By Alaric Dearment, MedCity News | August 27, 2019 The Alliance for Regenerative Medicine and 13 biotech companies released a statement outlining bioethical principles on genome editing, including opposition to modifications that can be passed to future generations. An advocacy group focused on cell and gene therapy and regenerative medicine [...]
By Steve Lohr, New York Times | August 26, 2019 RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina seems like an unlikely laboratory for health care reform. It refused to expand Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act, and ranks in the bottom third among states in measures of overall health. But the [...]
By Estrella Jaramillo, Contributor, Forbes | August 26, 2019 Women’s Equality Day commemorates the 1920 adoption of Amendment XIX, which prohibits the States and the Federal Government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex. Just 99 years ago, women finally achieved [...]
By Dr. Ian Chuang and Dr. Richard Loomis, MedCity News | August 25, 2019 Dr. Ian Chuang will be a panelist at the upcoming 2019 DHIT Summit in Durham on November 13th. In addition to senior roles at McKesson and Cerner, Dr. Chuang's previous positions include Chief Analytics Officer at [...]
By Pete Barlas, MedCity News | August 25, 2019 After a relatively quiet IPO market, 2019 has emerged as the year of the digital health IPO with Health Catalyst, Livongo Health, Phreesia, and Change Healthcare all going public and with one more - Peloton - set to debut soon. Will [...]
By Nick Jordan, Contributor, WRAL Techwire | August 23, 2019 Editor’s Note: Nick Jordan is the CEO and founder of Smashing Boxes, a custom software development and design firm for web, mobile, and connected devices and one of the fastest-growing private firms in the Triangle. This article is part a series exploring entrepreneurship and [...]
