March 7, 2025- The UPMC Hillman Cancer Center at UPMC Horizon-Shenango Valley, has completed the addition of a second linear accelerator (linac). The $9.6 million project included the construction of a vault for the new, state-of-the art linac, which delivers high-energy, external beam radiation treatments that precisely target a variety of cancer tumors wherever they are in … [Read more...]

March 7, 2025- This year’s harsh flu season – the most intense in 15 years – has federal health officials trying to understand if it sparked an increase in a rare but life-threatening brain complication in children, according to AP News. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 19,000 people have died from the flu so far this winter, including 86 children. … [Read more...]

March 6, 2025- Intermountain McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden, Utah is ranked as the #1 teaching heart hospital in the nation without a cardiovascular residency program for 2025, according to a new national study of heart hospitals in America. Premier Inc. released its annual list of the nation’s Top 50 Cardiovascular Hospitals, and Intermountain McKay-Dee Hospital is ranked #1 … [Read more...]

March 6, 2025- Maine's hospitals and nursing homes are already under stress, and the situation could soon get worse because of a looming $118 million shortfall in the state's Medicaid program, according to WGME 13 News. DHHS says starting March 12, they will temporarily withhold certain payments from providers, which will also impact hospitals. Hospitals are intertwined with … [Read more...]

March 6, 2025- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention March 4 announced it sent agency experts to Texas to assist local officials in responding to the state’s measles outbreak. The CDC said the partnership, known as an Epi-Aid, is a rapid response effort by the agency’s Epidemic Intelligence Service to respond to urgent public health issues such as disease … [Read more...]

March 6, 2025- Wellvana and CVS Health® announced that Wellvana has acquired the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) business of CVS Accountable Care™, part of CVS Health, in an all-stock transaction, giving CVS Health a strategic minority investment in Wellvana. With the acquisition, Wellvana cements itself as one of the largest value-based care enablement … [Read more...]

March 6, 2025- BD announced the results of new studies demonstrating that blood tests commonly used in wellness checks and chronic disease management are just as accurate when using several drops of blood collected from a finger prick as when the sample is taken from a vein. The novel BD® MiniDraw™ Capillary Blood Collection technology used in the studies, which is a key … [Read more...]

March 5, 2025- Outpatient care is booming – in fact, more than 80% of surgeries are now performed in outpatient settings, outsourcing these procedures to ambulatory surgery centers. The influx of specialization Part of what makes specializing work in the ambulatory space is the autonomy granted to these facilities by simply not being a hospital. In a hospital setting, … [Read more...]

March 5, 2025- Baxter International Inc. unveiled Voalte Linq device powered by Scotty assistant, the company's first voice-activated technology, at the 2025 HIMSS Global Healthcare Conference. Voalte Linq, a lightweight, wearable badge, is powered by Scotty assistant, a voice-activated technology, to better enable efficient, streamlined communication between care teams, with … [Read more...]

March 4, 2025- Renton, Wash.-based Providence has launched the first phase of its joint venture with Compassus, a Brentwood, Tenn.-based provider with more than 7,000 employees and hundreds of locations across 32 states, to transition home-based care services to Compassus, according to Becker's. Providence at Home with Compassus, the Covenant Health … [Read more...]