Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia received a $1 million gift from the Giant Company to expand its food pharmacy program.
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How the shift to home-based care will impact hospitals
Hospitals are expected to focus more on providing care for high-acuity patients as healthcare is increasingly being delivered at home, according to Monique Reese, DNP, RN, senior vice president of home and community care at Pittsburgh-based Highmark He…
Why racism complaints are rarely investigated, even in patient deaths
Advocates are pushing regulators to investigate if racism played a part in the death of a patient at Inglewood, Calif.-based Centinela Hospital, but the state is ill-equipped to make such assertions, KFF Health News reported Aug. 8.
AHA president: 50% of hospitals awaiting insurance payments 6 months later
Many health insurance policies are a burden to patients and strain hospitals’ finances and burden physician time, Rick Pollack, president and CEO of the American Hospital Association, wrote in a commentary piece for U.S. News & World Report.
7 health systems building, expanding emergency departments
While three health systems recently announced plans to close emergency departments, several others are working on projects to build or expand their departments. Here are seven emergency department projects Becker’s has reported since July 10:
Why Michael Dowling cuts his own hedges: Nuggets of wisdom from Northwell's CEO
With healthcare being a 24/7/365 business, Michael Dowling, CEO of Northwell Health in New Hyde Park, N.Y., said hospital CEOs have a responsibility to be both visible and available to their staff around the clock. Not only is he always just a phone ca…
3 hospital openings
Health systems in Minnesota, California and Florida opened up new hospitals.
Northwestern surgeons perform rare 'flipped organ' lung transplants
Surgeons at Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine have successfully performed double lung transplants on two patients with situs inversus, a rare condition in which patients’ organs in the chest and abdomen organs are in a mirror image of their normal po…
5 digital health companies laying off workers
Large tech disruptors such as Amazon and smaller digital health companies have laid off workers as the industry experiences post-COVID-19 churn.
'We need it now': Experts worry over timeline for new COVID-19 shots
Some experts are concerned that new COVID-19 shots that would be more effective at preventing severe disease from current circulating strains than the existing bivalent booster won’t be ready soon enough.
