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According to a paper by Garrison and Towse (2023) in Health Affairs Forefront the answer is ‘no’. I agree with them. Here is the rationale: […]

Women, people in minority groups and those in the LGBTQ+ community experience disproportionately high rates of workplace mistreatment in the academic medicine setting, a study […]

In politics: He who desires to attempts to reform the government of a state, and wishes to have it accepted, must at least retain the […]

Azra AI, a medtech company using artificial intelligence to predict cancer, unveiled new machine learning used to predict pancreatic cancer available to its more than […]

Late last night, New Yorkers were served a public-health recommendation with a huge helping of déjà vu: “If you are an older adult or have […]

Clinicians at New York City-based NYU Langone Health are using an artificial intelligence algorithm that can predict the chance of a discharged patient being readmitted […]

TV and radio host Ryan Seacrest has been opening broadcast studios in children’s hospitals across the country to allow pediatric patients and their families to […]

Amazon subsidiary One Medical has opened its first Connecticut location under a partnership with Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare, HamletHub reported June 7.

A former physician at a hospital owned by Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health is suing because of alleged discriminatory pay rates as well as frequent sexist behavior […]

The Fortune 500, which ranks the U.S.’ largest companies by revenue, has long been dominated by male CEOs —- which speaks to the gender diversity […]

Fifty-two percent of clinicians said they trust virtual care, remote patient monitoring and telehealth to provide accurate diagnoses, but many are skeptical about patients conducting […]

An unauthorized individual accessed Little Colorado Medical Center’s systems from March 7, 2022 to April 21, 2022.

The physician shortage in the U.S. is common knowledge. Why don’t more donors put their money toward tuition for people to become physicians? 

McLeansboro, Ill.-based Hamilton Memorial Hospital has received a $895,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help fund its Epic EHR system, WSIL reported […]

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Hospital spent more than $5.6 million on quality metric reporting in 2018, according to a study published June 6 in JAMA Network. 

Nonprofit hospitals’ adjusted expenses per inpatient day can vary greatly by region and state, with a threefold difference between the lowest and highest and and […]

A dual-role nurse pilot project launched in 2019 at Spectrum Health’s Cardiothoracic Cardiac Care Unit in Grand Rapids, Mich., with an aim toward reducing turnover […]

(KDVR) — Wildfires in Canada have caused poor air quality and smoky skies across several U.S. metros for days. On Wednesday, the air quality in […]

The American Heart Association is awarding its Meritorious Achievement honor to two women from separate major companies who teamed up to advance health equity. 

Of all the challenges home-based care providers are facing, it’s the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed rule regarding Medicaid access that […]

Just before the beginning of an investor presentation on Wednesday afternoon, Enhabit Inc. (NYSE: EHAB) CEO Barb Jacobsmeyer joked to the moderator at the Jefferies […]

Milwaukee-based Froedtert Health, which is due to merge with Neenah, Wis.-based ThedaCare, had the “AA” rating affirmed both for $626 million of debt and for […]

Signs are emerging that both payers and large health systems operating in Colorado are nearing agreement on public health insurance rates, a system that is […]

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., has named Wesley Campbell, MD, as its new director of research, education and training, according to […]

The longer an elderly patient’s emergency department stay is, the more likely they are to develop incident delirium, according to new research from the University […]

 A woman in Washington has been detained after more than a year of refusing treatment for an active case of tuberculosis and repeatedly failing to […]

As HHS finalizes the end of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees of CMS-certified healthcare facilities, hospitals and health systems have varied approaches to their […]

CVS Health’s Aetna and UnitedHealth Group’s OptumHealth must face a class of nearly 88,000 people who allege the companies violated their fiduciary duties by disguising […]

White Rock (Texas) Medical Center has laid off 30 workers across 28 departments, including clinical and administrative roles. 

Here are five hospitals and health systems that launched, expanded or announced plans to launch a hospital-at-home program:

JFK Terminal 8—It is 9:22 a.m., and I am learning about consumer protections from a food-safety inspector who is on her second Bloody Mary. There […]

Morton, Wash.-based Arbor Health — also known as Lewis County Hospital District No. 1 — has named Robert March its next CEO. 

