Dive Brief: Healthcare mergers reached a record-high $19.2 billion in total transacted revenue in the second quarter of this year, led by the planned tie-up of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health and several other large deals, according to the latest quarterly M&A report from Kaufman Hall. Still, the number of healthcare transactions announced during the second quarter remained below […]
After two-plus years of erupting into distinguishable peaks, the American coronavirus-case curve has a new topography: a long, never-ending plateau. Waves are now so frequent that they’re colliding and uplifting like tectonic plates, the valleys between them filling with virological rubble. With cases quite high and still drastically undercounted, and hospitalizations lilting up, this lofty mesa is a disconcerting place […]
It’s an open secret within the physician community but may not be widely known: Doctors spend more time documenting and updating a patient’s electronic health record than we spend examining and speaking with the actual patient. According to a 2020 study in the Annals of Internal Medicine, doctors devote an average of 16 minutes and 14 seconds per patient encounter, […]
BY MIKE MAGEE “There’s common ground there—not the warm belonging of full creedal agreement, perhaps, but a place, even a welcoming place, where we can stand together.” Ian Marcus Corbin, Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School Most Americans would love to believe this statement. But political reality intervenes. A March, 2022 Pew Research Center analysis found our two major parties to be “farther […]
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. The transcript for this segment is being processed. We’re working to post it four to five days after the episode airs. Episode 8: “Tribal Values, Tribal Justice” Abby Abinanti is chief judge of the Yurok Tribal Court and a member of the tribe. While previously working in the California court system, […]
The Craig H. Neilsen Rehabilitation Hospital at the University of Utah Health Sciences Campus is part of a transformation project to create a new “heart” of the campus and enhance the environments in which care is delivered. A defining feature of this new facility, designed by HDR (Omaha, Neb.) and FFKR Architects (Salt Lake City), is the integration of the […]
A crucial part of the medical industry is that medical devices and medicine inventories must be kept secure and safe. Using security technology is the best way to assure that medical assets are being looked after properly while allowing you to keep up to date with the latest innovations. In this article, we will cover the security technology you can […]
As the world sees the Covid-19 death toll reaches nearly 15 million, the need for treatments that are safe and effective is more important than ever. While antivirals offer promising results in helping treat Covid-19, there are still pitfalls surrounding their overall efficacy and certainly these cannot be used as a preventive measure. Vaccines and antivirals are key to have […]
The American Medical Association surveyed its members between November and December of 2021 to examine their current use of telehealth. As outliend in the “2021 Telehealth Survey Report“, the key findings of the survey were: Uptake. 85% of physician use telehealth. 56% of respondents said they believe they will increase telehealth use in their practices. […]
Papa, a company that provides in-home companionship services for older adults and their families, has laid off 15% of its workforce. Its CEO, Andrew Parker, announced the news late Wednesday on LinkedIn. “Today was a tough day for Papa. In light of the current environment and our long-term goals, I made the difficult decision to reduce our team by 15%,” […]