Casey’s Recent Stories
Health Jan 15
Vaccine registration technology is failing. Here’s how the Biden administration could fix itTechnology has hampered the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign. But it doesn’t have to be that way, health tech experts explain.
Health Dec 22
3 lessons learned from issues with Stanford’s vaccine distribution algorithmStanford found itself in hot water last week after deploying a faulty Covid-19 vaccine distribution algorithm, offering a cautionary tale that extends far beyond the university's own doors.
Health Dec 14
CDC says people with history of severe allergic reactions can get COVID-19 vaccineThe CDC said people who have had severe reactions to prior vaccines or injectable drugs can still get the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
Health May 19
More patients are taking home recordings of their doctor visits. But who else could listen?Tech giants have developed speech recognition and machine learning technologies that allow doctors to automatically transcribe audio recordings.
Health Mar 17
Hospitals are confronting a new opioid crisis: an alarming shortage of pain medsProduction of injectable opioids has nearly ground to a halt due to manufacturing problems, creating a shortage of staple medications used to treat a wide array of patients.
Health Aug 26
An Obamacare win: No ‘bare counties’ for health insurance next yearAn insurer has stepped up to sell individual health insurance policies to the last county in the U.S. without Obamacare coverage in 2018.
Health Dec 25
Fearing Medicaid cuts, states wield health data as a political weaponLawmakers who support expanding health coverage are using data to fight Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Health Sep 17
Bedless hospitals treat patients and send them home the same dayAs treatments get less invasive and recovery times shrink, a new kind of hospital is cropping up — the “bedless hospital.”…
Health Aug 13
Hospitals are throwing out organs and denying transplants to meet federal standardsHospitals across the United States are throwing away less-than-perfect organs and denying the sickest people lifesaving transplants out of fear that poor surgical outcomes will result in a federal crackdown.