From the Affordable Care Act to Medicaid expansion, news about health care is constantly changing.
From the Affordable Care Act to Medicaid expansion, news about health care is constantly changing. Stay up to date with the latest health care news and legislation with our comprehensive coverage.
The process of artificial insemination of an egg in an IVF clinic. Reproductive medicine, in vitro fertilization In February 2024, Alabama’s Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law. [...]
Photo credit: iStock.com/SeventyFour According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the number of adolescents reporting poor mental health is on the rise. A 2022 CDC report showed that 37% of high school [...]
Photo credit: iStock.com/BeritK Across the country, state legislatures are working to enhance children’s mental health by revising and implementing new policies to identify and manage children’s mental health issues. These efforts include setting behavioral health [...]
Photo credit: iStock.com/Kunakorn Rassadornyindee Suicide, an urgent public health issue, is the 11th leading cause of death in the country according to Pew Trusts. Screening tools for suicide risk can assist with reducing these [...]
Photo credit: iStock.com/Maksim Luzgin In 2022, DMGS discussed the surge in insulin prices, which had tripled from 2002 to 2013. This dramatic increase resulted in a corresponding tripling of patient insulin product prices. This upward [...]
Photo credit: iStock.com/David Gyung Various U.S. industries and services have adopted artificial intelligence (AI), with 25% of companies integrating and actively using AI in business operations. Mental health services have also begun to use AI [...]
Photo credit: iStock.com/metamorworks In 2022, Connecticut became the fifth state to pass a comprehensive data privacy law. One particularly complex area within data privacy is consumer health data, which includes biometric data and certain location [...]
Woman hugging her elderly mother Adult day care refers to a service that provides elderly and disabled adults with supervision, socialization, and healthcare services during the day, allowing them to remain living in their own [...]
Photo credit: iStock.com/Antoine Johnson Medical marijuana telemedicine services allow medical providers to issue medical marijuana certifications for eligible patients via a phone or video call. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, people have increasingly relied on Internet [...]
Photo credit: iStock.com/Standart A recent study found that, between 2017 and 2020, 19.5% of children and adolescents aged 2–19, roughly 14.7 million youth, were obese. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study [...]
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