Articles about health care regulation and policy
Human intelligence is no longer sufficient for processing the growing demand for data-driven decisions, so industry leaders across the private and public sectors hope artificial intelligence (AI) can supplement. Not only can AI streamline decision making and process large quantities of information quickly, but the
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The internet promises a world where users can instantly access information and services from anywhere, anytime. As policymakers work to address the access crisis in America’s rural health care system, the use of internet-enabled medicine is more appealing than ever. Despite the prospect of telehealth
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American healthcare has been called a paradox — and for good reason. On one hand, the U.S. spends big on health. In 2016, the United States spent almost 18 percent of its GDP on health care, a larger percentage than that of comparable high-income nations
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With under two weeks until the 2018 midterm elections, health care has emerged as an important theme, shaping the rhetoric of both Democrats and Republicans alike. Eight years ago, Democrats lost their house majority, largely because their key legislative victory, the Patient Protection and Affordable
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Each day, over 115 people die due to an opioid overdose. The opioid crisis is taking tens of thousands of American lives annually and is expected to cost the US over $1.5 trillion by 2021. Seven months after the opioid epidemic was declared a public
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