Kathy Ray has been working at Kaiser Permanente for 30 years. She said the organization is changing — now run by “MBAs” who she believes are far more concerned with profit than the wellbeing of patients and staff. That’s why she joined thousands of fellow members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) on Monday as they began an […]

Health Technology By JESSICA DAMASSA Particle Health’s CEO Troy Bannister stops by to not only talk about the API platform company’s $25M Series B, but to also explain exactly what’s going on in that patient data ‘exchange-standardize-and-aggregate’ space that, these days, looks poised to pop as the 21st Century Cures Act Information Blocking Rule stands ready to make hospitals share […]

This article is sponsored by HCP. In this Voices interview, Home Health Care News sits down with Kristen Duell, Chief Marketing Officer of HCP, to learn the strategies that home health providers can use right now to improve staff engagement, not just with the aim of keeping staff members in their own hospice agencies, but more broadly in the industry […]

In June, a new report from the Centers for Diseases Control on access to Covid-19 therapies revealed a gaping hole in our nation’s healthcare system. Despite having established nearly 40,000 dispensing sites – particularly in high-vulnerability neighborhoods – those areas had the lowest rates of distribution. In short, lifesaving treatments are available, but the people who need them the most […]

Members of the Minnesota Nurses Association voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike against seven health systems in the Twin Cities and Duluth, union officials say. The vote Monday gave nurse negotiators the ability to call a strike, with a 10-day notice to employers. The union represents 15,000 nurses. The next negotiation session is set for Aug. 30. Union officials said […]

This article is sponsored by HCP. In this Voices interview, Home Health Care News sits down with Kristen Duell, Chief Marketing Officer of HCP, to learn the strategies that home health providers can use right now to improve staff engagement, not just with the aim of keeping staff members in their own hospice agencies, but more broadly in the industry […]

Royal Philips President and CEO Frans van Houten will step down in October and be replaced by Roy Jakobs under a succession plan the Dutch health technology company unveiled Tuesday. Shareholders will meet Sept. 30 to appoint Jakobs, who currently leads Philips’ connected care division, as van Houten’s successor effective Oct. 15. The executive leadership change comes amid a massive recall of ventilators prescribed to patients for […]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday added Russia to its coronavirus travel warning list, classifying the country as level 3 of 4 in pandemic severity. “Make sure you are vaccinated and up to date with your COVID-19 vaccines before traveling to Russia. If you are not up to date with COVID-19 vaccines, avoid travel to Russia,” […]

Moximed’s MISHA knee system Medical device company Moximed has been tinkering for nearly 15 years on its signature product, an implantable shock absorber for the knee. Backed by $40 million in new funding announced Tuesday, the Fremont, California-based company hopes to secure approval for the product by next year from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, according to Moximed CEO […]

BY KIM BELLARD Yes, I know Congress just passed the Inflation Reduction Act, a big step forward in combating climate change that also has some important healthcare provisions (Medicare negotiating drug prices, anyone?), but, come on, TikTok is buying hospitals!  I can’t pass that up. To be more accurate, TikTok’s parent company ByteDance is actually buying hospitals, through two of […]