Amazon is making a leadership change at its healthcare division, with Neil Lindsay, senior vice president of Amazon Health Services, stepping down after more than 15 years at the company. Mr. Lindsay is leaving the company to pursue personal projects…
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Health systems are increasingly turning to AI to tackle one of hospital operations’ most complex challenges: medication management. Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System formed a new partnership to apply AI across its pharmacy, dispensing and infusion workflows, with the aim…
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine have formed “a new, long-term contract,” according to a joint statement the organizations shared with Becker’s May 27. The insurer and health system originally had until July 1 to…
Physicians are in a unique position to restore patients’ trust in medicine, John Whyte, MD, CEO of the American Medical Association, said in a viewpoint article published on Medscape. “[Mistrust] is not simply a communications challenge,” he wrote. “It is…
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has expanded the state’s professional loan repayment program to offer physicians up to $300,000 in loan forgiveness. The expanded program allows full- and part-time physicians to receive $75,000 per year in student debt relief…
Researchers from the University of Houston and University of Michigan in Ann Arbor have developed a dual-target drug designed to overcome immunotherapy resistance in pancreatic cancer. The research team developed SH-273 and a nanoparticle version, Nano-273, to boost immune system…
K Health is partnering with Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania Health System to roll out AI tools across the health system’s EHR platforms, with an initial focus on virtual urgent care and plans to expand into primary and specialty care. The…
Nurses are less likely to leave when they have greater responsibility for patient care, according to an article published in Harvard Business Review. The study followed 430 full-time ICU nurses at a large U.S. hospital over 26 months. Researchers analyzed…
Children’s Minnesota has named Sameer Gupta, MD, as executive vice president and chief medical officer, according to a May 27 news release. Dr. Gupta — who recently served as vice president of medical affairs at M Health Fairview-University of Minnesota…
GoodRx has launched GoodRx Companion, a $14.99 monthly subscription program focused on lowering out-of-pocket healthcare costs. The membership includes access to more than 200 common generic medications for free and hundreds more for less than $10 at pharmacies nationwide, according…