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Minnesota hospital could transition to state's 1st rural emergency facility
Mahnomen (Minn.) Health Center has submitted plans to the state department of health to transition it to the state’s first rural emergency hospital.
Walgreens pharmacists plan Chicago-area demonstrations
Nearly 900 pharmacists are planning to demonstrate at 46 Walgreens locations in the Chicago area over the next month.
Researchers explore 9 more diseases GLP-1s could treat
Researchers are expanding horizons for the diseases and disorders that GLP-1s such as Ozempic, Mounjaro and Wegovy could treat.
10 hospitals, health systems looking for CFOs
Here are 10 hospitals and health systems that are seeking CFOs and assistant CFOs in recent job listings.
Experts call for more data on weight loss meds as fertility drugs
Physicians and researchers say more data is needed on pregnancy outcomes in patients taking GLP-1s as a growing number of women turn to the class of weight loss medications in hopes of reducing their risk of pregnancy complications or increasing their …
How Mercy accelerated rare disease diagnoses in rural areas
Children’s Mercy Kansas City (Mo.) researchers found a way to reduce the time to diagnosis for rare disease by 5.5 months.
1st-of-its-kind law protects 'neural data'
With the increasing number of technologies that track brain activity, a new Colorado law aims to protect people’s “neural data” from falling into the wrong hands, The New York Times reported.
How the Change Healthcare hack affected patient care
While the financial impacts of the Change Healthcare hack have gotten a lot of attention, the cyberattack has also harmed patients, health system leaders say.
Why the former Allscripts is banking on AI
The company formerly known as Allscripts plans to turn its fortunes around by using generative artificial intelligence to find insights in its decades’ worth of patient data, Forbes reported April 18.
HCA California hospital faces pushback on trauma center closure
Local stakeholders are pushing for the state of California to stop the planned summer closure of trauma services at Regional Medical Center in San Jose, The Mercury News reported April 18.
