The Florida Board of Medicine on Oct. 28 voted to start drafting a rule that would ban gender-affirming care for minors in the state, making it the first medical board in the U.S. to pursue such action, NBC News reported Oct. 29.
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Memorial Sloan Kettering CIO leaves for Hearst
Atefeh “Atti” Riazi, the former senior vice president and CIO of New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, has been named CIO of Hearst.
Health systems zero in on exec teams
At least half a dozen health systems announced changes to their executive ranks in the past month.
FDA confirms amoxicillin shortage
The FDA listed 23 amoxicillin products on its current drug shortages webpage Oct. 28, confirming earlier reports from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
Mass General Brigham implements DexCare’s digital health platform
Boston-based Mass General Brigham is implementing health data company DexCare’s platform-as-a-service to improve the health system’s virtual care.
Cumulative flu hospitalization rate hits 13-year high
The CDC estimates there have already been nearly 7,000 flu hospitalizations in the U.S. this season, according to estimates in its latest FluView report. Not since the 2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic have cumulative hospitalizations been so high this earl…
Healthcare lobbying spending rose 70% from 2000 to 2020
Healthcare lobbying spending ballooned 70 percent from 2000 to 2020, a new study published in JAMA Health Forum found.
Atlanta hospital to close at midnight; neighboring Grady overcrowds, plans ‘help line’
Two months after Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center announced it would lock its doors for good, the hospital will shutter at midnight on Nov. 1 — its future, and the future of the neighboring hospitals it leaves behind, remain uncertain.
Westchester Medical Center to raise nurses’ pay by 27% over 5 years
Members of the New York State Nurses Association have approved a new contract with Valhalla, N.Y.-based Westchester Medical Center that boosts nurse wages.
1st human-pig heart transplant unexpectedly changed heart’s electrical system, research suggests
American Heart Association researchers found heart rhythms in the first pig-to-human heart transplant changed from what is expected from a pig heart.
