Information technology
Medicare erroneously paid millions in electronic records push, audit finds | The Wall Street Journal
Medicare erroneously paid an estimated $729 million to doctors and other health professionals under a multibillion-dollar federal initiative designed to shift the health-care system from paper records to computer files, according to a new federal audit.
Pharmaceuticals
Seizing on opioid crisis, a drug maker lobbies hard for its product | The New York Times
The ads have been popping up on billboards, buses and subways and in glossy magazines, with portraits of attractive men and women and a simple question in bold letters: What is Vivitrol?
New frontier in cancer care: Turing blood into living drugs | STAT
Ken Shefveland's body was swollen with cancer, treatment after treatment failing until doctors gambled on a radical approach: They removed some of his immune cells, engineered them into cancer assassins and unleashed them into his bloodstream.
Roche CEO still optimistic on new breast cancer drug | Reuters
Roche is convinced a new breast cancer drug will have a significant role in treating the disease despite recent trial results that disappointed analysts, the Swiss drugmaker's chief executive said in an interview published on Sunday.
Safety, quality and clinical practice
Medical responses to opioid addiction vary by state, analysis finds | Kaiser Health News
patients with private insurance who are diagnosed with opioid dependency or abuse may get different medical services depending on where they live, a white paper to be released in the upcoming week by a national databank indicates.
