Since the start of the year, three medical companies have announced warranties or lifetime guarantees on their devices, medications or procedures:
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4 facilities adding GI Genius modules in 2023
Since the beginning of the year, Becker’s has reported on four health facilities that have added Medtronic’s artificial intelligence-assisted polyp detection device GI Genius.
10 states that saw a population decline in 2022 compared to number of new ASCs
The state of New York saw the largest decline in population from 2021 to 2022, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Northwestern physician donates kidney to stranger
As a nephrologist at Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine, Aleksandra Gmurczyk, MD, often treats patients with kidney failure, some of whom express distrust in the medical system and skepticism about undergoing kidney transplants.
MU Health Care taps Oracle to reduce administrative tasks
Columbia-based University of Missouri Health Care is using Oracle Health Seamless Exchange to deduplicate health records so employees don’t have to do it manually.
10 least diverse physician specialties
Orthopedics is the “whitest” physician specialty, with about 83.6 percent of surgeons identifying as white, according to 2022 data from the Association of American Medical Colleges.
BetterHelp faces lawsuit for using tracking technology
BetterHelp, a virtual mental health company owned by Teladoc, is facing a lawsuit that accuses the company of sharing sensitive health information with Facebook and Snapchat for marketing purposes, Top Class Actions reported April 5.
10 specialties with the youngest workforces
Ninety-one percent of actively practicing sports medicine specialists are younger than 55, according to the Association of American Medical College’s “2022 Physician Specialty Data Report.”
ProMedica names 3 executives
Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica has appointed a chief administrative officer and two executive leaders for its senior care arm.
Northwell Health sued by Black female physician who alleges 'decades of discrimination'
Northwell Health, based in New Hyde Park, N.Y., is being sued over racial and gender discrimination by a Black female cardiologist who had privileges in the system beginning in the late 1990s, according to a lawsuit filed March 20 in the Eastern Distri…
