The country’s three largest for-profit health systems — HCA Healthcare, Tenet Healthcare and Community Health Systems (CHS) — all posted their second quarter earnings recently. HCA and Tenet reported net incomes for the quarter,…
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Hospitals and outpatient treatment centers in at least three states are struggling to get their systems back online following a ransomware attack waged against their parent company last week.
The cyberattack, which cybercriminals launched last…
Virtual psychiatry company Talkiatry has teamed up with NOCD, a virtual provider for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), the companies told MedCity News exclusively.
New York City-based Talkiatry contracts with payers and offers medication management services and…
The evolution of clinical trials shows that although much has changed, several things remain the same. When a patient expresses interest in a trial, they complete an informed consent process, and complete a series…
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Hospitals’ pharmacy spending is projected to rise by 3.42% next year, according to a new report published by Vizient. Specialty drugs and neurology medications are the primary drivers of this increase in pharmacy expenses.
Vizient…
About one in every four male deaths is related to heart disease, making it the leading cause of death for men in the U.S. One company is looking to alleviate the situation.
San Francisco-based Hims…
About 37 million people in the U.S. have chronic kidney disease, yet about 40% of people with severely reduced kidney function don’t know they have chronic kidney disease, according to the Centers for Disease…
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Ever since the pandemic’s virtual care boom, the telehealth market has been a crowded one. Over the past year or so, healthcare stakeholders have been watching closely to see how various telehealth startups restructure…
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Providers’ adoption of remote patient monitoring (RPM) technology has accelerated since the pandemic began, driven in part by improved reimbursement rates. Still, many health systems are still figuring out how to deploy these tools…
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In the 1980s, Haner Hernández only requested to attend a drug treatment program in order to get out of prison. Back then, he was only approved to be released from prison and go into…
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