A group of Senate Democrats is raising new questions about HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s financial conflicts tied to Gardasil litigation against Merck. Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Angela Alsobrooks, D-Md., sent a…
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Medical City Healthcare, a North Texas division of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, appointed Brandy Stegall, MSN, RN, as division chief nursing executive. In August 2024, Ms. Stegall became the chief nursing officer of Medical City Fort Worth, a 378-bed acute…
Arlington-based Texas Health Resources has promoted Vong Miphouvieng to vice president of enterprise clinical revenue cycle, according to a post on his LinkedIn page. Mr. Miphouvieng most recently served as the health system’s vice president of health information management services,…
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the American Hospital Association (AHA) filed separate comment letters this week targeting the 340B fight — AAMC on CMS’s Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program rule, AHA on Sen. Bill Cassidy’s 340B Drug…
Oracle Health’s month was dominated by its expanding federal footprint — a bigger VA contract and three more medical center go-lives — alongside a new AI-powered patient portal and continued fallout from last year’s Cerner data breach. Here are four…
Bill Gates says AI should not be allowed to deliver a terminal diagnosis to a patient, even though the technology is fully capable of doing so. In an Aug. 25 blog post, the Microsoft co-founder proposed a category of work…
The FDA has approved Rasonque (daraxonrasib) for adults with advanced pancreatic cancer that has stopped responding to earlier treatment, or for patients too sick for standard combination chemotherapy. The drug improved median overall survival to 13.2 months compared with just…
Jimmie Lloyd Mayo, former president of Baptist Medical Center Nassau in Fernandina Beach, Fla., died Aug. 18 at age 79, according to his obituary. Mr. Mayo became the hospital’s first president in 1994 and retired in 2010, capping 29 years…
In this episode, Casey Arends, Director Experience Strategy, Fairview, and William England, Ph.D., Strategic Advisor, Research, NRC Health, discuss NRC Health’s “The Currency of Time” report and how health systems can improve patient loyalty by making care both easier to…
In this episode, Larry Benz, DPT, CEO of Dental Care Alliance, discusses the Called to Care program, the impact of empathy and human connection on patient outcomes, and how strong team cultures can improve both patient experience and workforce well-being.…