Amazon Web Services has partnered with health IT interoperability organization the Interoperability Institute to launch a virtual innovation center aimed at advancing healthcare interoperability.

Wildfires in Canada are creating serious health hazards across the United States, turning the New York City skyline a tint of orange on Wednesday that […]

Option Care Health CEO John Rademacher said an Option Care Health-Amedisys deal would create something “unique and different.” 

A woman was arrested June 6 after police said she threatened Miami-based Nicklaus Children’s Hospital via tweet, Local10 reported. 

Ashville, N.C.-based Mission Health’s plan to build a freestanding emergency room in western Buncombe County, N.C., is receiving pushback from a nearby AdventHealth hospital, local […]

The companies’ $345,000 in grants are the first funds RIP Medical Debt has received directly from health insurance companies.

The HHS Office of the Inspector General recently announced settlement agreements in two fraud self-disclosure cases:

Technology giant Samsung is partnering with ambient intelligence company Care.ai to bring healthcare-grade displays to providers using the Care.ai platform. 

Nearly 21,000 patients at MercyOne Clinton (Iowa) Medical Center may have had their data compromised — or lost forever — in a recent hack.

Microsoft continues to make its push into healthcare and is inking partnerships with some of the largest hospitals and health systems to accelerate its jump […]

At-home care company Spiras Health named former vice president of population health for Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health, Ashley Thaxton White, as its CFO.

Yuvo Health, a tech-enabled administration company providing services to federally qualified health centers, raised $20.2 million in a series A financing round.

Upperline Health, a provider network of specialty care clinics, raised $58.35 million in new capital.

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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (R) signed legislation Wednesday that will prevent transgender minors from accessing gender-affirming medical care and bar transgender women and girls from […]

Will Patterson, BSN, RN, resigned as CEO of nursing gig-work platform CareRev after questions about his conduct from The Information, the news outlet reported June […]

Provider cost pressures are weighing on the nation’s largest insurers, with contract negotiations possibly forcing premiums higher over the next few years, according to Fitch […]

Although the public health emergency ended May 11, healthcare supply chain executives are still reeling from the havoc brought on by the pandemic and navigating […]

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Here are the 20 most commonly prescribed medications from GoodRx:

New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System achieved a healthcare “first” with the world’s smallest heart pump, the device’s manufacturer said June 7. 

Academic health system researchers and IT leaders say electronic prescription cost estimators are an “important tool” for improving providers’ medication decisions.

Iowa City-based University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is to seek approval next week for a new $249 million health sciences academic building, The Gazette […]

Eamonn Fitzgerald, managing director of UPMC Ireland, has been named president of the European Hospital and Healthcare Federation, where he will be at the forefront […]

Dane Ficco was named CEO of Broward HealthPoint and Broward Health Physician Group.

Declines in new supplies orders, a backlog of orders and employment issues were among the factors driving hospital economic activity to contract for the first […]

Members of the Maine House of Representatives have voted against a bill that would have allowed unvaccinated healthcare workers to return to their jobs.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) called the Canadian wildfires “truly unprecedented” in floor remarks Wednesday and warned of the ongoing damage caused by climate […]

The Biden administration argued Tuesday the judge’s order should remain on hold while it’s appealed in order to protect insured individuals’ healthcare.

About 810,000, or 1 in 10, Los Angeles County adults together owe more than $2.6 billion in medical debt as of 2021, a new analysis […]

Vietnam has adapted established infection prevention and control (IPC) measures for limited-resource settings to help stop the spread of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE), identified as an […]

With a diploma in hand and a new credential after their name, new nurses enter the hospital workforce and quickly find themselves frustrated and burned […]

Since 2019, employers have made progress in winning over the workforce’s youngest members. But there is a long way to go before members of Generation […]

Mayo Clinic, a longstanding collaborator with Google, will be an early adopter of a Google Cloud tool that allows organizations to create chatbots and other search applications […]

Rather than suggesting problems with individual hospitals, the data points to a “systemic issue impacting the quality of care for Black and Hispanic patients and […]

Managers are skeptical of workers’ habits when they don’t have the oversight of an office. A recent survey has quantified just how much workers engage […]

