ChatGPT: Optimizing Patient Care
The accomplishments of AI in the healthcare sector are impressive, but as AI continues to improve patient care and enhance provider skills, addressing its challenges will be critical.
Myths & Facts: Prenatal Care
With almost a quarter of women receiving inadequate prenatal care in the U.S., more needs to be done to inform women about the myths surrounding this essential healthcare service.
New Gene Therapies Are Transformative for People with Sickle Cell Disease and Frequent Vaso-Occlusive Crises
Affecting more than 100,000 American children and adults, sickle cell disease is an inherited hemoglobinopathy that results when a single-nucleotide mutation in the ß-globin gene yields an abnormal “sickle” hemoglobin (HbS). Now, these patients may be eligible for a one-time gene therapy that offers the potential of a durable functional cure by eliminating severe VOCs and associated hospitalizations.
Innovations in Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy
Touted as a more natural approach to hormone replacement therapy, this plant-based anti-aging remedy has evolved from an unregulated safety concern to a mainstay of modern medicine.
Advances in Treating Menopause
Menopause is a normal, natural event in every woman’s life, but it can cause a variety of uncomfortable symptoms. New therapies show promise for bringing relief and an improved quality of life.
How Gene Therapy Is Curing Diseases
For patients with genetic disease, recent evolution of and FDA approval for gene therapies are transforming care and turning an ambitious dream into a life-changing reality. But getting affordable treatments to patients safely and efficiently remains a challenge.
Next-Generation Primary Care: How “Going to the Doctor” Is Changing
The future of healthcare is being driven by digital transformations and emerging technology that provide preventive, personalized and predictive medicine.
CDC Releases New Guide to Address Healthcare Worker Burnout
The CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) released a guide for hospital leaders to improve healthcare worker wellbeing.
HHS Releases Final Rules Protecting Consumers Purchasing Short-Term Health Plans
The Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and the Treasury have released the Short-Term, Limited- Duration Insurance and Independent, Noncoordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage, or “Junk Insurance,” final rules. Short-term, limited-duration insurance (STLDI) is a type of health insurance that is typically designed to fill temporary gaps in coverage when an individual is transitioning from one source of coverage to another.
HHS Releases White Paper Focused on Preventing Drug Shortages
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a white paper highlighting steps the organization has taken to prevent and mitigate drug shortages and proposing additional solutions for policymakers to consider.
