Hospitals and health systems around the country have begun charging patients when providers respond to MyChart messages.
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University Hospitals to open urgent care facility, more planned
Cleveland-based University Hospitals is opening a new urgent care facility in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, on July 25 and plans to open multiple new urgent care locations across several neighborhoods.
Vaccine timing for COVID-19, flu & RSV: What to know
Health experts are betting on a trio of vaccines to help prevent a repeat of last fall and winter, when a simultaneous surge of COVID-19, flu and respiratory syncytial virus overwhelmed hospitals.
Security guard killed in shooting at Oregon hospital; suspect dead
Police say a suspect is dead after a shooting July 22 at Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland, Ore., that left a hospital security guard dead and another employee injured.
Google chief health officer urges caution on AI
Google Chief Health Officer Karen DeSalvo, MD, expects artificial intelligence tools to aid physicians but urged caution on the rollout of the tools, The Guardian reported July 23.
Ohio CVS pharmacy endangered patient, lost 1,800 doses of controlled substances, report finds
Several Ohio CVS pharmacies are under investigation by the state pharmacy board for problems that led to thousands of controlled substances being lost and patient harm after a wrong medication was given, the Ohio Capital Journal reported July 24.
20 states with the highest percentage of price transparency compliant hospitals
A July 20 report from patientrightsadvocate.org found that 36 percent of the 2,000 hospitals reviewed are complying with the federal price transparency rule that went into effect in January 2021.
Cash-strapped Colorado hospital struggling to remain open
Delta County (Colo.) Memorial Hospital is struggling to remain open after losing $30 million in the last four years and being forced to repay $7 million in advance Medicare money, The Daily Sentinel reported July 23.
Picketing to begin at Kaiser facilities
Members of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions plan to begin picketing July 24 to protest what they say is a short staffing crisis and its effects on patients and caregivers.
Jefferson executive resigns after Twitter trouble
Mark Tykocinski, MD, has resigned from his roles as president of Thomas Jefferson University and interim dean of the Sidney Kimmel Medical College in Philadelphia.
