The FDA has issued an alert regarding two lines of hemodialysis tubing sets from B. Braun Medical following an urgent medical device correction sent to customers by the manufacturer. Seven affected SKUs from the Streamline Airless System and B3 Low…
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CVS Pharmacy will open its first pharmacy-only location in Chicago on March 30. The store, located at 2628 W. Pershing Road in the city’s West End, is part of a planned rollout of nearly 20 pharmacy-only, apothecary-style CVS Pharmacy locations…
Newport, Va.-based Riverside Regional Medical Center implemented a behavioral response team after identifying gaps in workplace violence prevention, increasing reporting by 245% from 2024 to 2025 and enabling real-time intervention for escalating behavioral health situations. The team is designed to…
About 32% of U.S. adults have used AI chatbots to seek health information in the past year, a level comparable to those turning to social media for similar guidance, a March 25 survey found. The findings come from a KFF…
Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia recently uncovered what they called a “leaky pipeline” of follow-up care for children with head trauma. An analysis using CHOP’s Minds Matter Registry — the nation’s largest pediatric concussion registry — showed disparities across…
As CMS considers requiring hospitals to obtain a unique national provider identifier for each hospital outpatient provider department, the American Hospital Association is urging the agency to alleviate the process. In February, President Donald Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act…
Forty-seven hospitals across 20 states have converted to rural emergency facilities since the law that created the designation took effect in January 2023, according to data from CMS. Here are the hospitals that have converted to rural emergency status, by…
Massachusetts health plans and hospitals are collaborating on what they are referring to as a “first-of-its-kind” organization, called the Massachusetts Payer-Provider Partnership (MP3), to address healthcare affordability and access. A partnership spokesperson told Becker’s on March 24 the organization aims…
Bradford (Pa.) Regional Medical Center, part of Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health, has submitted a closure notice to discontinue its inpatient and emergency services by May 17 amid ongoing financial challenges. “BRMC, as a whole, is not closing but transitioning to…
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