Sanford Health, a Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based not-for-profit health system, will continue to expand its operations internationally, said Dr. Luis Garcia, president of Sanford’s clinic division. Sanford said in 2018 that it would expand into Costa Rica, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and Vietnam, and those projects are still in the works and on track despite the COVID-19 disruption, a […]
St. Louis Veterans Administration Health (VA; St. Louis) is planning a $1 billion renovation for its John Cochran Veterans Hospital in St. Louis, according to the website stlpublicradio.org. Plans include adding 700,000 square feet of new buildings, including a 142-room patient tower with private rooms, and expanding the existing emergency department and operating space. The project is expected to utilize earthquake-resistant […]
A group of Democratic members of Congress from New York on Wednesday called on President Biden to invoke the Defense Production Act to enhance the production of vaccines for monkeypox. In a letter to Biden, the lawmakers, led by New York Democratic Reps. Jerry Nadler and Ritchie Torres, said ,”It is clear that vaccine demand is quickly outpacing supply throughout […]
On March 15, the Consolidated Appropriations Act was signed into law, extending Medicare telehealth reimbursement flexibility for 151 days following the end of the Covid-19 public health emergency (PHE). As such, the telehealth industry is ripe for greater investment from technology providers, creating the conditions to develop better telemedicine solutions and giving healthcare organizations a greater competitive advantage in a […]
The head of the nation’s top public health agency on Wednesday announced a shake-up of the organization, intended to make it more nimble. The planned changes at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — CDC leaders call it a “reset”— come amid ongoing criticism of the agency’s response to COVID-19, monkeypox and other public health threats. The changes include […]
Noam N. Levey and Aneri Pattani Loading… Some lost their homes. Some emptied their retirement accounts. Some struggled to feed and clothe their families. Medical debt now touches more than 100 million people in America, as the U.S. health care system pushes patients into debt on a mass scale. Debtors are from all walks of life and all corners of […]
New York City health officials announced that the West Nile Virus (WNV) has been detected in two people and a record number of mosquitos in the city. In a news release on Wednesday, the New York City health department said that the two human virus cases were detected in the Queens and Brooklyn boroughs of the city, adding that a […]
Sanofi is officially out of the race to develop a breast cancer drug in pill form that could compete against a blockbuster injectable therapy. The pharmaceutical giant’s contender, amcenestrant, has failed in a pivotal study, a disappointing result that also spells the end for all clinical trials testing the drug. The decision announced Wednesday follows an interim look at […]
Health Tech Lyle Berkowitz has been very well known as a techy doc for years. He’s ran an innovation center at Northwestern, written books, been featured at tons of conferences (including Health 2.0), had a stint at MDLive and was founder and Exec Chair at HealthFinch which was bought by Health Catalyst. But instead of lying on the beach drinking […]
A ransomware attack at Practice Resources possibly exposed data on hundreds of thousands of consumers. The Syracuse, N.Y.-based revenue-cycle management company was hit by a ransomware attack in April, according to a notice detailing the incident and submitted to the California Attorney General’s Office. The company said it engaged third-party experts to secure its systems and investigate the scope of […]