Medical debt is crushing hospital patients in LA. Health officials may have a fix
In Los Angeles County, the nation's most populous, a new system could screen hospital patients for financial aid, preventing hundreds of thousands fro...
Medical records giant Epic pauses product development to fix security bugs that risk patients’ data
The healthtech software giant, which makes the widely used MyChart system for accessing medical data, will focus on fixing security bugs for the next ...
Montana starts enforcing Medicaid work requirements on Oct 1. Patients are confused
In most states, people with Medicaid coverage will have to prove they're working, volunteering or studying, starting Jan. 1. But Montana is starting t...
Three in four UK GPs ‘too busy to talk to their patients in depth’
Family doctors’ professional body finds the majority have no time to discuss preventative measures A friendly chat with your GP about your life, healt...
Only 3% of US sickle cell patients receive red blood cell exchange for disease, researchers find
Various factors block sufferers of disease from receiving treatment that is effective and has widespread availabilitySickle cell patients are missing ...
Plan to limit number of NHS patients diagnosed with ADHD attacked as ‘rationing’ healthcare
Review due next week expected to say patients should be ‘triaged’ and offered support without formal diagnosisProposals to limit the number of patient...
Dementia patients warned off seeking home care in case Australia’s aged care algorithm cuts funding
Exclusive: FoI documents show senior health officials were warned of concerns about assessment tool weeks after it launchedGet our breaking news email...
'Multiple patients' after Amazon cargo plane crashes at Miami airport
Video showed thick smoke rising from the plane crash of the Boeing 767 that the Federal Aviation Administration says overran the airport runway in Mia...
Medicare's pilot GLP-1 discount program has a catch. Some sick patients don't qualify
Medicare launched a pilot program that could streamline the process to get GLP-1s, with some seniors paying just $50 a month. But many people with the...
Frustrated GP patients hang up as Yorkshire accent baffles AI receptionist
‘Emma’ the Rotherham chatbot has 17 languages says AI firm – but health watchdog says system struggling with local ‘twangs’Patients in a South Yorkshi...
A Patient’s Final Breath in a Congolese Ebola Ward
The distance between life and death is razor thin at one medical clinic in Rwampara, the heart of the epidemic ravaging the Democratic Republic of Con...
How deep-rooted medical bias creates deadly consequences for addiction patients
Addiction treatments are safe, effective — and rarely offered to patients. That's because many doctors and nurses still view people with alcohol or dr...
Singer Randy Travis Fulfills Cancer Patient's Wish With Surprise Visit
Randy Travis' mark on one of his fans' lives will last forever and ever.
The "Forever and Ever, Amen" singer fulfilled a cancer patient’s lifelong dre...
NHS radiographers report rise in overt racist abuse by patients
Survey reveals medics were called ‘monkeys’ and ‘dirty foreigners’, and patients refused to be seen by black or Asian staffNHS radiographers are exper...
FTC sues Hims & Hers for allegedly sharing patients’ medical data with advertisers Meta and Snap
The U.S. federal consumer watchdog said Hims & Hers, which prescribes for sexual wellness and mental health conditions, used website trackers to share...
Alarm over NHS patients records being placed in hands of US private equity firm
Doctors and MPs urge more scrutiny of £300m deal for company behind system used by most GPs in EnglandA US private equity firm will take control of NH...
