Three healthcare organizations, including AHIP, AMA, and NAACOS, have collaborated to release a playbook outlining best practices for value-based arrangements as the industry shifts away from fee-for-service models. The playbook focuses on improving patient experience, advancing population health, and reducing costs, with recommendations organized into seven domains. The goal is to help payers, physicians, hospitals,…
The Government has reinstated a paid leave scheme for public health service workers with Long Covid. The temporary scheme, previously paused, has been extended until June 30 in response to calls from health sector unions. Around 120 nurses are still unable to work due to Long Covid symptoms. The scheme will apply retrospectively from April…
The presence of microangiopathy in patients with immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) is associated with a worse prognosis, as shown in a study of 450 patients. Patients with microangiopathy had a significantly increased risk for kidney outcomes, including a decrease in estimated filtration rate, end-stage kidney disease, kidney transplantation, or death. The group with microangiopathy also…
Kontakt.io, an analytics company focused on the healthcare journey, raised $47.5 million in a Series C funding round led by Goldman Sachs. The company uses AI and real-time IoT to track patient movement in the care process. The funds will be used to expand globally and enhance their AI-enabled IoT offerings. Dr. David Shulkin, former…
The FDA has issued a Class 1 recall for the HeartMate II and III devices, manufactured by Thoratec Corp., due to hundreds of injuries and at least 14 deaths. The recall comes years after surgeons first noticed problems. The devices help the heart pump blood and are used in patients with end-stage heart failure. Abbott…
At the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting, Dr. Steven R. Sarkisian Jr. discussed how phacoemulsification plus minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) can improve quality of life and prevent visual field loss in glaucoma patients. Studies have shown that combining phaco with MIGS devices like Hydrus or iStent can lower intraocular pressure (IOP)…
In this content, Dr. Grubbs reflects on her experiences working in predominantly white academic medicine institutions and how she felt pressured to conform and suppress her authentic self. She shares her newfound sense of freedom and fulfillment working at West Oakland Health, where she can be her true self without tokenization or skepticism about her…
Surgeon Sala Abdalla warns about the risks of having surgery abroad, particularly in weight loss and cosmetic surgery. Patients are not adequately informed of the potential complications that can arise from medical procedures conducted outside their home country. Abdalla has personally treated multiple patients who experienced complications after undergoing surgery overseas. The rise of health…
A new theory proposed by Wu Tsai Neuro Faculty Scholar Julia Kaltschmidt and MD/Ph.D. candidate Lori Dershowitz suggests that defects in the organization of gut neurons in infancy may be linked to pediatric gastrointestinal motility disorders. This theory, published in a Perspective article in the journal Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology, highlights the importance…
Antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) are promising next-generation drugs that can block harmful messages from genes, potentially treating diseases like cancer. However, delivering ASOs into cancer cells has been a major challenge as the cells have gatekeeper molecules that prevent their entry. Researchers at Osaka University have developed a new compound called L687, which opens specific calcium…
