy of health insurance companies.
