by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | M&A, Tea Leaves
Virginia-based UVA Health announced on Tuesday a partnership with Riverside Health System, the latest move in the academic health system’s efforts to form a statewide network. UVA Health will acquire a 5 percent ownership stake in Riverside, which operates four...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
A campaign is being launched to diversify images used in medical textbooks and diagnosis manuals. The campaign was announced last month in collaboration between Johnson & Johnson, the Association of Medical Illustrators (AMI), and Chidiebere Ibe, whose...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
Iowa lawmakers Tuesday passed a law banning most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, weeks after the state Supreme Court deadlocked on whether the state’s current ban was enforceable. The bill’s passage sets up another legal challenge, as abortion rights...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 13, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
HCA Healthcare on Monday reported a data security incident where personal information, including patient names and contact details, was stolen and posted online. The data lists could contain 27 million rows of data with information from about 11 million patients who...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 13, 2023 | Mental Health, Tea Leaves
A KFF HealthNews article says that mental health respite facilities are filling care gaps in over a dozen states. These facilities, established nationwide over the past 20 years, offer a short-term, homelike, nurturing environment for people experiencing a mental...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 13, 2023 | Life Sciences, Tea Leaves
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is opening the way for more cancer drugs from China as the U.S. continues to deal with an ongoing shortage in key chemotherapy treatments. A spokesperson for the FDA confirmed Monday that the agency is permitting 10 additional...
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