Month: November 2022

RIP to Christine McVie, the singer-songwriter responsible for some of Fleetwood Mac’s biggest hits.   Today in health, the rise of new COVID-19 omicron subvariants BQ.1 […]

For refrigerators across America, the passing of Thanksgiving promises a major purge. The good stuff is the first to go: the mashed potatoes, the buttery […]

Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Hospital has had its outlook downgraded from stable to negative, reflecting “continued negative operational pressure,” Fitch Ratings said Nov. 30.

Caroline Wasielewski is no longer CEO of the healthcare district that owns Adventist Health Tehachapi (Calif.) Valley hospital, Tehachapi News reported Nov. 27.

At a time when many healthcare organizations are in flux, physicians are becoming rapidly and increasingly employed by corporate entities.

The CDC is expanding wastewater testing for polio in certain areas of the country to determine whether the virus is circulating outside of New York, […]

The following are hospital and health system deals that were announced, completed or canceled in the month of November:

“Gaslighting” was Merriam-Webster’s word of the year in 2022, the dictionary announced Nov. 28. As “gaslighting” has become more pervasive in the English language, it […]

The Texas Medical Association has filed another federal lawsuit challenging the No Surprises Act, arguing in its latest suit that portions of the rule “artificially […]

The board for one of Florida’s largest public health systems plans to investigate Sarasota Memorial Hospital’s protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported […]

Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, the nation’s largest medical school, has partnered with Jacksonville (Fla.) University to open northeast Florida’s first four-year medical school. 

CMS is looking to create a national healthcare provider directory that would make it easier for Americans to find physicians and other providers.

Amazon Web Services and Chapel Hill, N.C.-based University of North Carolina’s Eshelman Institute for Innovation are teaming up to help launch digital health startups.

Leslie Davis has spent more than a year as president and CEO of Pittsburgh-based UPMC. Ms. Davis took the helm of the 40-hospital global health […]

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Wednesday that the COVID-19 monoclonal antibody treatment bebtelovimab from Eli Lilly is no longer authorized for emergency […]

Baltimore, Md.-based LifeBridge Health has named David Graham, MD, as chief medical information officer.

Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health has named Dana Begley its new vice president of wellness and recovery, a role she took over in late October. 

The University of Pennsylvania Health System in Philadelphia has tapped James Ballinghoff, DNP, RN, to serve as chief nurse executive, effective Dec. 1. 

For the 10th consecutive month, health systems reported losses due to industrywide issues with staffing and patient volumes, according to Kaufman Hall’s data.

Cancer Focus Fund, a venture capital arm of Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, has joined a $25 million series A funding round […]

Labor expenses rose 3% from September to October and total expenses rose 1%, while supply and drug expenses fell slightly during the month.

This post explores why the share of COVID-19 deaths among those who are vaccinated has risen, Factors include a rising share of the population that […]

The Ohio-based nonprofit reported $9.2 billion in expenses during the first three quarters of 2022, driven in part by elevated labor costs.

Prices for medical services typically rise more quickly than the broader economy, but the reverse has been true recently as general inflation rose rapidly. The […]

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expanding its wastewater testing for polio in parts of Michigan and Pennsylvania, officials announced Wednesday.   […]

Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) plans to close shop at most of its SeniorBridge locations before the end of year. SeniorBridge is a home-based care organization […]

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita (R) on Wednesday said he filed a complaint with the state’s medical licensing board, asking it to investigate an Indianapolis […]

An employee of University Medical Center of Southern Nevada inappropriately accessed its EHR system, allowing the individual to gain access to 1,861 patients medical records. 

Mena (Ark.) Regional Health System is notifying patients that an unauthorized party has accessed its systems and removed a limited number of files that may […]

Although African trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness, has fallen in prominence to become extremely rare, the drug acoziborole may help the World Health Organization’s […]

A group of tobacco companies have asked the Supreme Court to issue an injunction on California’s ban on flavored tobacco products, which was voted into […]

Apoorva Mehta, co-founder of Instacart, is entering the healthcare space with a venture called Cloud Health Systems, The Wall Street Journal reported Nov. 29. 

Conway (S.C.) Medical Center is shuffling its leadership team, transitioning both its CEO and its COO to new roles Dec. 31. 

Nemours Children’s Health, a system operating in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Florida, has made several changes to its executive team.

Screening all patients, visitors and healthcare workers for COVID-19 upon entrance to Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital offered limited infection control benefits amid the pandemic, […]

BY MIKE MAGEE This is “high grandparenting season” at our home when you go “The Extra Mile.” That means it is possible on certain days on or […]

Aurora-based University of Colorado Health, which operates 12 hospitals in its home state, reported losses of $157.5 million in the three months ending Sept. 30, […]

Cincinnati-based Mercy Health is consolidating its open-heart surgery program to two Ohio hospitals starting mid-2023.

