Lukas Hainz

Texans are currently navigating a severe health care affordability crisis that is placing an unsustainable financial strain on families and employers, driven not by natural market forces but by the strategic consolidation of hospital systems across the state. As these large health networks merge

With the rapid rise of artificial intelligence, healthcare organizations are facing a hidden challenge: "shadow AI." This refers to the unauthorized use of consumer-grade AI tools by staff seeking to improve their workflows, a practice that introduces significant security and patient safety risks.

A new federal law, the "One Big, Beautiful Bill Act" (OBBBA), is poised to deliver a staggering financial blow to the Duke University Health System (DUHS), threatening to unravel years of progress in expanding healthcare access across North Carolina. Through sweeping changes to Medicaid funding and

The seamless integration of wearable health technology into daily life, offering real-time insights from continuous glucose monitors to sophisticated ECG patches, represents a monumental leap forward in personalized healthcare. This digital health revolution promises a future of proactive wellness

The promise of rapidly delivering life-saving treatments to patients is often mired in a complex web of regulation, but a series of ambitious reforms initiated by the Food and Drug Administration in 2025 sought to change that dynamic. Against a backdrop of a turbulent year for its parent agency,

A groundbreaking consensus has emerged among leading health-care stakeholders, signaling an urgent need to dismantle the traditional, institutionalized frameworks of seniors' care and replace them with a more humane, personalized system. At the recent "Health Forward" summit hosted by the Nanaimo

In a significant move to preserve continuity of care for millions of Americans, federal health and drug enforcement agencies have once again prolonged the flexible telehealth prescribing rules for controlled substances that originated during the public health emergency. This joint action by the

In the increasingly complex landscape of modern medicine, patients and their families often search for clear indicators of quality, seeking assurance that their healthcare provider is committed not just to treating illness but to fostering overall well-being. The formal recognition of a healthcare

Faced with the monumental task of integrating operations after a merger that effectively doubled its size into a $3 billion system, Rady Children’s Health confronted a challenge that is becoming increasingly common in the healthcare sector: how to scale services and maintain financial stability

Medication non-adherence stands as one of the most persistent and costly challenges in modern healthcare, contributing to over $100 billion in avoidable medical spending each year and leading to preventable health crises for patients with chronic conditions. In a bold move to confront this issue,