Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, has selected Maitreya Coffey, MD, to serve as inaugural chief quality officer. As quality chief, Dr. Coffey will oversee the health system’s center for clinical excellence, according to a May 5 news release shared…
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A Cleveland Clinic survey found knowledge gaps and barriers to care among women. The survey, conducted in collaboration with YouGov, questioned 2,106 women about a range of medical conditions between March 28 and April 2. Here are five findings: 1.…
President Donald Trump is targeting the pharmaceutical industry as a way to help finance his tax cut plans, pressing House Republicans to force drugmakers to accept lower prices on drugs covered by Medicaid, Bloomberg reported May 2. The White House…
The FDA has reinstated additional employees who were previously laid off amid a broader restructuring effort, KFF Health News reported May 2. HHS began issuing dismissal notices April 1 as part of a plan to eliminate more than 10,000 full-time…
Epic Systems has launched a new feature allowing patients to schedule appointments through conversational SMS with the help of an AI assistant, the company announced May 5 on LinkedIn. The tool eliminates the need for patients to log in to…
West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health and New Brunswick, N.J.-based Rutgers Cancer Institute will open the new Jack & Sheryl Morris Cancer Center on May 13, also in New Brunswick. The Jack & Sheryl Morris Cancer Center will be the first…
Approximately 2,400 mental health workers have ended a strike that began Oct. 21, 2024, after reaching a tentative labor contract with Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente. Four things to know: 1. The agreement covers members of the National Union of Healthcare…
An outreach program at Oakland-based Kaiser Permanente Northern California more than doubled colorectal cancer screening rates in almost 20 years, from 37.4% in 2000 to 79.8% in 2019. The research, led by Douglas Corley, MD, PhD, Permanente Medical Group’s chief…
Hospitals in at least 10 states are experiencing delays in supplemental Medicaid payments from the federal government — a slowdown that has led some facilities to pause the expansion of services and halt payments to vendors, according to a May…
Coral Gables, Fla.-Baptist Health has filled two leadership roles at the Baptist Health Miami (Fla.) Cancer Institute. Michael Zinner, MD, CEO and executive medical director of Baptist Health Miami Cancer Institute and Baptist Health Cancer Care has been named as…