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Christus to reopen shuttered Steward hospital 'in the coming months'
Christus Health is taking over the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Beaumont, Texas, and plans to reopen the facility “in the coming months,” according to a Sept. 18 news release shared with Becker’s.
UC Davis opens blood draw clinic for neurodevelopment patients
UC Davis Health opened a special blood draw clinic for children with autism, Down syndrome and neurodevelopmental conditions.
AI tools could fight the loneliness endemic
AI chatbots could help fight the loneliness endemic, Julian De Freitas, PhD, assistant professor of business administration at the Harvard Business School, wrote in an article for The Wall Street Journal.
UChicago Medicine wins AAMC's community engagement award
The Association of American Medical Colleges has awarded UChicago Medicine and the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine with the 2024 Spencer Foreman Award for Outstanding Community Engagement.
33% decline in cancer death rate since 1991: 12 things to know
Forty percent of all cancers are associated with modifiable risk factors, though there has been a 33% decline in the cancer death rate between 1991 and 2021, according to the American Association for Cancer Research’s annual Cancer Progress Report.&nbs…
5 nurses honored for health equity research: AARP
The American Association of Retired Persons recognized five nurses for their work to end health disparities and improve healthcare.
States ranked by C. diff infection rates
New Mexico has the highest rate of Clostridium difficile infections for the second year, while Nevada has the lowest, federal data shows.
Less than 1% of physicians specialize in care older adult care
The older adult population is expected to reach 82.1 million by 2050, yet less than 1% of physicians specialize in their care, according to a recent study of Americans over the age of 65.
Steward CEO invokes the Fifth ahead of Senate committee contempt vote
Ralph de la Torre, MD, chairman and CEO of Dallas-based Steward Health Care is invoking his Fifth Amendment right ahead of a Senate committee’s contempt vote.
Unnecessary Medicare Advantage denials: harming Louisiana patients, crowding our emergency departments, and costing U.S. providers billions
Since 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has warned that Medicare Advantage (MA) plans sometimes deny enrollees’ requests for essential services they need.1 2