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Doctors are ‘picking up the pieces of government failures’ as the cost-of-living crisis, cuts to public services and erosion of public health policies deepen health […]

Eisai said lecanemab, its Alzheimer’s drug candidate that Biogen is co-marketing, did not cause trial participants to hemorrhage and die. 

Members of the Michigan Nurses Association at Ascension Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo said they intend to hold a strike authorization vote unless a tentative agreement […]

It’s easy to focus on patient complaints in the healthcare setting. Injuries, worrisome labs and other symptoms are obvious red flags for patient health. But […]

The University of California Berkeley’s business school is launching a course to help students get comfortable with uncomfortable conversations. Its creators call it the “conflict […]

Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network reported a second straight loss for the nine month period ending Sept. 30 as labor cost problems persisted and investment income […]

Hospitals are nearing the end of an exceptionally difficult year for finances with a slight downturn to their operating margins and smaller likelihood of ending […]

While hospitals and health systems have garnered attention lately for announcing they would charge patients up to $50 for certain MyChart messages, the rule that […]

Here are eight health systems that went live or announced plans to go live with a new EHR system in November:

HCA Houston Healthcare Tomball appointed Angelle Rhemann, DNP, APRN, chief nursing officer, Community Impact reported Nov. 29.

Here are four nurses who have made headlines for their leadership efforts on and off the job since Nov. 9: 

Cleveland Clinic has reported a more than $1 billion loss for the first nine months of 2022 as salaries increase and inflationary pressures mount.

Philips has introduced a new visualization workspace, which includes a cardiac MR suite with workflow and user interface, artificial intelligence-powered Alberta stroke program early CT […]

Idaho has the highest pediatric hospital bed occupancy rate of any state in the U.S., according to an NBC News analysis of HHS data.

The American Hospital Association was one of seven national healthcare organizations that wrote a Nov. 30 letter to Congress asking to stop the 4 percent […]

HHS wants to adjust how disputes about overcharging, duplicate discounts and diversions part of the 340B program are handled, according to a notice posted on […]

Twitter’s decision to no longer remove false claims about the virus, or the safety and effectiveness of vaccines disappointed public health officials.

Civica Rx, a 4-year-old, hospital-owned pharmaceutical company, is eyeing big plans for 2023, its president and CEO told Becker’s. 

While understanding and reconciling drugs after discharge from the hospital can be challenging, it’s a necessity for greater efficacy of care delivery. HL7’s Da Vinci […]

In this issue brief, we estimate rates of Medicaid coverage loss among people who became Medicare-Medicaid enrollees (MMEs) during 2018 but did not have any […]

Montana has increased the contract for a private consulting group that is overseeing the troubled Montana State Hospital and other facilities, the Montana Free Press […]

Pittsburgh-based UPMC is going to arbitration over a lawsuit claiming the health system shared patient data with Facebook.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued a directive Nov. 29 telling police and emergency medical workers to involuntarily hospitalize people with severe mental illnesses […]

A U.S. appeals court has ordered Oracle Cerner to stand trial in a lawsuit accusing the company’s software of causing a patient’s brain damage.

Employees of Houston-based St. Luke’s Health say they are being asked to repay the health system after they were overpaid during the ransomware attack against […]

New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against Comprehensive at Orleans for neglect and using the state’s Medicaid program for personal profit.

New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System, which operates six hospitals and a medical school in the city and surrounding area, reported a net loss […]

In a one week period, new flu hospitalizations in the U.S. rose nearly 30 percent, and experts say cases are expected to continue rising in […]

A new analysis finds states on opposite coasts most attractive for employment, while states in the South lag. 

The California Medical Association, along with the state’s governor and legislature, have allotted $1.3 billion of the state’s budget toward retention bonuses for healthcare workers. 

Akram Boutros’ lawsuit alleges that MetroHealth’s board members were participating in secret deliberations outside of public meetings, violating the law during the hiring process for […]

COVID-19 hospitalizations have ticked up nationwide in recent weeks amid concerns of a potential winter surge, according to data tracked by The New York Times.

Stonebridge Healthcare, a hospital turnaround firm, has offered West Reading, Pa.-based Tower Health $675 million to purchase Phoenixville Hospital and Pottstown Hospital and their related […]

From entering into an agreement with Google Cloud to making its EHR system more compatible with Apple users, here are seven updates on Epic’s operations, […]

Hollister, Calif.-based Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital is “pursuing multiple angles to resolve the hospital’s fiscal emergency.”

The Midwest hospital system said the increases are necessary to offset continued market and industry challenges compounded by inflation, inadequate reimbursement rates and ripple effects […]

Stephen Mansfield, PhD, former president and CEO of Dallas-based Methodist Health System, was appointed as the new dean of the Dallas Baptist University College of Business.

