Bringing care to people where they are improves community health outcomes — we must operate with more urgency to shore up care resources in rural areas.

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[Sponsored] CoraVie Medical CEO Aimee Garza and Dr. Michael Bloch, a hypertension specialist and clinical advisor for the startup, talk about why the healthcare industry needs a better approach to blood pressure monitoring. CoraVie is developing an implantable device that measures patients’ blood pressure, operating in a similar way to continuous glucose monitors. Watch or listen now!

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Allowing hospitals to repair the equipment they depend upon daily is not a step backward, but a reaffirmation of trust in the skilled and deeply committed professionals who already maintain the integrity of our healthcare systems.

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[Sponsored] Sign up today and and join us on May 8th where we’ll explore how a banking platform approach could be a resource for the needs of entrepreneurs across biotech, diagnostics, and other life science companies.

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How can physicians and patients be confident enough that vendors entirely ignorant of the FDA process for repair and reporting can properly recalibrate life-saving machines? Is this really the right place to argue that “anyone can do it?”

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[Sponsored] A webinar on May 8th will explore how a banking platform approach could be a resource for the needs of entrepreneurs across biotech, diagnostics, and other life science companies.

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We must think beyond one-size-fits-all solutions and embrace the diversity of obstructive sleep apnea. This means continuing to innovate, collaborating across sectors, and keeping patients at the center of every decision. 

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Equal parts networking and curated panels covering the latest trends in healthcare investment, MedCity INVEST 2024 is the ideal event to discuss health tech, biopharma, devices and diagnostics investment opportunities. Register today!

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Labels may be small and simple items, but they have a huge part to play in patient health, and any hospital or healthcare institution that wants to keep patients safe should absolutely invest in adequate labeling methods moving forward.

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Called the Innovator Community Expansion Initiative, the main goal of the effort is to pinpoint and remove obstacles keeping underrepresented groups, like women, out of the innovation process. The initiative will promote networking and education about the path to commercialization.

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An appellate court lifted a $4.3 million HIPAA fine imposed on the Texas-based cancer care center two years ago for losing the personal health information of more than 33,000 people.

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The agency has finalized a rule that allows it to provide immediate Medicare coverage for FDA-approved products that are deemed “breakthrough devices.” The new coverage process would enable seniors to get access to these devices more quickly, but some provider and payer groups are concerned that this could cause patient harm.

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Providing care for chronic disease patients during a one-in-a-century pandemic is full of challenges, but health systems like Jefferson Health are finding ways — with help from technology — to make sure their patients are getting the care they need.

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