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CDC asks for clarification on looser hospital masking draft guidance
The CDC has requested clarification on masking guidance in healthcare facilities from the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee — specifically whether N95 masks should be required and under what circumstances.
Ardent cybersecurity fallout continues
Nashville, Tenn.-based Ardent Health Services said an unauthorized actor extracted copies of documents containing patient information from its organization and affiliates during a Nov. 23 ransomware attack.
FDA calls for warning labels on commercial CAR-T therapies amid cancer probe
The FDA is now calling for warning labels on all commercial CAR-T therapy products amid its investigation into 22 reports about a possible being linked to lymphoma.
'The big swing': Summa, HATCo leaders tout proposed acquisition
Marc Harrison, MD, CEO of General Catalyst’s Health Assurance Transformation Corp., or HATCo, said one of the venture capital firm’s goals is to put Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health “on a trajectory to become a forever organization for the community it s…
'They're absolutely, completely abandoning our patients': Saltzer Health physician on plans to close or sell group
Healthcare providers are expressing deep concern after Nampa, Idaho-based Saltzer Health, a physician group, will be sold or closed by its owner, Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health, by March 29 due to “ongoing financial and economic challenges.”
Providence CEO's top 10 predictions for 2024
On Jan. 23, Rod Hochman, MD, president and CEO of Renton, Wash.-based Providence, released his sixth annual list of healthcare predictions for the year ahead.
WVU Medicine pilots weight loss program for employees
Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine is piloting an obesity management treatment program for eligible employees and covered family members.
ScionHealth system names South Florida market CEO
Louisville, Ky.-based ScionHealth has tapped David O’Brien, MSN, RN, to serve Kindred Hospitals as CEO of the South Florida market.
'I would not say confident; I would say hopeful': Shuttered Texas hospital board president on potential reopening
It’s been nearly four months since La Grange, Texas-based St. Mark’s Medical Center closed its doors Oct. 12 over an inability to pay its mortgage debts. While there have been attempts to resurrect the hospital, many remain hopeful it will one day prov…
Corrections made in ongoing FDA eye drop recall
The FDA has published corrections and additions to a company’s voluntary recall of eye drops after a wave of several others throughout 2023.
