Kimberly Shaw, BSN, was named president of Bryan, Texas-based St. Joseph Health, a member of Houston-based St. Luke’s Health.
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UC Davis Health Eye Center 1st to try microshunt for refractory childhood glaucoma
University of California Davis Health’s Eye Center in Sacramento is the first to attempt placing microshunts in children with refractory glaucoma.
Gene-editing spinoff led by Mass General Brigham veterans
Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston has spun off a gene-editing diagnostics company aiming to partner with pharma companies to create new therapies that use the technology.
Gene-editing spinoff led by Mass General Brigham veterans
Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston has spun off a gene-editing diagnostics company aiming to partner with pharma companies to create new therapies that use the technology.
Researchers found C. difficile has a secret ally
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia researchers found that Enterococcus, an antibiotic-resistant pathogen, works with Clostridioides difficile, or C. diff, to change the metabolic environment in the gut so C. diff can thrive, Science Daily reported Nov…
Accessing economies of scale is possible for ASCs — here’s how
ASCs often struggle to compete with larger health systems and practices for patients and contracts, but some are looking to technology to access economies of scale in the coming months.
MedStar selects Kyndryl to transform IT services
Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health has selected IT company Kyndryl for a five-year digital transformation contract.
Fearing layoffs, more employees search for a ‘plan B’ job. Are their worries warranted?
More employees are anticipating layoffs and have started looking for “plan B” jobs to beat their employer to the cut. Such measures may not be necessary, recent data suggests — though workers could be spurred on by tech giants’ recent mass firings.
28% of physicians’ income has dropped in the last year
Twenty-eight percent of physicians have reported a drop in income in the last year, according to the Physicians Foundation’s “2022 Survey of America’s Physicians,” released Nov. 15.
Pharmacist viewpoint: Punishing retailers for opioid crisis ‘unacceptable’
Walmart proposed a $3.1 billion settlement for its pharmacies’ role in opioid abuse, and the move has one independent pharmacist worried about unintended consequences, CBS affiliate KTVQ reported Nov. 16.
