New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit from NYU Langone Health that alleges the health system used a similar shade of purple in its advertising campaign.
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2 in 5 infection-related deaths associated with antimicrobial resistance: Study
A new study found two in every five deaths in the Americas involved infection associated with antimicrobial resistance.
The workplaces hiring twice as fast
Companies that allow employees to work remotely are hiring new workers at nearly double the rate of organizations based strictly in-office, according to Forbes.
Growing nurse-patient ratios 'catastrophic formula' for increasing healthcare violence, consultant says
A growing disparity between the number of patients and nurses assigned to them is helping lead to increasing violence in healthcare facilities, according to an Aug. 7 PBS report.
NewYork-Presbyterian sells lab assets for $275M
Quest Diagnostics acquired assets from NewYork-Presbyterian’ lab business in an all-cash transaction for $275 million, according to financial documents filed July 27 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Senator urges Google to provide more clarity on its medical AI
Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia sent a letter to Google executives on Aug. 8 expressing concerns about Med-PaLM 2, an AI chatbot created by the company that is currently being used and tested by hospitals and health systems including Rochester, Minn.-base…
Atlantic Health System emergency department expansion underway
The expansion and modernization project at Morristown (N.J.) Medical Center Sameth Emergency Department is on schedule and expected to be completed in 2024.
Children's Hospital Los Angeles looks to machine learning to improve ventilator outcomes
Researchers at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles are working to understand how a condition that can be difficult to spot, known as patient-ventilator asynchrony — PVA for short — may affect children who need ventilator support. The research is an area th…
MIT, Dana Farber AI could solve cancers of unknown origin
An AI-powered machine learning tool may allow physicians to better identify origins in enigmatic cancers, according to researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.
Minnesota hospital to close long-term care facility after 60 years
Northfield (Minn.) Hospital will close its 40-bed, long-term care center this October due to staffing and financial challenges, according to an Aug. 7 news release.
