by Jordana Choucair | Apr 18, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
A study published in JAMA Network Open found that more than 60 percent of all doctors incorrectly believed all tobacco products are equally harmful, making them less likely to recommend e-cigarettes for people trying to quit smoking. Only 22 percent recommended the...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 15, 2022 | Providers
Kaiser Permanente announced plans to double the size of its efforts to address housing instability with another $200 million. Since the Thriving Communities Fund’s inception in 2018, the initiative has preserved or produced more than 7,000 affordable housing...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 15, 2022 | M&A
During a public listening session yesterday, health care workers and researchers stated that health care mergers and acquisitions have increased prices, stifled wages, and reduced care quality. A senior advisor for the Hospital Equity and Accountability Project noted...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 15, 2022 | Life Sciences
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization for the first COVID-19 breath test. The device, called InspectIR COVID-19 Breathalyzer, works by separating and identifying chemical mixtures to detect five compounds associated with the...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 15, 2022 | Inequities and SDOH
A report from the Employee Benefit Research Institute suggests that health savings accounts (HSAs) are contributing to inequities. The report found that white account holders have an average HSA balance of $5,004, while Black and Hispanic savers have $3,438 and...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 15, 2022 | Health IT
A new CB Insights report found that investments in the global digital health market decreased 36 percent in the first quarter of 2022. Megarounds fell 52 percent to 4.4 billion, comprising just 42 percent of all digital health dollars invested compared with 57 percent...
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