The Joint Commission is the accrediting body for more than 22,000 provider organizations and programs across the country. “It’s about healthcare leaders. They have not been held accountable for what turns out to be very costly disengagement with these communities,” Ana McKee, executive vice president and chief medical office of The Joint Commission, said Thursday during Modern Healthcare’s Social Determinants […]
Two patients treated with Zolgensma, a Novartis gene therapy for a rare inherited disorder, have died, highlighting a known but rare side effect risk associated with this and other genetic medicines. The children who died experienced acute liver failure at about five to six weeks following infusion with the gene therapy and within 10 days after the start of […]
The giant healthcare, climate, and tax bill expected to pass the House on Friday and be sent to the president for his signature won’t be as sweeping as the Democrats who wrote it had hoped, but it would help millions of Americans better afford their prescription drugs and health insurance. The Inflation Reduction Act is estimated to spend about $485 […]
Opened in March 2021, the seven-story Center for Community Health (CCH) in Brooklyn, N.Y., is located across from owner NewYork-Presbyterian’s Brooklyn Methodist Hospital and marks the first major ambulatory care facility built in Brooklyn in 40 years. The design team faced a variety of challenges to deliver the 400,000-square-foot facility, from a C-shaped project site that touches four different zoning […]
Dive Brief: Median base salaries for executives at healthcare companies increased by 4.5% from 2021 to 2022, according to a report from consulting firm SullivanCotter. Executives also saw incentive payouts similar to those before the pandemic, after those awards fell below historic levels last year due to COVID-19-driven financial challenges. Ultimately, median total cash compensation, which equates to base salary […]
On August 4, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services declared the U.S. monkeypox outbreak to be a public health emergency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released data on monkeypox cases reported in the U.S through July 22, including demographic data where available. Overall, these data show that, among U.S. cases with data available, […]
Opened in March 2021, the seven-story Center for Community Health (CCH) in Brooklyn, N.Y., is located across from owner NewYork-Presbyterian’s Brooklyn Methodist Hospital and marks the first major ambulatory care facility built in Brooklyn in 40 years. The design team faced a variety of challenges to deliver the 400,000-square-foot facility, from a C-shaped project site that touches four different zoning […]
There is an image from my childhood, drawn by Lorraine Schneider, which reads “War is not healthy for children and other living things.” As I read through a paper published this week on climate change’s contribution to the burden of chronic disease, I couldn’t help but conjure up Lorraine’s observation from my little girl memory bank. One of the largest […]
Carrum Health announced a partnership with Novant Health to deliver orthopedic and bariatric care to Carrum Health members in North Carolina. As an innovative leader in providing patient-centered care, Novant Health is the first Carrum Health COE partner in North Carolina, offering significant value, personalized care navigation and the latest in high-quality treatment options for both patients and their employers. […]
Michael McAuliff The giant health care, climate, and tax bill expected to pass the House on Friday and be sent to the president for his signature won’t be as sweeping as the Democrats who wrote it had hoped, but it would help millions of Americans better afford their prescription drugs and health insurance. The Inflation Reduction Act is estimated to […]