Those with a mental illness are more likely to battle a substance use disorder than those who do not have a mental illness. In 2022, about 21.5 million American adults had a co-occurring disorder,…
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MedCity’s INVEST and INVEST Digital Health events offer compelling forums for discussion around the healthcare innovation ecosystem and its components, from startups in health tech and life sciences, venture capital and strategic investors, healthcare…
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee (BCBST) is partnering with healthy food company FarmboxRx to address food insecurity across the state, the companies announced Thursday.
Boston-based FarmboxRx contracts with payers (primarily Medicaid and Medicare programs)…
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Today’s healthcare ecosystem is complex, with the patient at the center of it all. There has never been a time where so much innovation is happening in healthcare than today, all with the aim…
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Fertility startup POM Health is among a cohort of 11 startups selected to join the UK government’s ChipStart incubator programme.
The companies will be the second group to go through the programme, which launched in…
Healthcare providers’ finances may be looking more stable in 2024 than they have in recent years, but these organizations are still under a significant amount of pressure from ever-increasing costs, particularly for labor and…
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Blue Shield of California is trying to encourage its members to live like those in “blue zones” by offering access to the Blue Zones Challenge App, the insurer announced last week. Blue zones are…
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More than 44 million people battle food insecurity in the U.S. In addition, about half of American adults have a preventable chronic disease, and many are related to poor quality eating patterns. Due to…
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Physician burnout soared to a record-high level of 62.8% in 2021, but this issue seems to have been slowly getting better in the years following. Just last week, the American Medical Association released research…
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Andy Molnar, CEO of the Digital Therapeutics Alliance, has been selected as an industry representative for the FDA’s Digital Health Advisory Committee (DHAC). The FDA established the DHAC to ensure safe and effective regulation of…
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