The American College of Cardiology honored cardiologist and researcher Jeffrey Towbin, MD, with the ACC Lifetime Achievement Award at the organization’s 2025 annual meeting in Chicago. Dr. Towbin is co-director of Memphis, Tenn.-based Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital’s Heart Institute, as…
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A federal judge in Texas has ruled that the FDA does not have the authority to regulate laboratory developed tests as medical devices, striking down the agency’s recently finalized rule. The decision, issued in the U.S. District Court for the…
A common symptom of hypertension, an often underrecognized condition, can be found “hidden” within existing electronic health records, according to a study published March 31 in JAMA Cardiology. Researchers from Boston-based Harvard Medical School and New York City-based NYU Grossman…
Retail clinic and urgent care center visits declined 12% nationwide from 2022 to 2023, a March 31 white paper from Fair Health found. The report also found that ambulatory surgery center utilization decreased by 7%, and telehealth use declined by…
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has appointed Sarah Jayawant associate vice president of cardiovascular services for the system’s Far West division, covering hospitals across California and Nevada. Ms. Jayawant has been with HCA Healthcare for 18 years, according to a March…
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Concord (N.H.) Hospital has launched a new marketing campaign to showcase its cardiovascular care service line. The campaign aims to reinforce the Concord Hospital Cardiovascular Institute as “New Hampshire’s Heart Hospital,” according to a March 31 news release shared with…
After a sluggish few years, hospital and health system dealmaking is gearing up for a resurgence in 2025 — driven by labor headwinds, tightening margins and the urgent need to modernize, according to BRG’s “2025 US Healthcare & Life Sciences…
Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center has partnered with Clearwater, Fla.-based Empath Health to offer inpatient hospice services at its Magnolia Campus. Moffitt care teams will continue to care for patients while nurses from Suncoast Hospice of Hillsborough in Tampa, part…
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health’s Greenlawn and Lake Success radiation therapy centers are among the first in their area to offer adaptive radiation therapy. Varian Ethos radiation therapy utilizes AI-powered imaging technology and enables physicians to make adjustments in…
Cincinnati-based Mercy Health’s—Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Ky., has entered the second phase of its efforts to establish radiation therapy at the Paducah Cancer Center. The system worked to obtain a radiation therapy certificate of need for more than a decade. …