Medical economics
During coronavirus outbreak, telemedicine is an answer... if you're covered
To its advocates, telemedicine is the perfect remedy for a pandemic.
Mar 20, 2020
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News tagged with insurance industry
Psychology & Psychiatry
National response required for the psychological trauma of Australian bushfires
It is difficult to overestimate the emotional devastation and mental anguish caused by Australia's current bushfire crisis.
Jan 3, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Insurance disparities ID'd in diagnosis of late-stage melanoma
For nonelderly adults in the United States, having Medicaid or no health insurance is associated with increased odds of being diagnosed with late-stage melanoma compared with having private insurance, according to a study ...
Dec 12, 2019
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Health
Exclusion of doctors from public health insurance up 2007 to 2017
(HealthDay)—From 2007 to 2017, the number of physicians excluded from Medicare and state public insurance programs increased, according to a study published online Dec. 14 in JAMA Network Open.
Dec 18, 2018
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Overweight & Obesity
Body mass and evolution—why the body mass index is a limited measure of public health
Charles Darwin died in 1882 at the age of 73, likely of a heart attack. At the time, the average life span in England was about 44 years. Darwin, by any stretch of the imagination, was a long-lived man, despite suffering ...
Jun 27, 2017
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Medical research
Precision medicine is 'personalized, problematic, and promising'
The rapidly emerging field of precision medicine is a "disruptive innovation" that offers the possibility of remarkably fine-tuned remedies to improve patient health while minimizing the risk of harmful side effects, says ...
May 27, 2015
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Health informatics
Health care's AI revolution is well under way, say experts
Discussions about artificial intelligence have proliferated recently as more people have access to programs that can make art or answer questions.
Jul 3, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
'Healthy mum, healthy baby, healthy future'—one year on, what progress have we made?
Most pregnant women will have a healthy pregnancy and give birth to healthy babies. An increasing number of women, however, will either have one or more health conditions before they become pregnant which require on-going ...
Jun 26, 2023
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Medical economics
Health care coalition jockeys over Medi-Cal spending, eyes ballot initiative
Influential health care interests are jockeying over a potential infusion of $19.4 billion into Medi-Cal, California's Medicaid program, while also angling for a 2024 ballot initiative to permanently lock in that funding, ...
Jun 5, 2023
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Medical economics
Pandemic spurs technology growth in insurance industry
Insurers increased their use of catastrophe models, drones and mobile apps during the COVID-19 pandemic, and they anticipate growth in such technology to continue once the health crisis passes.
Jan 21, 2021
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