Rated one of the nation’s 50 best hospitals for heart surgery, Northwell’s South Shore University Hospital (SSUH, Bayshore, N.Y.) has invested in expanding both services and quality of care to Suffolk County residents. SSUH’s commitment to continue its growth as Northwell Health’s flagship hospital in Suffolk County includes a new patient pavilion. EwingCole designed the new six story inpatient bed-tower […]
HHS will allow EUAs for monkeypox tests to increase access in US
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The HHS will allow emergency use authorizations to be granted for monkeypox diagnostics in efforts to expand the availability of tests as the virus continues to spread in the U.S. The move, announced Wednesday afternoon, gives the Food and Drug Administration the power to […]
5 reasons why the hottest health startups and the investors who covet them are attending HLTH 2022 – MedCity News
This article is part of a series sponsored by HLTH offering a preview of the HLTH conference. As we head into year 5 of HLTH, November 13-16 in Las Vegas, it is more important than ever to bring the investor and startup community together in a way that drives meaningful conversations and generates growth opportunities. HLTH offers a wide range […]
Healthcare leaders facing dozens of cyberattacks annually: survey
Healthcare leaders say it can cost more than $4 million for an organization to recover from a single cyberattack, according to a new survey. A poll of more than 600 healthcare information-technology and security professionals found 89% of organizations surveyed had experienced at least one cyberattack in the past year. Within that group, organizations on average had 43 attempted cyberattacks during that time period, according […]
At 988 Call Centers, Crisis Counselors Offer Empathy — And Juggle Limited Resources
On a Friday evening at a call center in southeastern Pennsylvania, Michael Colluccio stirred his hot tea, put on his headset, and started up his computer. The screen showed calls coming in to the suicide prevention lifeline from around the state. Colluccio, 38, said he knows what it’s like to be on the other end of one of those calls. […]
The Home-Based Care Provider That’s Going To Take On Nearly $500 Million In Risk
This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership For other home-based care providers, the Minnesota-based Lifespark can offer lessons in taking on risk to get to the “apex-predator level,” as its CEO Joel Theisen would say. At the same time, the company is also looking outward to learn from others as it gets ready for a nationwide expansion. That’s […]
Roche shells out $250M to acquire Good Therapeutics and its preclinical oncology program – MedCity News
Roche announced Wednesday that it is paying $250 million in cash to acquire Good Therapeutics, a Seattle-based preclinical biotech company. Good has raised a little over $30 million since it was founded in 2016. The company is focused on cytokines, which are proteins that can regulate the body’s immune response toward cancer cells and cause tumor cell death. The Swiss pharma […]
Health Care — Judge rejects ObamaCare coverage for HIV drugs
Former President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama had their official portraits unveiled at the White House today. The latter’s portrait captured the former first lady looking “fine,” according to her husband. A judge in Texas ruled on Wednesday that provisions in the Affordable Care Act requiring employer health plans to cover HIV prevention drugs violated religious freedom laws. Welcome to Overnight […]
Elizabeth Holmes requests new trial after “star witness” expresses regrets – MedCity News
Elizabeth Holmes, the former Theranos CEO convicted of fraud, filed a motion on Tuesday asking a California federal judge for a new trial based on new evidence concerning “star witness” Adam Rosendorff, her former lab director. According to the motion, Rosendorff left Holmes’ lawyer Lance Wade a 30-second voicemail on August 8 stating that he wanted to visit Holmes and […]
Judge rules against required coverage of HIV prevention drug
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that required coverage of an HIV prevention drug under the Affordable Care Act violates a Texas employer’s religious beliefs and undercut the broader system that determines which preventive drugs are covered in the U.S. The ruling was handed down by Fort Worth-based U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor, who ruled in 2018 that the entire ACA […]