MHE July 2024

Artificial intelligence gains foothold in the emergency room as a note-taking aid.

The annual meeting of AHIP, the trade association for the health insurance industry, was held June 11-13 at the Wynn Las Vegas in Las Vegas. Here is a sample of our coverage.

The American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2024 International Conference was held May 17-22 in San Diego. More than 13,400 pulmonologists, critical care specialists and sleep specialists were registered to attend. Here is a sample of our coverage of the conference.

The retail giant shuttered its primary healthcare clinics, and CVS and Walgreens are cutting back. Is retail healthcare doomed for failure?

Lotilaner ophthalmic solution 0.25% drops are administered as twice daily for six weeks. Other ways of treating Demodex blepharitis manage symptoms, not the root cause, and are of indeterminate length.

Community health workers can improve health outcomes and lower costs. So why haven’t they been fully incorporated into the U.S. healthcare system?

Time can be especially precious for people with advanced cancer. Researchers and clinicians are beginning to consider “time toxicity” as another aspect of treatment that burdens patients and their loved ones.

The market for biosimilars seems to be improving, partly because of provisions in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.

The FDA may approve KarXT, an antipsychotic that does not have the side effects of some other antipsychotics because it does not affect dopamine receptors.