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Detroit Medical Center awaits inspections
Detroit Medical Center faces a surprise quality inspection that could happen any time from state and federal regulators, according to officials from the Chicago office of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Michigan Department of…
Family wins Pontiac General ‘pay-for-play’ residency case
A jury in federal court in Port Huron, Mich., unanimously said Tuesday that Pontiac General Hospital breached a contract with the Canadian parents of an international medical school graduate who paid $400,000 believing their son would be accepted…
Study: Without Medicaid expansion, poor forgo medical care
Low-income people in states that haven’t expanded Medicaid are much more likely to forgo needed medical care than the poor in other states, according to a government report. Several states have Medicaid expansion on the ballot in November.
Up & Comers 2018: What’s past is prologue for the next generation of leaders
Where there’s a need, there’s an Up & Comer. Whether it’s lifesaving operations or trouble obtaining insurance, the delivery system plays a dramatic role in people’s lives. This rings true for this year’s class of dynamic young leaders.
Breastfeeding pods now trending at sports stadiums
A new trend is giving a break to breastfeeding sports fans. Lactation stations have started popping up in sports spaces: basketball arenas and baseball and football stadiums.
No end in sight: EHRs hit hospitals’ bottom lines with uncertain benefits
Electronic health record software installations can take a financial toll on hospitals and health systems as they wrestle with temporarily lower patient volumes and disruptions to workflows, as well as higher IT costs.
Timeline: CVS Health and Aetna inches away from merging
CVS Health and Aetna have not had an easy path in their quest to merge, but they overcame one of the deal’s biggest hurdles last week by winning U.S. Justice Department approval.
Fostering diversity for the next generation of healthcare leaders
Some health systems are grooming junior employees from minority backgrounds to become the next generation of leaders, so that they will better reflect the growing diversity of the patient and community populations.
Johns Hopkins, Cambridge work together on healthcare culture of safety
Johns Hopkins University and Health System worked with researchers at the University of Cambridge to better address a prevailing culture where frontline staff felt afraid or intimidated to bring up patient safety issues with tenured physicians.
Johns Hopkins building to be named in honor of Henrietta Lacks
Johns Hopkins University is naming a research building for Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were taken without her consent and widely used in revolutionary research.
