The FDA has approved Merck’s Lipfendra (enlicitide), a once-daily oral therapy to reduce low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in adults with high cholesterol or heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia. The approval was supported by two randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials involving 3,207 adults already taking…
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San Francisco-based UCSF Health has launched UCSF Health Converge, an AI accelerator built with Kleiner Perkins and Doerr Capital that embeds startups directly inside the health system’s clinical operations. The program takes an “inside-out” approach, selecting a small number of…
Hospitals are rethinking their operations and infrastructure for electrophysiology services amid the specialty’s rapid growth. Electrophysiology is a specialty within cardiology through which the heart’s electrical system is treated and diagnosed. Electrophysiologists treat a range of irregular heart rate conditions…
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic has deployed roughly 150 AI models across its health system, CNN reported July 16. The tally, according to Matthew Callstrom, MD, a radiologist and medical director of the health system’s generative AI program, spans tools built…
The New York City Health Department is investigating a Legionnaires’ disease cluster that has hospitalized 53 people so far, and identified 76 water towers that have tested positive for the bacteria. On June 27, the health department identified the first…
Edjola Xhaferi has been named CFO of The Woman’s Hospital of Texas in Houston, according to a July 15 LinkedIn post. The more than 420-bed hospital is part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare. Prior to her new role, Ms. Xhaferi…
New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull is piloting a trauma-informed maternal health chaplaincy volunteer program. The two-year program allows volunteer chaplains to gain hands-on experience in providing trauma-informed spiritual care in the hospital setting while serving pregnant and postpartum…
The American Medical Association is launching an initiative to develop and deploy SNOMED CT to CPT terminology mappings that support electronic prior authorization. The project aims to reduce administrative burden for physicians and help patients receive timely care by connecting…
Here are 14 health systems that have had their credit ratings upgraded by Fitch Ratings or Moody’s Investors Service in 2026: Broward Health’s credit rating was upgraded to “A2” from “A3” by Moody’s. The upgrade reflects the Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based…
Waconia, Minn.-based Ridgeview named Matthew Herold, MD, chief clinical officer. As chief clinical officer, Dr. Herold will oversee the system’s physician and provider practices as well as ambulatory operations, according to a July 10 system news release. He will also…