HarmonyCares to use $200M investment ‘to significantly upgrade’ home care technology, CEO says
By
Adam Healy
Jul 11, 2024
HarmonyCares recently raised $200 million of capital to leverage new technology to produce better outcomes for patients and clinicians.
Health lawyers, bioethicist call for tighter regulation of AI in prior authorizations
By
Josh Henreckson
Jul 15, 2024
Although artificial intelligence promises exciting efficiency benefits, its usage in insurance prior authorizations demands wider and more holistic oversight from state and federal bodies, a trio of experts...
Report: Most federally funded clinical trials for dementia have racially excluding criteria
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Kristen Fischer
Jul 10, 2024
A team of investigators looked at possible dementia clinical trial requirements that could exclude people based on race and ethnicity. Overall, 82% of the trials they examined had criteria that weren’t...
Report: Polypharmacy climbed among older adults from 1999 to 2020
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Kristen Fischer
Jul 08, 2024
The number of older Americans over the age of 65 not living in healthcare facilities who used prescription medications rose from 1999 through the mid-2000s and hasn’t changed much since. The percentage...