Data analysis from the Los Angeles-based Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai found heart attack deaths rose significantly with COVID-19 surges, including omicron surges.
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Sharp HealthCare consolidates hospital execs
San Diego, Calif.-based Sharp HealthCare is reorganizing executive leadership for its seven hospitals — a move that is not expected to result in layoffs or affect front-line workers, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported Oct. 25.
MemorialCare makes senior executive moves in California
Long Beach, Calif.-based MemorialCare has internally promoted three executives to align with the hospital group’s future strategic plans, which include regional growth in pediatrics and advancing what it calls its position as the region’s leader in h…
MUSC Health, MetroHealth launch virtual, in-home care company
Charleston-based Medical University of South Carolina Health and Cleveland-based MetroHealth System have joined forces to create a nonprofit virtual and in-home care company called Ovatient.
Congress can take action to help healthcare deal with ‘crushing’ financial challenges, AHA urges
With hospitals and health systems facing what it calls “crushing financial challenges,” industry group the American Hospital Association is urging Congress to pass immediate legislation and take steps to ease such burdens.
CVS Health partners with digital health company on at-home testing
CVS Health has partnered with digital health company Ixlayer to offer at-home testing kits at its stores and online for sexually transmitted diseases, Vitamin D deficiencies, thyroid disorders and Lyme disease.
New York physician to pay $900K for opioid, fraudulent billing claims (
New York physician Ahmad Mehdi, MD, is paying $900,000 to settle civil claims over alleged improper opioid prescribing and fraudulent billing, the Justice Department said Oct. 24.
8 hospitals seeking chief medical officers
Below are eight hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that posted job listings seeking chief medical officers in the last two weeks.
Canadian man arrested for alleged bomb threats targeting Boston Children’s, other sites
A man from Canada has been arrested in connection with multiple alleged bomb threats targeting locations in the Boston area.
Canadian man arrested for alleged bomb threats targeting Boston Children’s, other sites
A man from Canada has been arrested in connection with multiple alleged bomb threats targeting locations in the Boston area.
