The FDA is warning that rising medical device shortages pose an outsized risk to pediatric patients. Shortages of key pediatric devices — including tracheostomy tubes, oxygenators, hemodialysis catheters and duodenoscopes — have forced clinicians to delay care or adapt adult…
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Ask a Revenue Cycle Leader is a new series featuring insights from health system and hospital revenue cycle executives nationwide. Becker’s poses questions on the most pressing issues in healthcare finance — from payer relations and automation to workforce and…
Mayo Clinic has joined a $13 million funding round for BrightInsight, a digital health startup focused on medical adherence. The Rochester, Minn.-based health system is among the new investors in the company, along with such venture capital firms as General…
The date for the U.S. to exit the World Health Organization has arrived, but the timeline for the completion of the withdrawal remains unclear. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Jan. 20, 2025, to withdraw the U.S. from the…
Amazon’s One Medical and Cleveland Clinic have opened their second collaborative primary care office. The new office, located in Shaker Heights, Ohio, offers preventive care, chronic disease management and treatment for common illnesses such as colds and flu. Patients also…
Mark Hayes has been named senior vice president of government relations for Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, Calif., according to a Jan. 15 LinkedIn post. Prior to his new role, Mr. Hayes served as senior vice president of policy and advocacy…
Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network, part of Jefferson Health, will exit UnitedHealthcare’s Medicare Advantage network Jan. 26, following a contract dispute between the two organizations. Five things to know: 1. After months of negotiations, LVHN said UnitedHealthcare has not…
Even as patient acuity climbed over the last several years, hospitals posted notable gains in mortality and reductions in two major hospital-acquired infections, a new Vizient report found. The Jan. 22 report is based on an analysis of the Vizient…
Researchers at Stanford (Calif.) Medicine have developed an AI model that can predict which premature infants are likely to develop serious medical complications. Researchers analyzed blood samples from 13,536 newborns born more than 10 weeks early in California between 2005…
The FDA will begin accepting applications Feb. 1 for its PreCheck pilot program, an initiative designed to strengthen the domestic pharmaceutical supply chain. The program aims to increase regulatory predictability and streamline facility assessments for new U.S.-based pharmaceutical manufacturing sites,…