Category Archives: Health News

Why Primary Care Should Run the Healthcare System

By KEN TERRY (This is the fourth in a series of excerpts from Terry’s new book, Physician-Led Healthcare Reform: a New Approach to Medicare for All, published by the American Association for Physician Leadership.) Many other countries’ healthcare systems outperform ours for one simple reason: They place a much greater emphasis on primary care, which… Read More: Why Primary Care Should Run the Healthcare System »

Robotic Process Automation’s Potential in Healthcare

David Chou, SVP & CIO, Harris Health System Industry experts are predicting that usage of robotic process automation (RPA) will increase healthcare while transforming the organization. The adoption rate has been low and slow due to rudimentary use cases. Automation to assist with tasks in HR and revenue cycle continues to dominate most healthcare RPA… Read More: Robotic Process Automation’s Potential in Healthcare »

Akebia crashes on vadadustat flop in larger anemia indication. Will AZ, FibroGen own the market?

What was previously expected to be a three-way battle in the novel HIF-PHI renal anemia drug class now has one man down. Akebia Therapeutics has posted a surprise trial flop, which one analyst said could hand the rival FibroGen-AstraZeneca team an early monopoly of the market. On Thursday, Akebia said its Otsuka-partnered vadadustat was linked to… Read More: Akebia crashes on vadadustat flop in larger anemia indication. Will… »

Covid-19 news: UK funding for trials of rapid new coronavirus tests

By Michael Le Page , Clare Wilson , Jessica Hamzelou , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool A medical worker takes a swab to test for the coronavirus at a drive-in testing facilityADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 3 September New funding announced for trials of… Read More: Covid-19 news: UK funding for trials of rapid new coronavirus… »