Arundhati Parmar is VP and Editor-in-Chief at MedCity News. In this role, she oversees MedCity's news coverage as well as develops the content for several conferences that the publication hosts. Previously, she was Senior Editor at UBM's Medical Device + Diagnostic Industry. Arundhati has three degrees from three continents - a Bachelor of Arts in English from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India; a Masters in English Literature from the University of Sydney, Australia and a Masters in Journalism from Northwestern University in Chicago. She has sworn never to enter a classroom again. Contact her at [email protected]>.
In an interview at the Vive conference in Los Angeles, John Couris said that while he is sympathetic toward Change Healthcare's current woes, he wants definitive answers soon.
Here's the audio of Episode 1 of the newly-launched show Debunked: Slaughtering Myths, Bad Practices and Sacred Cows in Healthcare.
At the Payer Insights sessions on Day 1 of ViVE 2024, a panel on prior authorization offered compelling insights from speakers who shared the positive developments in this area after years of mounting frustration. Speakers also shared challenges as they work with providers to figure out how policy developments and technology will work in practice.
MedCity News is launching a new ongoing show called Debunked: Slaughtering Myths, Bad Practices and Sacred Cows in Healthcare. In this show, co-hosts Arundhati Parmar and Samir Batra will discuss healthcare news and call out things that seem utterly insane to us. The goal is to inspire change in the healthcare industry.
Anne Osdoit, CEO of Moon Surgical, explains how the Maestro System may be expanding the surgical robotics pie by bringing the capability to newer markets and how surgical robotics do not have to break the bank.
Kevin Sayer would love to bring his company's Dexcom G7 continuous glucose monitor to more people and more quickly. But despite being CEO of a successful device company, he feels frustrated from time to time about how and what the U.S. health system will pay for.
From its heady unicorn days to being newly public to its current financial struggles, the portable ultrasound-on-a-chip company has seen it all. Now, its latest CEO has his work cut out for him. A return to revenue growth is what Joseph DeVivo is promising this year.
In an era of escalating healthcare costs and a growing preference for natural, holistic approaches to health, The Impact Brands emerges as a collective of diverse brands dedicated to supporting overall wellness through natural means.
The word has gained greater urgency in recent years as the consumer trend in healthcare has forced payers, providers and all other kinds of healthcare stakeholders to swear by it.
Geoff Martha sought to establish a clear line between popular understanding of AI created by apps like ChatGPT and what he believes is the significant impact that Medtronic's AI-enabled products are already having on patients and other healthcare stakeholders today.
In the last episode of the year, Wrobel, CEO of an Indiana-based federally qualified health center, describes how a survey helped her and her community workers understand exactly how confident her patients are in managing their own care and the best way to help them with the ultimate goal of improving overall health equity.
Dr. Brian Clear, an addiction treatment physician and chief medical officer of Bicycle Health, believes that telemedicine is one way to improve access and reduce the inequities inherence in addiction treatment. The other is education.
Canada has a proud history of achievement in the areas of science and technology, and the field of biomanufacturing and life sciences is no exception.
MedCity News is inviting startups to apply for the INVEST 2024 Pitch Perfect Startup Contest on May 21-22 at the annual INVEST conference in the Ritz Carlton hotel in Chicago.
Season 4 launches with a focus on health equity and a conversation with Dr. Alisahah Jackson, system vice president of population health innovation and policy at CommonSpirit Health.
In a preview before the official announcement at HLTH last week, Microsoft executives and its hospital customers shared use cases of how its suite of AI tools can be used by health systems to improve healthcare delivery and alleviate provider burnout.
Flush with cash, Munjal Shah paints a tantalizing picture of healthcare where AI nurses trained to be chronic disease nurse specialists can take care of every chronic disease patient in America. There's both sincerity and bravado in the vision. Let's just hope that Shah's second venture in healthcare won't fail and be embroiled in lawsuits from angry employees and creditors.
At the HLTH conference last week, MedCity News' editorial team interviewed 11 health leaders from a variety of organizations to get a sense of which areas within healthcare will see consolidation over the next 12 months.