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Orphan Drugs Reshape Pharmaceutical Market

DistilINFO Hospital IT - (Friday April 4, 2025)
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The Evolving Orphan Drug Landscape
Once considered specialized treatments for rare conditions, orphan drugs are now challenging the dominance of mainstream medications in the pharmaceutical industry. According to two recent Evaluate reports—”Are Orphans That Different?”…

DEA Telehealth Rules Face Provider Opposition

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Healthcare Groups Challenge Proposed Regulations
Healthcare provider organizations are mounting significant opposition to the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) proposed special registration framework for telehealth prescribing of controlled substances. Both the American Hospital Association (AHA) and…

AHA Pushes Value-Based Care Reform

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AHA Champions Value-Based Care Reform
The American Hospital Association is taking decisive action to eliminate barriers and enhance support for healthcare providers transitioning to value-based care models. In a recent letter to the Physician-Focused Payment…

Medical Device Cybersecurity Faces Growing Threats

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HHS Cuts Threaten Device Security Oversight
A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing Tuesday on legacy medical device safety quickly became a platform for Democrats to voice concerns over massive staffing cuts at Health and…

Ultrasound Therapy Breakthrough Targets Chronic Pain

DistilINFO Hospital IT - (Friday April 4, 2025)
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Revolutionary Non-Invasive Treatment Shows Promise
Neuropathic pain affects up to 10% of people worldwide, often proving resistant to conventional treatments. Now, groundbreaking research from Northwell Health’s Feinstein Institutes offers new hope through a non-invasive ultrasound…

Report: Not-for-Profit Hospitals See Margin Improvements in 2025

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What You Should Know: 

– Fitch Ratings has released a report revealing an improvement in the median financial performance of Fitch-rated not-for-profit (NFP) hospitals and healthcare systems with early fiscal year ends (FYE) in 2024,…

Simplifying Clinical Trials: Addressing Technology Challenges for Site Teams

HIT Consultant - (Friday April 4, 2025)
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Rajneesh Patil Vice President, Digital Innovation at IQVIA

Nicholas Whitney​, Senior Director, Site Suite, IQVIA Technologies

In recent years, clinical research and development stakeholders have put tremendous effort into improving patient-centered clinical trials, where patients feel…

Suki Unveils Industry-First Ambient Orders Staging for its AI Assistant

HIT Consultant - (Friday April 4, 2025)
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What You Should Know:

– Suki, the leader in artificial intelligence (AI) technology for healthcare, today announced the industry’s first-ever capability to generate and stage prescription orders from ambient visits.

– This new feature will be available within…

4 Notable Health Tech Funding Announcements in March

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This roundup is meant to highlight some of the most notable funding rounds of the month and is not intended to be comprehensive.

Health tech companies made several major funding announcements in March. Here is…

‘It Will Set Us Back Multiple Decades’: Why Public Health Experts Are Panicking About the HHS Overhaul

MedCity News - (Friday April 4, 2025)
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This week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) underwent a massive restructuring under its secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., resulting in the sudden departure of thousands of employees across the nation.

While Kennedy…