Digital Therapeutics Regulatory Pathways: Navigating Reimbursement, Validation, and Privacy
A single download can transform care delivery. When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared Pear Therapeutics’ Somryst application—an app ...
Climate Change and Vector-Borne Disease Spread: When Warming Climates Bring Tropical Threats Home
A single mosquito bite can redecorate the map of human vulnerability. In recent months, public-health authorities across southern Europe and ...
How To Provide a Better Hospital Waiting Room Experience
When patients are worrying about unexplained symptoms, they need a welcoming space. With a better hospital waiting room, you can ...
New RSV and Influenza Vaccine Rollout: Confronting Hesitancy, Supply Constraints, and Ethical Imperatives
A single vial can embody both hope and contention. With the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recent recommendation ...
Antibiotic‐Resistance “Superbug” Alerts: When Surveillance Spurs Ethical and Policy Imperatives
A single bloodstream infection can herald the return of a silent scourge. This summer, the Centers for Disease Control and ...
Telehealth Policy Cliff Aftermath: Navigating Ethics, Access, and the Quest for Permanence
A single date can unsettle an entire care continuum. On October 1, 2025, the regulatory waivers that underpinned the explosion ...
Mental Health Crisis Among Young Adults: Converging Ethics, Policy, and Personal Experience
A single notification ping can echo a lifetime of unease. Midyear data reveal that nearly 60 percent of 18–25-year-olds report ...
Long COVID Therapeutics and Care Models: Navigating Ethics, Policy, and Patient Realities
A single persistent cough can declare a battle that medical science is only beginning to understand. With millions still grappling ...
Heat-Related Morbidity in Vulnerable Populations: When Extremes Expose Ethical and Policy Fault Lines
A single blistering afternoon can determine whether an elderly neighbour survives or succumbs. This July, emergency departments across the Sun ...
FDA’s Final AI SaMD Guidance: Where Medical Ethics, Policy, and Patient Experience Converge
A single log entry could spell the difference between trust and trepidation in AI-driven care. As STAT’s “AI Prognosis” newsletter ...
GLP-1 Reimbursement and Access Debates: The Battle Over Coverage Criteria, Prior Authorization, and Equity
A single prior-authorization denial can derail a patient’s treatment plan. In 2025, the soaring use of GLP-1 receptor agonists such ...
STAT’s “AI Prognosis” Predicts Regulatory Crackdown: Media, Policy, and Social Debate Collide
A single forecast can unsettle an entire industry. In its July 2 edition, STAT’s “AI Prognosis” newsletter canvassed more than ...
Ambient Artificial Intelligence Clinical Documentation: Workflow Support with Emerging Governance Risk
Health systems are increasingly deploying ambient artificial intelligence tools that listen to clinical encounters and automatically generate draft visit notes. These systems are intended to reduce documentation burden and allow clinicians to focus more directly on patient interaction. At the same time, they raise unresolved questions about patient consent, data handling, factual accuracy, and legal responsibility for machine‑generated records. Recent policy discussions and legal actions suggest that adoption is moving faster than formal oversight frameworks. The practical clinical question is...
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