Sources
 Eli Lilly Places a Small Bet on Confo’s Early-Stage, Non-Opioid Pain Drug
MedCity News - (Friday March 3, 2023) The pain drug market has many products, but there’s still a need for pills with better properties, such as avoiding addiction. Eli Lilly sees potential in the non-opioid pain drug research from Confo Therapeutics…  Morning Headlines 3/3/23
HIStalk - (Friday March 3, 2023) Joint Statement of Chair Khan, Commissioner Slaughter, Commissioner Wilson, and Commissioner Bedoya Regarding Amazon.com, Inc.’s Acquisition of 1Life Healthcare, Inc. |
 High-cost Pharmacy Claims, Medical Inflation Among Top Threats for Employers
MedCity News - (Friday March 3, 2023) The biggest threats employers are facing right now include high-cost pharmacy claims, medical inflation and million dollar treatments being approved by the Food and Drug Administration, a Wednesday survey found.  Should Employers and Insurers Cover Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy?
MedCity News - (Friday March 3, 2023) Liz Kost, an employee at soap company Dr. Bronner’s, was stuck in a difficult place mentally after the Covid-19 pandemic hit. She tried traditional forms of therapy, such as talk therapy, but it was… |
 News 3/3/23
HIStalk - (Friday March 3, 2023) Top News VA Deputy Secretary Donald Remy, JD, who oversees the VA’s Oracle Cerner implementation and other initiatives as its equivalent to COO, resigns as of April 1.  Remote Patient Monitoring Use Skyrockets 1,300%
xtelligent HEALTHCARE MEDIA - (Thursday March 2, 2023) By Anuja Vaidya March 02, 2023 – The adoption of remote patient monitoring (RPM) has skyrocketed, with RPM claim volume increasing by 1,294 percent from January 2019 to November 2022, according to… |
 AI Tools Can Support Early Cardiovascular Disease Diagnosis
xtelligent HEALTHCARE MEDIA - (Thursday March 2, 2023) By Mark Melchionna  5 Factors Holding Back Healthcare Practices From Adopting RPM
MedCity News - (Thursday March 2, 2023) Remote patient monitoring (RPM) technology saw a significant rise in adoption during the pandemic, but it hasn’t gone completely mainstream, according to a new report from analytics company Definitive Healthcare. |
 Abridge Begins the Largest Deployment of Its Medical Documentation AI
MedCity News - (Thursday March 2, 2023) Abridge, a company that sells AI software for medical documentation, on Thursday announced the largest deployment of its technology to date. The University of Kansas Health System will adopt the software for more than…  Paid Sick Leave Improves Preventive Screening Rates by Up to 8%
xtelligent HEALTHCARE MEDIA - (Thursday March 2, 2023) By Sara Heath March 02, 2023 – A new study out of Tulane University confirms what many may have been able to guess about patient access to care: paid sick leave policies… |
