[ad_1] Most Americans know St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital through television advertisements featuring Hollywood celebrities asking for contributions or the millions of fundraising appeals that regularly arrive in […]
New Cityblock Health CEO on fellow primary care disruptors
[ad_1] Cityblock Health, a New York-based digital health unicorn focused on primary care for Medicaid and underserved populations, has named Dr. Toyin Ajayi as its new CEO. Ajayi […]
To families’ dismay, Biden nursing home reform doesn’t view them as essential caregivers
[ad_1] When the Biden administration announced a set of proposed nursing home reforms last month, consumer advocates were both pleased and puzzled. The reforms call for minimum staffing […]
Henry Ford Health drops ‘System’ from name, launches new brand
[ad_1] Henry Ford Health System announced Tuesday that it would drop “System” from its name and rebrand as Henry Ford Health. The name change is designed to reflect […]
Immunocompromised patients worry vaccine exemptions put them in peril
[ad_1] Charlie O’Neill received part of her husband’s liver in a 2013 living donor transplant and has been taking drugs that suppress her immune system ever since to […]
As a nurse faces prison for a deadly error, her colleagues worry: Could I be next?
[ad_1] Four years ago, inside the most prestigious hospital in Tennessee, nurse RaDonda Vaught withdrew a vial from an electronic medication cabinet, administered the drug to a patient, […]
OSHA will hold hearing on healthcare COVID-19 prevention rule
[ad_1] The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will hold a public hearing on its emergency temporary standard to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19 exposure at work before it […]
NY doesn’t expect ‘steep surge’ from variant
[ad_1] New York’s top health official said Monday that she doesn’t expect to see a big surge in COVID-19 cases in the state as a new subvariant of […]
Biden aides to Congress: Fund COVID aid, don’t cut budget
[ad_1] Congress should provide the $22.5 billion President Joe Biden wants for continuing the battle against COVID-19 without cutting other programs to pay for it, senior administration officials […]
Latest insurer-led care delivery model has decades-old roots
[ad_1] Health maintenance organizations formed in the 1970s offer an early example of coupling the financing and delivery of healthcare services at scale. They were touted as an […]