Shannon Health System's orthopedic center in San Angelo, Texas, has been expanded to include more space and more services, according to a San Angelo Standard-Times report.
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Stamford (Conn.) Hospital has launched a blood pressure remote monitoring program to detect heart disease risk factors in its employees and their families, according to a news release.
The United States Department of Agriculture has allocated more than $6 million across six states to fund telehealth and other healthcare projects in rural areas, according to a USDA news release.
Many physicians do not know or do not follow the American Heart Association's guidelines for screening young athletes for sudden cardiac death, according to an American Medical News report.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has revoked its approval of the drug Avastin for breast cancer on the grounds that it has not been shown to be safe and effective for that use, according to an FDA news release.
Crestwood Medical Center in Huntsville, Ala., is pointing to a recent study and revised guidelines from the American College of Cardiology to support its certificate of need request to offer angioplasty permanently even though it does not offer cardiac surgery,…
Officials from Louisville, Ky.-based University Hospital recently said the hospital’s future is dismal if it doesn’t merge with Louisville-based Jewish & St. Mary’s and Lexington, Ky.-based St. Joseph Health System to form a new statewide system, according to a Courier-Journal…
New York state regulators are probing the governance structure of Peninsula Hospital in Queens after it was bailed out with $27 million from Revival Acquisition Group, according to a Crain’s New York report. The hospital’s board accepted Revival’s bailout Sept.…
An Illinois appeals court will hear oral arguments over the federal Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act’s confidentiality protections for healthcare professionals, according to an American Medical News report. Read the full report in Becker’s ASC Review on the Patient…
Four hospitals — Inova Alexandria (Va.) Hospital, St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison, Wis., Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth and The Christ Hospital in Cincinnati — have partnered with the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists to improve antimicrobial…