Maimonides Medical Center in New York City is facing a $500 million dollar class-action lawsuit alleging hospital leaders and trustees diverted resources from the hospital […]

Inova Health System has acquired Annandale, Va.-based Northern Virginia Pulmonary and Critical Care Associates, which comprises nine physicians and two locations, according to the Washington […]

Healthcare staffing shortages continue to burden hospitals and systems, yet immigrants, who are often looked to as a solution for the staffing crisis, appear to […]

07/06/2023 European Health Union: a new comprehensive approach to mental health Image The European Commission has introduced a new approach to mental health as part […]

VillageMD has been selected for a two-year study funded by the National Institutes of Health to identify patients with undiagnosed Alzheimer’s disease using EHR data.

Austin, Texas-based Ascension Seton is investigating a third-party vendor data breach that affected patient information, according to a report from KVUE, an ABC affiliate.

Similar to what the nursing industry is seeing, a growing group of U.S. physicians are taking a gig approach to employment and ditching the traditional […]

Millions of Americans living on the East coast woke up on Wednesday to air-quality warnings as Canadian wildfire smoke filled the sky. Vulnerable populations were […]

Evanston, Ill.-based NorthShore-Edward-Elmhurst Health is launching virtual cardiac at-home care through a partnership with Motiv.

In response to Merck’s lawsuit concerning the Inflation Reduction Act’s allowance for the U.S. to negotiate drug prices for the nation’s 10 most expensive medications, […]

Imagine this pie-in-the-sky scenario: A patient comes to the emergency department. There’s no wait and they are taken straight back to a room where a […]

Racial disparities in rates of adverse events persist even at the top-rated hospitals for safety, a new report from The Leapfrog Group shows. 

Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health is using digital health technologies to connect uninsured patients with a positive COVID-19 diagnosis access to medical providers via telehealth. 

Fortune recently published its 2023 list of the largest corporations in the U.S. ranked by revenue for their respective 2022 fiscal years. The Fortune 500 […]

A woman has been charged in Georgia with stealing the identity of a Florida nurse and using the stolen nursing license to care for patients, […]

Patients who receive organ transplants from donors who died by drowning have higher death rates due to the risk of acquiring invasive mold infections from […]

RaDonda Vaught’s conviction for a fatal medication error kickstarted a national dialogue about patient safety culture and made her a household name within the industry. […]

David Gibbons, RN, president of Erie, Pa.-based UPMC Hamot, is now set to oversee 18 hospitals within the Pittsburgh-based system, according to a June 6 […]

Four health tech companies were awarded a $1 billion remote patient monitoring contract with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

NewYork-Presbyterian has been named in a civil suit that alleges a patient was drugged and sexually assaulted by Zhi Alan Cheng, MD, a gastroenterologist who […]

Phoenix-based Banner Health, an operator of 33 hospitals, has a strong financial profile, robust market share and a growing insurance division, Fitch Ratings said May […]

Minneapolis-based Allina Health System’s move to turn away patients with outstanding debt is a cost-saving is not uncommon, according to the Lown Institute.

The bill’s sponsor previously told local media that it could give the nonprofit, state-owned system the chance to save struggling rural hospitals.

Trinity Life Sciences, a life sciences commercialization company, promoted Leslie Orne from chief commercial officer to CEO.

Joseph Williams, BSN, RN, was recently named CEO of Rehabilitation Hospital of Bowie (Md.), an Encompass Health facility, but unlike many CEOs, Mr. Williams got […]

Wildfires near Montreal have prompted air quality alerts throughout the United States as major cities have become engulfed in a heavy haze and many with […]

Win Brown, president and CEO of Gardner, Mass.-based Heywood Healthcare for the past 12 years, will be leaving the system, according to a June 6 […]

Market research firm BlackBook released its list of the top healthcare RCM software tools for 2023 based on data gathered from 18 performance indicators.

LewisGale Medical Center, a 506-bed hospital in Salem, Va., has named Andrew Welcome its next chief operating officer. 

At Children’s Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha, Neb., people are excited to come to work. 

