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Nursing Exodus Continues: 4 in 10 Plan to Leave by 2029

2 days ago | medcitynews.com | Katie Adams

The nursing workforce crisis has improved slightly since the pandemic, but it’s far from over. New research from the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) shows that nurses are still battling high levels of burnout and job dissatisfaction — and that many of them plan to leave the field because of this. The report is based on a survey of more than 800,000 U.S. nurses.
How Are Hospitals Bracing for Tariffs?

4 days ago | medcitynews.com | Katie Adams

The healthcare industry has faced a flurry of sweeping changes at the federal level since President Donald Trump took office. In recent months, healthcare leaders have scrambled to come up with strategies to address proposed Medicaid cuts, slashed research funding and the dismantling of the country’s public health infrastructure. Now, the Trump administration’s tariffs are the latest threat to further destabilize an industry already grappling with mounting financial and operational pressures.
Why One Healthcare Founder Never Took Venture Capital

6 days ago | medcitynews.com | Katie Adams

The digital health funding market has been way up and way down over the past five years. As this roller coaster starts to settle down, one thing is clear to Randy Bolyga: that the industry is shifting toward prioritizing profitability over aggressive expansion. Bolyga is the CEO of medical software company RXNT, which he founded in 1999.
New Pregnancy App Launches to Support Mothers Through Birth and Beyond

6 days ago | medcitynews.com | Katie Adams

A new D2C digital health app for women emerged from stealth on Thursday. San Francisco-based Trellis Health launched with $1.8 million in pre-seed funding. The platform helps women easily access and understand their medical records so they can make better health decisions during pregnancy and throughout their lives.
Eli Lilly’s Metabolic Medicine Takes the Lead in the Race to Develop an Oral GLP-1 Drug

1 week ago | medcitynews.com | Frank Vinluan

The next wave of metabolic medicines in development includes oral GLP-1 drugs that work comparably to currently available injectable medicines, and Eli Lilly is taking the lead with Phase 3 results showing its once-daily pill reduced both blood sugar and body weight in patients with type 2 diabetes.
Startup Glycomine Lands $115M for Clinical Trial in Ultra-Rare Disease With No Approved Drugs

1 week ago | medcitynews.com | Frank Vinluan |Tomasz Rezik

The journey of rare disease patients and their families can be a long one marked by misdiagnoses, and so it is for those who have the ultra-rare disorder with the abbreviated name PMM2-CDG. This enzyme deficiency leads to muscle problems and developmental delays that are often mistaken for other diseases, said Steven Axon, CEO of startup Glycomine. PMM2-CDG is genetic, but it’s not currently part of newborn screening.
How Can Fintech Make it Easier for Early Stage Life Science Companies to Grow?

1 week ago | medcitynews.com | Stephanie Baum

The journey of a healthcare startup is not for the faint of heart. Navigating the path to demonstrating proof of concept, finding stakeholders to champion their mission, and generating investment, takes effective communication, management, and workflow efficiency.
Adventist HealthCare Teams Up with Culina Health to Expand Access to Nutrition Care

1 week ago | medcitynews.com | Katie Adams

Digital nutrition company Culina Health announced a new partnership on Tuesday that seeks to expand access to insurance-covered nutrition care. The New Jersey-based startup is joining forces with Adventist HealthCare, a health system with more than 50 care locations across the Washington, D.C. metro area. Culina Health is becoming part of the Adventist HealthCare Physician Alliance, which is a clinically integrated network of more than 2,400 providers.
What SCAN and Sutter Health Hope to Achieve with Their MA Partnership

1 week ago | medcitynews.com | Marissa Plescia

There has been growing tension between health systems and Medicare Advantage plans in recent years, with some health systems cutting ties entirely with MA plans. This has partially been due to administrative challenges and high rates of claims denials. But last week, an MA insurer and a health system announced that they are coming together.
Software-as-Treatment Startup Click Therapeutics Gets FDA Authorization for Migraine Mobile App

1 week ago | medcitynews.com | Frank Vinluan

Drugs have been the standard migraine treatment for decades. The severe headaches, nausea, and other problems associated with this common disorder now have a digital treatment option, a mobile app developed by prescription digital medicines developer Click Therapeutics. The FDA marketing authorization announced Tuesday permits use of the Click digital therapeutic for the prevention of episodic migraine in patients age 18 and older.