Retail and technology giant Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) last month announced plans to acquire primary care innovator One Medical for an astounding $3.9 billion. The transaction doesn’t immediately affect senior-focused in-home care providers, but it’s another major stepping stone on the path toward disrupting the current U.S. health care system. What’s more, the deal reflects the ongoing consumerization of health care […]
Dos días después de regresar de Nueva York a su hogar en California, a Kevin Kwong le picaban tanto las manos que se despertaba del dolor. Pensó que era eczema. “Todo empeoró rápidamente”, dijo el residente de Emeryville. “Aparecieron más manchas, en la cara, y empezaron a salir fluidos. La erupción se extendió a mis codos, manos y tobillos”. Después […]
Emergency contraception (EC) is a form of backup birth control that can be used up to several days after unprotected intercourse or contraceptive failure and still prevent a pregnancy. In 1999, Plan B was the first oral product approved for use in the U.S. as an EC by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Since then, more EC products have […]
About 95% of Medicare beneficiaries are anxious about inflation’s impact on healthcare costs, with 45% saying costs have already increased because of inflation, a recent survey by eHealth found. eHealth, based in Santa Clara, California, is a private online marketplace for health insurance. The survey collected responses online throughout July with 2,519 participants. The respondents are Medicare beneficiaries who purchased […]
Rush Health Systems (Meridian, Miss.) has merged with integrated healthcare system Ochsner Health (Ochsner; New Orleans) to become Ochsner Rush Health. With the union, Ochsner gains Rush’s seven hospitals and more than 30 clinics located mainly in eastern Mississippi and western Alabama. Updated names and branding will be rolled out to facilities to reflect the new organization.
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Fitch Ratings revised Community Health Systems’ rating outlook from stable to negative Tuesday after the for-profit hospital operator reported a challenging first half of this year, according to a release. For the first half of the year, the chain reported a $327 […]
Emergency contraception (EC) is a form of backup birth control that can be used up to several days after unprotected intercourse or contraceptive failure and still prevent a pregnancy. In 1999, Plan B was the first oral product approved for use in the U.S. as an EC by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Since then, more EC products have […]
Kansas voters are giving abortion rights advocates and Democrats reason to be hopeful. When Tuesday night’s votes came in, it looked like they confirmed what the groups have been saying all along: Americans broadly support abortion rights. Nearly 60 percent of voters in the Sunflower State rejected a state constitutional amendment on Tuesday that would have given the state legislature […]
By the time a cell senses that it’s been infected by a virus, it generally knows it is doomed. Soon, it will be busted up by the body’s immunological patrol or detonated by the invader itself. So the moribund cell plays its trump card: It bleats out microscopic shrieks that danger is nigh. These intercellular messages, ferried about by molecules […]
There are 6,093 hospitals in the United States. Those facilities can be divided in a variety of categories depending on size, location, demographics, finances, and affiliation. Today’s post will explore the various categories into which any given hospital can be assigned. Knowing these categories can help consumers better understand the context of the hospitals from which they have to choose.