Members of SEIU Local 121RN held a picket Sept. 14 at HCA Healthcare’s West Hills Hospital and Medical Center to raise awareness about their concerns over staffing, retention, patient safety and working conditions. Union members also plan to picket Sep…
Experts are concerned about the future of pediatric subspecialties due to physician and scientist shortages that could affect both the “current and future availability of pediatric subspecialty care and research,” as well as have “potential ramificatio…
St.Louis-based Ascension, one of the largest health systems in the country, has reported a full-year operating loss of $3 billion on revenue of $28.35 billion, compared with an $879.2 million loss on $27.98 billion in revenue last year, according to re…
In 2018, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs tapped Cerner to overhaul its EHR system. Recently, a series of slowdowns, legislative spats and open letters have again turned attention to the VA’s EHR overhaul process.
The HHS has officially launched its Bridge Access Program to support access to free COVID-19 vaccines for uninsured Americans, according to a Sept. 14 news release.
Over a 6-year period 25 percent of U.S. health visits were conducted by a non-physician, according to Harvard Medical School researchers.
Six pharmacy benefit managers account for 96 percent of the industry’s market share, and their lead is growing, according to an analysis from the American Medical Association.
Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Children’s Hospital-Upstate is looking to raise $6 million for a new pediatric cancer and blood disorder treatment unit, Greenville Journal reported Sept. 14.
Johnson & Johnson is reinventing itself by renaming its pharmaceutical segment and changing its logo, the company said Sept. 14.
Akili, a digital health company that was making video games to treat behavioral health disorders, is laying off 40 percent of its workforce as it switches business models, Boston Business Journal reported Sept. 14.
