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SolutionHealth agrees to operate new $60M behavioral health hospital in New Hampshire

Bedford, N.H.-based SolutionHealth has reached an agreement with New Hampshire to operate a new $60 million behavioral health hospital in the southern part of the state, The New Hampshire Union Leader reported March 20.

Top GI hospitals in New York for 2023, per 4 publications

Several publications ranked the top gastroenterology facilities for 2023, including Newsweek, Healthgrades and Medscape. Here are the top GI hospitals and facilities in New York, per four publications:  

Florida proposal would stiffen charges for assault of hospital employees

Members of the Florida Senate Health Policy Committee voted unanimously March 20 to advance a bill that would enhance criminal penalties for people who knowingly commit assault or battery upon workers at a hospital. 

FDA to end some COVID-19 policies, revise others for long-term guidance

In advance of the ending of the COVID-19 public health emergency on May 11, the FDA will end some of the 72 pandemic-related guidance policies and keep some in place for an additional 180 days after the PHE ends, according to a notice in the March 13 F…

Georgia lieutenant governor seeks to ease certificate of need laws to build hospital in home county

Georgia’s lieutenant governor is pressuring the state’s House to pass a measure allowing hospitals to be built in smaller counties without applying for a certificate of need, which would greenlight a new hospital in his home county, The Atlanta Journal…

Cancer drug trial halted after patient death

The FDA placed a clinical hold on drug research conducted by Athenex, a biotech company based in Buffalo, N.Y., after a patient died during a phase one trial, the company said March 20. 

Patients prefer to receive test results in online portals, survey finds

Ninety-six percent of patients said they prefer getting their test results through online portals, a March 20 JAMA Network Open survey found. 

OU Health's employee laptop with patient's PHI stolen

OU Health is notifying patients that some of their protected health information may have been compromised after an employee’s laptop was stolen. 

Some 'reinvention' opportunities from pandemic are here to stay, COO says

The COVID-19 pandemic brought on a tidal wave of challenges across all healthcare systems. And cancer hospitals and oncology departments had to manage not only those rapidly increasing concerns but also the critical timeliness associated with managing …

Mayo Clinic selects AI-based diagnostics company to join accelerator program

Mediwhale, a South Korean artificial intelligence-powered health diagnostics company, has been selected for the MedTech Accelerator, an entrepreneurial and business development program for healthcare companies put on by Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clin…