David Ricks (Photo courtesy of Eli Lilly and Co.) When it comes to competing for jobs, Indiana needs to do more than boast about its low cost of living, business-friendly climate and transportation network. That’s because the state is far behind the curve in other critical ways, David Ricks, chairman and CEO of Indianapolis-based drugmaker…
The past three years have had negative effects on mental health, mainly due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. However, the outlook is improving, and there are various measures you can adopt to enhance the quality of your life in 2023. Your mental health should get the same attention as your physical health because the state…
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by JESSICA DAMASSA, WTF HEALTH Just one week before the ATA EDGE Policy Conference (12/7-12/9 Washington DC) we get a SNEAK PEEK at what’s topping the agenda – and the American Telemedicine Association (ATA)’s list of priorities for 2023 – to ensure that digital health and virtual care providers avoid the ‘telehealth cliff’ that could…
BY MIKE MAGEE This Fall, I am teaching a 4-week course on “How Epidemics Have Shaped Our World” at the President’s College at the University of Hartford. It is, of course a timely topic, but also personally unnerving as we complete a third year under the shadow of Covid-19. Where does one begin on a topic such…
Sanders aide calls Manchin ‘phony’ on drug prices Tensions are heating up over action (or lack thereof) on drug pricing. A top aide to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Tuesday called Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) a “phony” after the West Virginia senator called for action to lower drug prices. Warren Gunnels, Sanders’s staff director for the Senate Budget…
Health Tech BY JESSICA DaMASSA, WTF HEALTH Data-juggernaut LexisNexis® Risk Solutions is making a big data play in healthcare, launching a new capability that allows for unprecedented accuracy in the kind of de-identified data that payers, providers, and pharma are clamoring to use for everything from cutting admin expenses to improving patient outcomes and health…
Welcome to Thursday’s Overnight Health Care, where we’re following the latest moves on policy and news affecting your health. Subscribe here: thehill.com/newsletter-signup. There’s a lot going on in the world, so as a pick-me-up, here’s a Good Boy. A Texas judge gave a win to doctors in a lawsuit in the latest twist in the battle…
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BY KIM BELLARD It turns out that I’ve been writing about Generative AI without even realizing there was something called Generative AI, such as articles about the robot artist Ai-Da, the AI image creator DALL-E, or patent protection for AI inventors. Generative AI refers to AI that strives not just to process and synthesize data…
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