THCB Gang Joining Matthew Holt (@boltyboy) for the 101st #THCBGang on Thursday August 18 are medical historian Mike Magee (@drmikemagee); patient safety expert and all around wit Michael Millenson (@mlmillenson); delivery & platform expert Vince Kuraitis (@VinceKuraitis); THCB regular writer and ponderer of odd juxtapositions Kim Bellard (@kimbbellard); You can see the video below & if you’d rather listen than watch, […]
Fifty mental healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente sites in Hawaii plan to join colleagues in northern California in an open-ended strike over access to care. Hawaii workers will strike Aug. 29, according to a news release from the National Union of Healthcare Workers, which represents the psychologists, social workers, psychiatric nurses and chemical dependency counselors. Two thousand mental health workers […]
On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which includes a broad package of health, tax, and climate change provisions. The law includes several provisions to lower prescription drug costs for people with Medicare and reduce drug spending by the federal government. These provisions will take effect beginning in 2023 (Figure 1). This […]
Federal authorities are investigating a “fast-moving” E. coli breakout that was identified in Ohio and Michigan, with nearly 30 people infected by the bacteria from an unknown source. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has so far identified 29 people who have become ill due to E. coli infections. Nine of those have been hospitalized due to their […]
Nothing gets a female mosquito going quite like the stench of human BO. The chase can begin from more than 100 feet away, with a plume of breath that wafts carbon dioxide onto the nubby sensory organ atop the insect’s mouth. Her senses snared, she flies person-ward, until her antennae start to buzz with the pungent perfume of skin. Lured […]
Motivo, an online platform connecting aspiring therapists with clinical supervisors, announced the close of a $14 million Series A funding round on Thursday. Cox Enterprises led the round, which also had participation from SteelSky Ventures and Great Oaks Venture Capital. The round brings Motivo’s total funding to $16.3 million. Rachel McCrickard founded the Atlanta-based startup in 2018 to provide people […]
We know that the right healthcare data, used meaningfully, can ensure patients receive the right care at the right time, help avoid unnecessary duplication of services, and prevent medical errors. Data can also help lower readmission rates and, as a result, healthcare spending. Despite this evidence for powerful outcomes, communities are often stuck at the first step: a lack of […]
Nonprofit healthcare system BayCare Health System (Tampa, Fla.) celebrated a topping out ceremony for the South Florida Baptist Hospital in Plant City, Fla. The 420,000-square-foot, six-story project will comprise two towers with 146 private patient rooms. The campus will also include a medical office building with rehabilitation, imaging, and wound care services. The $326 million hospital is scheduled to open […]
As part of their ongoing efforts to help healthcare organizations prevent cyberattacks, the FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released a new cybersecurity advisory (CSA) warning health IT leaders about a recent ransomware threat known as Zeppelin. The threat is a Ransomware as a Service attack derived from the Delphi-based Vega malware family. From 2019 through at least June […]