November 26, 2024- Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center and The Larry Fitzgerald Foundation (TLFF) have entered a year-long agreement aimed at ensuring that everyone in the Phoenix area in need of a mammogram has easy access to get one on The BIG Pink Bus, a 3D mobile mammography unit that just hit the road this year.  Banner MD Anderson has joined … [Read more...]

November 26, 2024- Abbott announced that, in the third year of its multi-million-dollar Diversity in Clinical Trials initiative, the company has published 'Advancing Diversity in Clinical Trials' to share strategies to make clinical research and the teams leading these trials more diverse across the U.S. Concurrently, Abbott also revealed new partnerships to continue driving … [Read more...]

November 26, 2024- Amsino International Inc. announced the successful closing of transactions to acquire the assets of MedXL Inc. and Liebel-Flarsheim Canada Inc. (collectively, “MedXL”, or the “Company”) located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. This acquisition includes substantially all of the existing assets and infrastructure at MedXL facilities, such as intellectual property, … [Read more...]

November 26, 2024- Zoll® Medical announced that the company's Anything Can Happen. Anyone Can Help.™ collaboration with professional football player Damar Hamlin has now officially been launched. This national campaign will raise awareness about the life-saving potential of AEDs. Throughout October’s Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month and beyond, the campaign aims to debunk … [Read more...]

November 25, 2024- Nurse practitioners are taking on more patient care responsibilities in hospitals, helping organizations address growing care demands amid the national physician shortage, according to Becker's. However, education gaps may leave many NPs unprepared for practice, posing potential patient safety risks, Bloomberg Businessweek reported Nov. 22. The report is … [Read more...]

November 25, 2024- Franciscan Health Dyer will transition in late 2027 to a campus dedicated to treating behavioral health patients, the Franciscan Alliance healthcare ministry announced. The transition in late 2027 to a behavioral health campus, approved by the Franciscan Alliance Board of Trustees, aims to meet the growing need for behavioral healthcare while … [Read more...]

November 25, 2024- Community Health Systems, Inc. announced that certain subsidiaries of the Company have entered into a definitive agreement to sell ShorePoint Health Port Charlotte in Port Charlotte, Florida, certain assets of ShorePoint Health Punta Gorda, in Punta Gorda, Florida, and certain ancillary businesses related to such facilities to subsidiaries … [Read more...]

November 25, 2024- Henry Schein, Inc. announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Acentus, a national medical supplier specializing in the delivery of Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGMs). The Acentus transaction follows Henry Schein’s acquisition of Prism Medical Products, LLC in 2021 and Shield Healthcare and Mini Pharmacy in 2023, reinforcing … [Read more...]

November 26, 2024- Abbott announced the first patient procedures with its investigational transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) balloon-expandable system for treating symptomatic severe aortic stenosis. This investigational Abbott TAVI system is the first step toward Abbott's software-guided balloon-expandable TAVI system and is designed to build a foundation … [Read more...]

November 22, 2024- Intermountain Health St. Vincent Regional Hospital  has unveiled the latest design plans for the new Intermountain St. Vincent Regional Hospital in Billings, Montana. This will be a full-replacement hospital, meaning the current St. Vincent facility will be replaced, and upon opening, all current services offered at Intermountain St. Vincent will … [Read more...]