In an often heated meeting lasting almost three hours, Eastern Tennessee’s Blount County board of commissioners on Nov. 29 voted to remove the entire board […]

Here are five health systems, including Nicklaus Children’s Health System, that have selected Cincinnati-based Ensemble Health Partners for revenue cycle management services this year:  

The Medical Board of California is warning physicians of scam artists impersonating law enforcement officers, Drug Enforcement Agency agents or the medical board staff.

El Segundo, Calif.-based Pipeline Health System’s sale of two of two hospitals to Princeton, N.J.-based Ramco Healthcare Holdings and Resilience Healthcare was approved Nov. 29 […]

After severe weather in the Southeast turned into tornadoes late in the afternoon on Nov. 29, hospitals in Mississippi and Arkansas braced for potential impact […]

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Kaiser Permanente named Paul Minardi, MD, executive vice president and CEO of KP Medical Foundation, a new entity for the system’s Colorado and Washington state […]

Priscilla Needham will step down as CFO of Billings (Mont.) Clinic, according to a statement shared with Becker’s on Nov. 29.

In this Issue Brief we review and assess the COVAX Humanitarian Buffer mechanism, which is part of the effort to share Covid vaccines globally. The […]

NICE has recommended two new indicators – one for AF and one for people with severe mental illness – that could be included in the […]

01/12/2022 International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2022 Image The International Day of Persons with Disabilities is celebrated annually on 3 December to promote the […]

Heather Meador and Anna Herber-Downey use dating apps on the job — and their boss knows it. Both are public health nurses employed by Linn […]

Having a stroke can be life-changing for many patients. Stroke survivors may experience a wide range of changes in both their physical and mental health. […]

As per recent statistics,  more than 110 million people around the world have suffered from a stroke and are living with its aftermath. Stroke can […]

A stroke also called a brain attack is a medical emergency that occurs when the blood supply to the brain is cut off or the […]

In case of a stroke, the patients need immediate medical attention to prevent brain damage or even death. Depending on the type of stroke you […]

According to WHO, around 1 out of 4 adults above 25 years of age will have a stroke around the globe. Though a stroke can […]

Not a surprise, but the study approach used by Kulaja et al. (2022) is interesting. They examine identical twins an examine how early adult exercise […]

A stroke also referred to as a “brain attack” is a medical emergency that needs immediate attention. Once the stroke has passed, the amount of […]

Amedisys names Scott Ginn COO Following the shocking news that Paul Kusserow would again take over the role of CEO at Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED), […]

The post Ontario taxpayers bearing the burden of ‘OHIP for all’ policy appeared first on Healthy Debate.

At a medical conference, the companies detailed clinical trial results that could help support approval of their drug, lecanemab. However, some doctors aren’t yet convinced […]

🎭 Looks like we’ll be stuck with the Phantom for just a bit longer. A boost in ticket sales has pushed back the end of “The Phantom […]

The real estate investment trust planning to buy a Blount Memorial Hospital location in Eastern Tennessee has cooled on the deal because of concerns about […]

In January, a law went into effect in California requiring hospitals to post their financial assistance policies on their websites. More than nine months later, […]

Lily Henson, MD, was named president and CEO of the Piedmont Augusta (Ga.) Hub.

Two North Carolina physicians who have accepted new roles within UNC Health Care’s Pardee system are suing Mission Health Community Multispecialty Providers, alleging they were […]

Despite a slowing market for digital health funding, investors — including health system venture capital arms — continue to pour money into promising ideas and […]

Optum Labs, the innovation arm of UnitedHealth Group, has opened a digital health research hub at New York City-based Cornell University.

To support the mental health and well-being of healthcare workers, states must ensure intrusive mental health questions are not part of licensure and credentialing applications, […]

Nearly 80 percent of physicians say they occasionally or regularly question a nurse practitioner’s treatment decisions, according to Medscape’s Evolving Scope of Practice Report published […]

Over 480 payouts were made nationwide involving community health centers from 2018 through 2021. The settlements and judgments totaled $410 million paid.

Rochester,Minn.-based Mayo Clinic reported a strong third-quarter operating margin despite widespread challenges, while Banner Health and SSM Health posted operating losses that were due in […]

Americans’ health can be negatively affected by redirecting financial resources — a symptom of inflation that is on the rise, according to a Nov. 29 […]

Artificial intelligence has had a massive effect on the medical imaging industry. While radiologists have not been replaced by the algorithm, they are learning to […]

Amazon has launched a new genomics service that is already being used by such organizations as Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Given the crucial nature of their work, Sandeep Jauhar, MD, PhD, believes physicians should undergo periodic competency assessments after age 65. 

Ochsner Health’s medical supply company, SafeSource Direct, will provide chemo-rated nitrile gloves to Vizient, a healthcare consulting company. 

