Governance

Jennifer Goldsack, CEO of the Digital Medicine Society
By  Jessica Hagen 02:36 pm November 3, 2023
As vice president, Joe Biden launched the Cancer Moonshot, intending to accelerate progress in cancer treatments and accessibility, and as president, Biden reignited the Moonshot last year. Earlier this year, as part of the Moonshot, the Department of Health and Human Services launched CancerX, a public-private partnership effort to boost cancer innovation in the U.S. The Digital Medicine Society...
Person standing up looking at their phone with a city in the background
By  Jessica Hagen 11:56 am May 19, 2023
Fertility-tracking app Premom, owned by Easy Healthcare, came under fire by the Federal Trade Commission, which alleged the company shared consumers' health data with third parties like Google, AppsFlyer and two China-based analytics and marketing firms for advertising purposes without user consent. Premom is a free app that offers fertility tracking tools, including period and ovulation tracking...
Healthcare provider on a tablet
By  Jessica Hagen 11:21 am March 9, 2023
A digital divide in telemedicine use between rural and urban communities increased after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly within mental health integration services, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.  The study evaluated 3.6 million mental health integration visits and 63.5 million primary care visits across 138 Veterans Affairs healthcare systems nationwide from...
Mission Daybreak Grand Challenge
By  Jessica Hagen 10:55 am March 6, 2023
With 6,146 veterans taking their own life in 2020, suicide was the 13th leading cause of death among the population overall and the second leading cause of death among veterans under the age of 45, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 2022 Annual Report. With its Mission Daybreak Grand Challenge that launched last year, the VA aims to encourage innovation to provide more mental...