Alan Lavergne, VP of advocacy for the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of HIMSS, discusses the five Texas chapters collaborating to advance health equity with the state’s legislature, and talks about winning an award recognizing his efforts.

Data from the 2022 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) shows that the uninsured rate in the U.S. is on the decline, with about 27.6 million people of all ages (8.4%) uninsured last year – down from the 30 million (9.2%) people who were uninsured in 2021.

Bronwyn Spira cofounded Force Therapeutics 12 years ago to answer the challenge of how patients can best recover at home. The digital care management platform for musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions allows patients to actively engage in their care anytime, anywhere, through an intelligently designed system, said Spira, CEO of the company. There’s also a clinical and […]

A long-term care pharmacy company has been hit with a data breach. How bad was it? We’ll assess the damage and look at other big news in this week’s Top Stories, including the fate of CVS’ clinical trials business and the latest on a digital menopause care platform. For more news and features from Jeff […]

Collaboration is needed for innovation to get out of siloes, says Olyvia Phillips, manager of equity initiatives for tech incubator MATTER.

Health insurers will have to pay roughly $1.1 billion in rebates this fall, thanks in part to decreased healthcare utilization as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

The story of Daniella Gilboa founding AIVF is one of health equity. Five years in, the company of which Gilboa is CEO has become an example of how AI is changing healthcare. The in-vitro fertilization company boasts success rates unheard of in the United States. The reason is money.

Kathleen McGrow, chief nursing information officer at Microsoft, received a 2023 Changemaker Award for her work in helping to ease clinician burden.

Sen. Bernie Sanders and other progressives in the House and Senate have resurrected a Medicare for All bill that would seek to use the federal program as a springboard to a single-payer health system. Sanders (I-Vermont) was joined by Representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-Washington) and Debbie Dingell (D-Michigan), as well as 14 senators and 110 members of the […]

Having more digital information does not solve the core problem of matching patients to their correct records, says Gregg Church, president of 4medica.