Several emergency departments are taking action to improve patient care access and efficiency, from programs that focus on health inequity in emergency rooms to engineering tools that improve wait times.
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Fort Worth-based Texas Health Alliance opened its expanded emergency department, the first phase of a two-part, $25 million project that will double the ED's size, according to a D Magazine report.
UW Medicine, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Seattle Children's, all based in Seattle, will use a $50 million gift to establish the Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine in Seattle. The gift comes from the late Jeffrey Brotman, and…
Dispensation of single-day doses of the anti-addiction drug buprenorphine can reduce illicit opioid use among patients waiting to see a physician certified in addiction treatment, according to a study presented at the 2017 American College of Neuropsychopharmacology meeting in Palm…
Toronto-based Humber River Hospital opened a command center Nov. 30, which officials claim is the first hospital command center in Canada.
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Empiric Health raised $3 million in super seed financing from Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare, the startup announced Nov. 29.
Analyte Health, a Chicago-based direct-to-consumer diagnostic testing provider, is building out its suite of services — a portfolio that's exclusively focused on sexually transmitted diseases since the company's launch in 2009.
While the federal government slashed the federal health insurance exchange's advertising budget by 90 percent for 2018 compared to the year prior, California's exchange is significantly investing in ads, according to Kaiser Health News.
Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth's Optum unit launched a $250 million investment fund to invest in healthcare-focused startups, Forbes reports.
UnitedHealthcare and a Qualcomm subsidiary integrated Samsung and Garmin wearable devices into UnitedHealthcare's wellness program.