Canadian wildfires are causing harmful smoke to drift across the U.S., leading to air and health warnings across the country.  According to airnow.gov, a number […]

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Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic partnered with Google Cloud on a generative artificial intelligence application to improve outcomes, researchers and clinical workflows.

There’s growing enthusiasm for generative AI in healthcare since the introduction of ChatGPT in November. 

Hospital consultants will go on strike on 20 and 21 July if a BMA ballot that runs until the end of June backs industrial action, […]

The Colorado Republican Party is urging President Biden not to take abortion access into consideration if he decides to base the Space Command headquarters in […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Viral researchers believe someone in central Ohio has been infected with COVID-19 for at least two years, and they’re hoping to […]

The COVID-19 pandemic led to an explosion in hospital-at-home, offering hospitals the potential of expanding admissions without adding additional beds.

GPs could prescribe new weight loss drugs to patients, including semaglutide (Wegovy), as part of a £40m two-year pilot, announced by the government.

“Americans will get $1.1 B in rebates from health insurance companies this year cuz of a provision I wrote in the ACA.” Former Sen. Al […]

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Black and Latino patients were more likely to experience adverse safety events than white patients at any hospital, regardless of whether the facility earned an […]

Gun deaths in the U.S. reached a record-high in 2021, with an average of one person dying every 11 minutes each day — a total […]

Hospital and health system employees have long participated in labor strikes across the U.S., citing concerns about pay and staffing. However, the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated […]

After CMS proposed a new rule for inpatient rehabilitation facilities in April, the American Hospital Association on June 5 issued comments urging the agency to […]

The American Hospital Association is calling for CMS to update its methodologies regarding reimbursement for skilled nursing facilities because proposed numbers fall far short of […]

Local anesthetics bupivacaine and lidocaine have been in unsteady supply since at least 2015, and recently, drugmakers postponed their expected resupply dates again. 

Despite the slowdown in the tech labor market, top health systems are still searching for IT talent.

Shortages of a handful of cancer drugs are causing concern as drug companies delay resupply dates and physicians worry about providing adequate care for their […]

New York City-based Mount Sinai researchers have developed a deep learning model, HeartBEiT, that can diagnose heart attacks better than established methods for electrocardiogram analysis.

More than 235 organizations, including the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and the American Nurses Association, expressed support for the Improving Care and Access to […]

Rehabilitation Hospital of Bowie (Md.), an Encompass Health facility, named Joseph Williams CEO.

The American Hospital Association sent a letter to CMS outlining how vital skilled nursing facilities are to healthcare and urging CMS to make changes to […]

The temporary administrator of Riverside General Hospital, a now-shuttered facility in Houston, was found liable for $173,630 in hospital payroll taxes that were not turned […]

While the number of Americans with medical debt on their credit reports has decreased since 2020, non-profit groups like RIP Medical Debt are still active […]

Andrea Daugherty, the former CIO of Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin, has been named head of digital health for IT […]

More than 70 employees at Kaiser Zion Medical Center in San Diego have signed a petition for the facility to suspend surgeries over concerns of […]

As financial pressures grow and health systems look to reduce administrative teams, it’s not uncommon for the COO role to be eliminated or left unfilled […]

A number of states have attempted to pass laws recently to potentially curb what legislators say is inappropriate consolidation in the healthcare industry. Other states […]

Sundance, Wyo., is home to 1,032 people and Crook County Medical Services District Sundance Clinic. It’s also the hometown of clinic CEO, Micki Lyons, DNP, […]

A federal judge in Florida has blocked the enforcement of a statewide ban on gender-affirming care for transgender adolescents, such as puberty blockers, hormone therapy […]

Alina Joseph is not your traditional heart and vascular services leader. 

The average weekly travel nurse pay in May in the U.S. was $2,488, down nearly 10.4 percent from $2,776 during the same month in 2022, […]

ChatGPT scored less than 30 percent on the American Urological Association’s Self Study Program for Urology, a 150-question practice exam widely used by urologists in […]

Many hospitals and health systems are opening new centers dedicated to advancing artificial intelligence in healthcare. Here are three hospitals and health systems who have […]

Meditech lost six hospitals from its network last year and 2,056 hospital beds.

