As hearing health moves onto digital platforms, experts emphasize that hearing aids won't be replaced By Annie Burky fiercehealthcare.com --- Digital health innovators are looking to provide more options for auditory care outside of the tradition care path of in-school tests and hearing aids. But as new audio tools abound, audiologists are
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Industry News: Volume 3, Issue 6
20+ US hospitals among Newsweek's top 100 global hospitals By Kelly Gooch beckershospitalreview.com – More than 20 U.S. hospitals were among those in the top 100 of Newsweek's 2023 list of top 250 global hospitals. For its fifth annual ranking, the magazine, in collaboration with consumer research company Statista, ranked more than 2,300 hospitals
Industry News: Volume 3, Issue 5
Advocates ask U.S. trade rep to allow countries to sidestep Trikafta patents statnews.com – Cystic fibrosis patients around the globe are clamoring for access to Trikafta, a potent drug from Vertex Pharmaceuticals that can treat 90% of patients with the inherited respiratory disorder. But it’s very expensive: The U.S. list price
Industry News: Volume 3, Issue 4
Gallup: Fewer than half of Americans believe U.S. healthcare is good enough By Paul Godfrey upi.com -- A majority of Americans rate healthcare in the United States as substandard for the first time, according to a new Gallup poll released Thursday. The results show 52% of those surveyed believe U.S. healthcare is
Industry News: Volume 3, Issue 3
Covid spreads and Medical Staff Sicken After China Relaxes Restrictions By Lily Kuo and Lyric Li washingtonpost.com-- Chinese hospitals scrambled to contain emerging outbreaks across the country on Monday as authorities rolled back more than two years of covid controls. After widespread protests against the government’s strict “zero covid” policies, authorities last
Industry News: Volume 2, Issue 24
SYNAPS Dx’s DISCERN™ Diagnostic Test Supports Payer Coverage and Prescribing Decisions for Lecanemab, Expected Breakthrough Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SYNAPS Dx (SDx), a privately held company focused on the research, development and commercialization of a diagnostic test for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), announces support for the nations’ payers in their coverage
Industry News: Volume 2, Issue 23
AscellaHealth Named National Association of Specialty Pharmacy (NASP) Strategic Channel Partner of the Year BERWYN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AscellaHealth, a global healthcare and specialty pharmacy solutions company, is extremely honored to be named Strategic Channel Partner of the Year at the recent National Association of Specialty Pharmacy (NASP) Annual Meeting & Expo. This award is
Industry News: Volume 2, Issue 22
Great Speech Develops Artificial Intelligence Platform to Refine Matching Process Between Patients and Most Qualified Speech Therapist HOLLYWOOD, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Great Speech, a pioneer and leader in virtual speech therapy,today announces patient matching Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to optimize pairing patients with the most qualified speech therapists in our network for
Industry News: Volume 2, Issue 21
Virginia Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears Joins Gala Celebration of Foot Levelers 70th Anniversary ROANOKE, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Foot Levelers, the world’s leading provider of hand-crafted custom, flexible orthotics serving multi-disciplinary professionals and clinicians, hosted a gala this week at their Roanoke, Virginia headquarters where Virginia's esteemed Lt. Governor Winsome Earle-Sears celebrated the Company’s
Industry News: Volume 2, Issue 20
INDUSTRY NEWS Full Speed Ahead for International and U.S. Domestic Medical Travel By Laura Carabello The Self Insurer – When the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lifted its requirement for travelers to test negative for COVID-19 before entering the US, the medical travel industry received another boost for program adoption. A post-COVID