The United States and the European Union have launched a joint health taskforce to expand research and collaboration efforts in three key areas: cancer, global health threats and global health architecture.
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Lehigh Valley notifies 627 patients affected by February ransomware attack
Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network has started notifying patients affected by a February ransomware attack.
Michigan hospital exec shares approach on cutting ER wait times
The president of ProMedica Charles and Virginia Hickman Hospital in Adrian, Mich., recently spoke about some of the ways the hospital is addressing capacity challenges and emergency room wait times in a podcast with WLEN Radio.
Fairview would refuse renewal of current U of Minnesota agreement under current terms, CEO says
Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services, which is hoping to finalize its merger with Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health by the end of May, would not renew its current agreement with the University of Minnesota if terms are not altered, Fairview …
'An opportunity to enhance our model': Geisinger CEO Dr. Jaewon Ryu on Risant Health
As Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health awaits the closure of a deal that will make it the first health system to join Kaiser Permanente’s new nonprofit organization, Risant Health, President and CEO Jaewon Ryu, MD, said the system must remain focused …
HCA hospital violated labor law in pulling union recognition, judge says
Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo., part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, violated federal labor law by withdrawing recognition from a Service Employees International Union affiliate on about Aug. 15, 2021, prior to the official certi…
Patient safety group awards 3 health systems for recall alert programs
ECRI has named three health systems as recipients of its 2023 Alerts Impact Award — which recognizes excellence in recall management programs.
Patient safety group awards 3 health systems for recall alert programs
ECRI has named three health systems as recipients of its 2023 Alerts Impact Award — which recognizes excellence in recall management programs.
McLaren hospital names chief nursing officer
McLaren Greater Lansing in Michigan has appointed Jodi Stein, MSN, RN, as vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer, effective May 22.
Black Americans — especially infants — are dying at the highest rates in decades
In the last two decades, the Black American population had 1.63 million excess deaths relative to their white counterparts, according to research published May 16 in JAMA led by Yale University in New Haven, Conn.
