[ad_1] Malls aren’t just hubs where consumers can check off holiday shopping lists. They’re also destinations for patients seeking convenient healthcare. Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Medical University […]
Community health centers must collaborate to aid diverse populations
[ad_1] Imagine you arrive in a new country and have a medical need, but you don’t speak the local language and don’t know how or where to find […]
Healthcare leaders grow service delivery through retail, urgent care
[ad_1] Experts said health systems could learn from how retailers are working their way into service delivery. “I think more traditional organizations are going to be challenged for […]
Kaiser Permanente’s nursing union ratifies contract
[ad_1] Kaiser Permanente and more than 21,000 nurses across Northern California represented by the California Nurses Association ratified a new contract Monday, averting a looming strike. Oakland, California-based […]
Medicaid DHS payment ‘slippage’ saps safety-net hospitals: study
[ad_1] Supplemental payments that aim to stabilize safety-not hospitals are often misallocated, a new study shows. Nearly a third of Medicaid disproportionate-share hospital payments in 2015—the latest data […]
Blue Shield of California lays off hundreds
[ad_1] Blue Shield of California is preparing to shed hundreds of jobs as it continues to challenge its exclusion from participating in the nation’s largest Medicaid program. The […]
Chris Plummer of Dartmouth Health talks cybersecurity challenges
[ad_1] Cybersecurity incidents within the healthcare industry continue at a high rate. Each year tens of millions of patients are affected by healthcare data breaches. Christopher Plummer, senior […]
HHS says mpox public health emergency to end in January
[ad_1] The federal government plans to end in January the public health emergency it declared earlier this year after an outbreak of mpox infected more than 29,000 people […]
CDC: Flu activity high in 44 states
[ad_1] NEW YORK — The U.S. flu season keeps getting worse. Health officials said Friday that 7.5% of outpatient medical visits last week were due to flu-like illnesses. […]
Advocate Aurora and Atrium merger finalized
[ad_1] Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health completed their merger, the nonprofit health systems said Friday. The combined organization has more than $27 billion in revenue, 67 hospitals—40 […]