Strep A is among the deadliest pathogens in the world – yet we’ve never prioritised making a vaccine. Emily Sohn uncovers the cost of ignoring this problem, and meets those taking the fight to this silent killer
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Hospital Mergers Improve Health? Evidence Shows the OppositeFebruary 12, 2019 |
The claim was that larger organizations would be able to harness economies of scale and offer better care
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The rich tend to be in better health and fill fewer prescriptions over all, except for certain types of medications, an analysis finds
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Alphabet’s Experimental Health Unit Takes On the Opioid EpidemicFebruary 6, 2019 |
Google parent company Alphabet Inc.’s experimental health-care unit Verily plans to partner with hospitals in Ohio, one of the states hardest-hit by the U.S. opioid epidemic, on a tech-heavy approach to treating people with substance-abuse disorders
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“Reverse Innovation” Could Save Lives. Why Aren’t We Embracing It?February 5, 2019 |
Cheap and simple medical devices could improve performance and lower health-care costs, but first they have to overcome deeply rooted biases. With comments from our Nancy Kass
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New Tool Helps Public Health OfficialsFebruary 4, 2019 |
New tool helps public health officials determine the scope of the opioid crisis in their communities. Rural communities have been in dire need of a means to estimate the number of people who inject drugs
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In a unanimous ruling, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the law, approved by San Francisco voters in June 2015, is an unconstitutional infringement on commercial speech
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Shadow Health Records Meet New Data Privacy LawsJanuary 31, 2019 |
When entities such as health plans and health care providers handle personal health information, they are often subject to data privacy regulation. But amid a flood of new forms of health data, some third parties have figured out ways to avoid some data privacy laws, developing what we call “shadow health records”
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