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…
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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…
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…
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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. …
Former Buffalo, N.Y.-based Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center president and CEO Thomas Tomasi Jr., MD, PhD, died March 23 at age 97. Dr. Tomasi served as the cancer center’s president and CEO from 1986 to 1996, according to a March…
Omaha-based Nebraska Medicine has begun construction on the state’s first proton therapy system at the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, also in Omaha. The proton therapy system will be integrated into an existing room…