Sixty-nine percent of physicians would like some form of a single-payer system, according to Medscape’s 2022 “Physicians Rate Healthcare Access Report.”
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Fujifilm debuts newest ultrasound endoscope
Fujifilm has debuted its new endoscopic ultrasound endoscope, EG-74OUT, a convex ultrasonic endoscope for the upper gastrointestinal tract.
Autoimmune responses play major role in long COVID-19, study suggests
Patients with long COVID-19 symptoms are more likely to have autoimmune disease markers in their blood, a study published Sept. 22 in the European Respiratory Journal found.
‘Whenever there’s chaos, there’s opportunity,’ says Stanford Health Care chief data scientist Dr. Nigam Shah
The first supercomputer for artificial intelligence in medicine was developed at Stanford University in the early 1970s. So it makes sense that the health system affiliated with the university recently named its inaugural chief data scientist to integr…
State approves Mass General Brigham’s plan to cut spending by $128M
The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission voted to approve the performance improvement plan submitted by Mass General Brigham, in which the provider plans to cut spending by $127.8 million, according to a Sept. 27 news release from the commission.
Gastro Health, GI Alliance and more: 8 industry updates
Here are eight updates on gastroenterology companies Becker’s reported on during the third quarter of 2022:
Vision Integrated Partners adds 9 Oklahoma eye clinics, ASCs
Vision Integrated Partners has established partnerships with Britton Vision Associates and Southwest Eye Clinic and Surgery, both based in Oklahoma City.
Visus Therapeutics acquires all patents, assets from visual disability researcher ViewPoint
Biopharmaceutical company Visus Therapeutics has acquired all patents and assets from eyecare developer ViewPoint Therapeutics.
California hospital 1st to earn new Joint Commission accreditation
Torrance (Calif.) Memorial Medical Center is the first to receive the Leading Laboratories designation from The Joint Commission and the American Society for Clinical Pathology.
J&J names spinoff consumer health business
Johnson & Johnson’s consumer health business, which will break away from its pharmaceutical and medical device arm, will be named Kenvue, the company said Sept. 28.
