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By Jeff Lagasse | 11:12 am | March 28, 2016
National health services organization IASIS Healthcare, the Phoenix Suns basketball team, and Phoenix Mercury have joined forces to open a multi-specialty clinic the organizations tout as the first of its kind in the country.
By Jeff Lagasse | 03:43 pm | March 25, 2016
Terri L. Schneider, 57, an audiologist from Lakeland, Florida, has been sentenced to 94 months in prison for her role in a multimillion-dollar healthcare fraud and money laundering scheme.
By Jeff Lagasse | 09:49 am | March 23, 2016
The U.S Food and Drug Administration has proposed a ban on most of the powdered medical gloves in use throughout the country, claiming they pose a risk of illness or injury to healthcare providers, patients and others individuals who are exposed to them.
By Jeff Lagasse | 12:18 pm | March 22, 2016
Employees at Northwell Health have developed three distinct medical innovations that will take center stage in a new contest: Starting Tuesday, public voting will decide which of the three initiatives will receive $100,000 in additional research support.
By Jeff Lagasse | 11:22 am | March 22, 2016
Healthcare Supply Chain Association President and CEO Todd Ebert has praised the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's decision to prioritize abbreviated new drug applications for generic drugs with only one manufacturer, sometimes known as "sole source" products.
By Jeff Lagasse | 10:37 am | March 22, 2016
As hospitals and health systems face constant revenue stream pressures, financial managers are leveraging cost containment strategies that lean on population health, supply chain management and salary adjustments as a way trim costs.
By Jeff Lagasse | 03:09 pm | March 21, 2016
Real estate investment trusts are hoping to bounce back from a rough, and somewhat puzzling, reversal of fortunes in 2015, though investors are already lining up to support companies dealing in healthcare deals.
By Jeff Lagasse | 02:56 pm | March 21, 2016
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International is now searching for a new chief executive officer, having told current CEO Mike Pearson over the weekend that he is no longer in the company's long-term plans. Pearson will continue to serve as CEO and a director until his replacement is appointed.
By Jeff Lagasse | 11:42 am | March 21, 2016
Northwell CEO Michael Dowling led his team through an exhaustive rebranding process that pushed the system's marketing muscle and leaned on the past experiences of other major system rebrandings.
By Jeff Lagasse | 03:52 pm | March 18, 2016
More consumers across all demographics are using alternative sites of care, including retail health clinics, urgent care centers and telehealth, according to a new online survey by management consulting firm Oliver Wyman. And many of those consumers are having good experiences.