Here are four ASC moves in Texas since Oct. 18:
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MercyOne providing neurological care through telehealth
MercyOne Clinton (Iowa) Medical Center has created a new service that allows patients to receive neurological care through telehealth.
32 orgs link up to reduce health disparities
Healthcare leaders from 32 organizations in seven states have joined forces to tackle health disparities among minority aging populations.
Vitality key to health, Americans not thriving, study says
Vitality is a driver and an outcome of health and work/life engagement. However, according to new research from Bloomfield-Conn.-based Cigna and Washington, D.C.-based Morning Consult, most Americans do not have high vitality.
Emory names executive VP for health affairs
Atlanta-based Emory University has tapped Ravi Thadhani, MD, for executive vice president of health affairs, executive director of its health sciences center and vice chair of Emory Healthcare’s board of directors.
Karmanos Cancer Institute completes $48M expansion
Detroit-based Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute completed its $48 million expansion at its Lawrence and Idell Weisberg Cancer Center in Farmington Hills, DBusiness reported Oct. 26.
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta tackles childhood mental health
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta plans to build a new behavioral and mental health center and launch a new program to address childhood mental health.
Houston Methodist hospital receives $10M donation
Houston Methodist has received $10 million from an anonymous donor for a medical expansion at its Shenandoah, Texas-based The Woodlands Hospital, Innovation Map reported Oct. 26.
Mayo Clinic to launch home-based postpartum care program
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic partnered with virtual care company Memora Health to launch a research program that allows providers to care for postpartum patients from their homes.
Tuberculosis cases rise for first time in years: WHO
Tuberculosis infections, including those that are drug-resistant, increased globally in 2021 for the first time in years, according to an Oct. 27 report from the World Health Organization.