Forty thousand Muskegon County, Mich., residents had debt relieved after a local nonprofit healthcare organization partnered with RIP Medical Debt, mlive.com reported June 5. 

Google has emerged as a major healthcare disruptor, and GV, a venture capital arm now independent from Google, has been extremely active in the healthcare […]

This interactive provides the facts on Medicare spending. Medicare, which serves 65 million people and accounts for 12 percent of the federal budget and 20 […]

Harvesting wild local produce in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park may not seem like the best idea. And yet, on a foraging tour of the lively public […]

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic BioPharma Diagnostics has partnered with artificial intelligence-powered spatial biology company Nucleai to support drug development using AI.

Merck filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration on Tuesday over Medicare’s ability to negotiate drug prices under the Inflation Reduction Act, calling the provision […]

Numerous rankings and awards aim to quantify the top hospital and health system brands. But what does ChatGPT think?

On a recent day, Mary Conrad showed off the hospital inside her Illinois home: a touchscreen tablet, an IV pole, a box of medical supplies.

The healthcare industry is ever-changing; if leaders want to make their own impact, it can be difficult to know where to begin. 

Tampa-based Moffitt Cancer Center appointed Xavier Avat as chief business officer, the Business Observer reported June 5.

Nancy May, DNP, RN, who has served as chief nurse executive at Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan Health since 2019, will retire at the end […]

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Digital life sciences company Mend raised $15 million in a series A financing round.

Continuing immunotherapy treatments when a renal cancer patient’s disease has progressed may actually do more harm than good, according to results of a new study […]

A home invasion and shooting in Beaverton, Mich., led to the lockdown 25-bed MyMichigan Medical Center Gladwin the morning of June 6.

Two key House Democrats are pressing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for more information about how Medicare plans to cover a new […]

GP partners’ income has fallen around 15% in real terms over the past year alone, accountants estimate – as GPonline polling showed most are cutting […]

Minneapolis-based M Health Fairview is implementing a tool from I-PASS Patient Safety Institute to reduce communication breakdowns during patient handoffs. 

The healthcare industry is one of the fastest adopters of cloud technology, and the demand for cloud in healthcare is expected to keep rising. According […]

Hillsboro (Ill.) Area Hospital has named Tommi Cline, DNP, RN, 

NYU Langone Health, based in New York City, is partnering with healthcare investment firm Deerfield Management Company to commercialize its biomedical discoveries. 

Seneca Healthcare District, based in Chester, Calif., implemented its new EHR system from Cerner on June 5, replacing its outdated system. 

Healthcare workers have participated in labor strikes across the U.S., citing concerns about staffing, patient care, working conditions and employee retention. 

Hospitals are unleashing the power of artificial intelligence and EHR vendors are taking note, with many of them integrating AI algorithms into their workflows.

The Federal Trade Commission wrote a letter to North Carolina House Health Committee members, opposing a bill that aims to prevent antitrust officials from challenging […]

Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co., a mail-order pharmacy with thousands of generics and a handful of brand-name drugs, has partnered with two mail-order pharmacies. 

With more health systems capitalizing on generative artificial intelligence, the American Hospital Association released four tips for hospitals looking to incorporate generative AI tools into […]

The drugmaker is seeking to halt the program, which was laid out in the Inflation Reduction Act and is expected to save taxpayers billions of […]

Almost by definition, the concept of medical gaslighting might be easy for some clinicians to brush off, but physicians have joined the conversation — #medicalgaslighting […]

Riverhead, N.Y.-based Peconic Bay Medical Center, a part of Northwell Health, unveiled a $92 million expansion project that will add a new Center for Women […]

Gulf Coast, Miss.-based Singing River Health System deployed Elemeno Health, a cloud-based healthcare workforce app and digital clinician resource hub, at all three of its […]

Tanya Shanks-Connors, MSN, BSN, joined Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center as chief nursing officer June 5.

Hospitals working to bolster their burned out and dwindling nursing staffs by hiring  internationally trained nurses were stopped in their tracks when the State Department […]

Chad Christianson is the new president and CEO of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare’s continental division.

Gaps in fitness to practise referrals and exam pass rates between doctors from white and ethnic minority backgrounds have narrowed according to GMC data, but […]