Hermitage, Tenn.-based TriStar Summit Medical Center, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, has appointed Brittani Downey, BSN, RN, vice president of quality. Ms. Downey most recently served as director of emergency services at TriStar NorthCrest Medical Center in Springfield, Tenn.,…
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The FDA has again paused Regenxbios RGX-121 gene therapy trial for Hunter syndrome after small, asymptomatic masses were found on the spines of five patients. Regenxbio does not expect to resubmit its biologics license application for the therapy in the…
Carle Health named Angie Hatfield Marker vice president of the Carle Health Center for Philanthropy, the Urbana, Ill.-based health system announced Aug. 21. Ms. Hatfield Marker, currently executive director of development and campaigns at Carle Health, begins her new role…
Reducing variation remains one of healthcare’s most persistent challenges. While most health systems can identify differences in physician preference, product utilization and procedural costs, understanding those differences requires trusted, case-level procedural data. Without it, conversations about standardization often rely on…
A fast-moving wildfire in the Sierra Nevada foothills has forced two Northern Nevada Health System facilities in the Reno, Nev., area to evacuate patients and close, according to CBS News and The New York Times. Both facilities remain closed with…
In this episode, Dr. Ali Khan, Chief Medical Officer, Aetna Medicare, discusses new findings showing how value-based care improves clinical outcomes, preventive care and hospital utilization for Medicare members. He also shares how Aetna is supporting providers with risk-based arrangements,…
The FDA has cleared C2N Diagnostics’ PrecivityAD2 blood test for marketing, giving physicians a less invasive way to identify amyloid plaques associated with Alzheimer’s disease in certain patients. C2N Diagnostics developed and validated the test using underlying technology invented at…
Prestige Brands Holdings is voluntarily recalling 39,060 bottles of Clear Eyes Maximum Itchy Eye Relief due to a lack of assurance of sterility. Prestige initiated the recall July 29. The FDA classified it as Class II on Aug. 14, meaning…
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Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth is opening Oregon’s first freestanding inpatient rehabilitation hospital, ABC affiliate KDRV reported Aug. 22. PeaceHealth Springfield Rehabilitation Hospital — a $76 million, 67,000-square-foot facility — is located in Springfield, Ore. near PeaceHealth RiverBend Hospital. It will open…