St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Bayfront Health is planning a cluster of specialty healthcare facilities on its St. Petersburg hospital campus, the St. Pete Catalyst reported Nov. […]

Medical technology iCAD Inc. announced on Monday it has signed a commercialization agreement with Google Health to utilize its artificial intelligence technology for the improvement […]

Humana will shut down 16 SeniorBridge sites in Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio, Texas and Virginia a decade after acquiring the home care […]

Construction on Columbus, Ohio-based Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center’s $1.9 billion hospital tower resumed Nov. 28 after a crack was found Nov. 23, Construction […]

Cleveland Clinic now has five new in-country representatives to assist patients worldwide with their care journey, including help with questions and appointment scheduling.

UNC Health Southeastern, which fully completed its transition under the Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health umbrella during fiscal year 2022, reported a $74 million loss […]

Nest Collaborative, a virtual breastfeeding support platform, has partnered with Kettering (Ohio) Health to provide telehealth breastfeeding support to patients giving birth at the system’s […]

From MetroHealth’s fired CEO suing over alleged open meetings law violations, to CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs settling disability discrimination violations, here are eight hospital […]

Cornerstone Specialty Hospitals West Monroe (La.) has selected digital revenue company CareCloud to handle its revenue cycle management services.

Health systems are increasing their investment in digital care tools, yet 61 percent of patients skipped their medical appointments due to unsatisfactory experiences with digital […]

A coalition, created by New York City, has identified three highly used healthcare algorithms that contain racial bias, Politico reported Nov. 28. 

More than 100 health startups and medical associations are lobbying for permanent permission to prescribe controlled substances via telehealth, a permission that has been temporarily […]

Omaha, Neb.-based CHI Health sent a letter to Congress on Nov. 28 urging them to continue the pandemic-era safe harbor for first-dollar high deductible health […]

The additions of Canada, China, Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico bring to 16 the number of countries where a representative can connect patients with Clinic care.

Seventy-three percent of physicians at Wellstar’s Atlanta Medical Center were non-white. And when the hospital closed Nov. 1, it displaced those clinicians — leaving a […]

University of Alabama at Birmingham and University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson have launched a remote monitoring program for diabetes patients.

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When the next Congress begins its first session in January, it has the opportunity to strengthen healthcare price transparency laws, patientrightsadvocate.org founder Cynthia Fisher said […]

Over the last year as Cleveland Clinic’s chief supply chain and patient support services officer, Steve Downey has achieved a checklist of items that will […]

Astria Sunnyside (Wash.) Hospital appointed Winnie Adams, MSN, RN, chief nursing officer.

Researchers found feeling valued and efficient teamwork were two factors that reduced burnout throughout the pandemic. 

Newport Beach, Calif.-based Hoag and New Orleans-based Ochsner Health were among the big winners in the digital marketing category at the eHealthcare Leadership Awards.

Jacksonville-based Ascension Florida and Gulf Coast ministry market is searching for a CFO following the departure of Steve Quiriconi after two and a half years […]

Nashville, Tenn.-based TriStar Centennial Medical Center is reviewing a Nov. 24 incident in which a fire erupted as staff members were using a defibrillator on […]

Innovations in eye care have the potential to improve patient outcomes and deliver new treatment options. Artificial intelligence applications in ophthalmology are gaining traction as […]

When hospitals and health systems rebrand, it’s not just the signage and stationery that need to be changed. Physicians and other providers also have to […]

Forbes on Nov. 29 released its annual “30 Under 30” list honoring young professionals in 20 categories, including healthcare.

A Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council study found that healthcare has a $38.4 billion economic impact on the region, D Magazine reported Nov. 28.

Penn Medicine researchers are targeting a “cornucopia of antigens” with mRNA-based technology to develop a universal flu vaccine, and human clinical trials for the 20-subtype […]

Twitter said it ended a policy of labeling posts that contained misinformation about COVID-19 and providing supplemental corrective information. 

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, public health experts didn’t believe the flu could be contained. But, when flu transmission came to a halt during the […]

Members of the Minnesota Nurses Association at St. Luke’s Lake View Hospital in Two Harbors will join 15,000 nurses at 15 other facilities in the […]

Colby, Kan.-based Citizens Medical Center is to build a replacement hospital and clinic with the aid of a $108 million grant from the U.S. Department […]

Since 2005, 183 rural hospitals across 36 states have closed, leaving many people in those communities without timely access to essential medical services and often […]

Security vulnerabilities in EHR systems have caused more than 40 million Americans’ medical records to have been stolen or exposed this year, USA Today reported […]

Google Health has struck a development and commercialization deal with medical technology company iCAD to integrate Google’s artificial intelligence technology into iCAD’s breast imaging solutions.

St. Cloud, Minn.-based CentraCare has named Craig Henneman president of its Paynesville Hospital.