There are many holy grails in the healthcare world: solving interoperability issues, achieving health equity and a universal patient record. Grail, the liquid biopsy company based in Menlo Park, California, is on another, equally challenging, quest: making sure fewer people die from cancer. Last June, the company introduced Galleri, a test that screens patients for more than 50 kinds of […]
Jimmy Mayor is not sure what his next appointment at OU Health in Oklahoma City will cost. Mayor, 59, relies on disability insurance for his income after working as a commercial loan servicer for 20 years. He is among as many as 140,000 UnitedHealthcare policyholders slated to lose in-network access to Oklahoma’s only academic medical center on July 1. “I […]
Roper St. Francis Healthcare’s (Charleston, S.C.) Roper St. Francis Berkeley Hospital in Summerville, S.C., is planning to more than double in size within four years. The expansion is part of a new strategic plan. The healthcare system’s certificate of need was approved to build an additional four-story tower on its campus. The $193 million project will take the hospital’s beds […]
For home-based providers, maximizing the seamlessness of a post-hospital care transition is paramount. As hospitals are sending more patients than ever to the home, the ones that can take the patient with the most ease are more likely to win out. RML Specialty Hospital — a long-term acute care hospital that offers critical care — has seen this firsthand through […]
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on Acast. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Children younger than 5 are the only population not eligible for a covid-19 vaccine in the U.S. But that may be about to change as an advisory committee to the Food and […]
Drew Altman, PhD President and Chief Executive Officer, KFF Drew Altman is an innovator in the world of foundations and non-profits and a leading expert on national health policy who publishes and speaks widely on health issues. He founded the current-day KFF in the early 1990’s. He is also Founding Publisher of KFF’s Kaiser Health News, the largest health newsroom […]
Florida will not dedicate any state resources to vaccinating young children against COVID-19, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Thursday. Responding to a question following a press conference about an annual python hunt in the Everglades, DeSantis said infants and toddlers “are at practically zero risk of anything with COVID,” so the state will recommend against getting those kids vaccinated. “There […]
On April 22, 2022, Master Chief Petty Officer Russell Smith, the Navy’s highly decorated top enlisted leader, addressed crew members on the USS George Washington docked for a multi-year overhaul in Newport News, Virginia. Smith was there to listen, learn, and share words of encouragement after three crew members died of suicide in a single week. While the ensuing conversations […]
The judge told Gold that her anti-vaccine activism wasn’t a factor in her sentencing. Cooper said Gold wasn’t a “casual bystander” on Jan. 6. The judge also said Gold’s organization has misled supporters into believing her prosecution was politically motivated and trampled on her free speech rights. Cooper called it “unseemly” that America’s Frontline Doctors has invoked the Capitol riot […]
Northside Hospital Gwinnett in Lawrenceville, Ga., broke ground on a $400 million expansion project, according to an article is wbstv.com. The project will include a new patient tower and a medical office building (MOB). The tower will add 132 patient beds, bringing the hospital’s total to 520, and include a new patient lobby and outpatient waiting area. The 140,000-square-foot MOB […]