CVS has plans to change its familiar piano on-hold music, much to the delight of one Harvard psychiatrist, whose thoughts on the issue went viral last year, WBUR reports.

Two leaders spearheading a group of more than 40 physicians to split from Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health said a similar situation with a competing health system last year inspired them to make the change, according to The Charlotte Observer.

The advisory board created by Norfolk-based Eastern Virginia Medical School in response to a controversy involving racist depictions in its yearbooks said it will not investigate a 1984 yearbook photo involving Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, MD, The Virginian-Pilot reports.

Among the 23 killed in the aftermath of a deadly tornado in Alabama March 3 was a nurse at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika, WSFA-12 News.

The University of California opted not to renew its subscriptions with a major academic research publisher because the organization reportedly rejected UC's terms for its subscription fee, the university said in a Feb. 28 statement.

A physician with dual citizenship in the U.S. and Saudi Arabia has reportedly been detained in the Middle Eastern nation since 2017 and says he has been tortured at least once during that time, according to The New York Times.

In my practice, I have seen a sharp rise in the number of patients asking about genetic and genomic tests.

A recent case study by ECG Management Consultants discuss why partnering with FQHCs will provide opportunities to reduce costs and enhance the overall resident experience. 

A recent press release by Abbott announced their latest rapid influenza diagnostic test (RIDT), BinaxNOW® Influenza A & B Card 2.

Emergency medicine physician Bruce Goldfeder, MD, said his main goal during a shooting incident at the West Palm Beach (Fla.) VA Medical Center was to protect patients and staff from danger, according to The Palm Beach Post.

Some medical professors are turning toward an unconventional resource to teach medical students how to diagnose diseases: a radio talk show about car repairs, reports NPR.

Time's Up, the organization launched by several women in the entertainment industry in January 2018 to fight sexual harassment and improve accountability, announced the creation of "Time's Up Healthcare" on Feb. 28.

Despite decades of effort to improve the number of African-American physicians practicing in the U.S., black students remain an underrepresented minority in medical schools, a USA Today investigation found.

Veteran ProPublica reporter Marshall Allen has spent more than a decade investigating the healthcare industry and how health systems measure the quality of physicians. Because of his job as a journalist and lack of medical degree or any professional health degree, he said he was surprised when he received a call last year from an organization that sought to present him with a "Top Doctor" award.

The Washington, D.C.-based Georgetown University School of Medicine is launching a campaign to help students learn about and fight microaggressions in medicine, according to The College Fix.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine appointed Amy Acton, MD, to serve as chief of the state's health department during a press conference Feb. 26, according to the Dayton Daily News.

Detroit-based Wayne State University School of Medicine officials said they hope to resume negotiations with Henry Ford Health System over a shared medical education partnership — negotiations that reportedly collapsed this past weekend, The Detroit News reports.

A university Senate committee decided the University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis was fully within its rights to delay a reproductive health fellowship, but officials should have reached out to administration to discuss the decision, Minnesota Daily reports.

In February 2017, a Dallas-based school nurse began keeping a list of all the women murdered by men. Roughly two years later, the database includes nearly 2,500 women from across the U.S.

Saint Anthony Hospital (Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.) uses technology to help prioritize the needs of communities it serves.