October 31, 2024-  Employees have been returning to work at pre-hurricane staffing levels at Baxter's North Carolina facility, working alongside remediation contractors that have been engaged on a temporary basis for site recovery.   As Baxter's colleagues are simultaneously continuing to navigate the storm’s devastating personal and community impact, Baxter stated … [Read more...]

October 31, 2024- Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Health is implementing a new primary care model that it expects will significantly expand access to care, according to Becker's. The team-based, physician-led model pairs one physician with two advanced practice providers and offloads administrative tasks to other supportive roles, such as medical assistants and clinical pharmacists. … [Read more...]

October 31, 2024- UPMC has been named one of the nation’s “Digital Health Most Wired” health systems by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME).  UPMC is one of only 26 organizations in the country to achieve Level 10 status – the highest recognition. Among the almost 48,000 facilities evaluated, UPMC distinguished itself … [Read more...]

October 31, 2024- Roche announced new late-breaking data on its Elecsys Amyloid Plasma Panel (combination of pTau181 and ApoE4), for Alzheimer’s disease, at the 17th Clinical Trials in Alzheimer’s Disease congress (CTAD) in Madrid, Spain. Results show that the test, currently in development, could accurately rule out amyloid pathology – a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease – in a … [Read more...]

October 31, 2024- The Board of Directors of McKesson Corporation, on October 30, declared a regular dividend of 71 cents per share of common stock. The dividend will be payable on January 2, 2025, to stockholders of record on December 2, 2024.  Continue Reading  … [Read more...]

October 29, 2024- -QuidelOrtho Corporation announced that members of its management team will attend three upcoming investor conferences and participate in fireside chats at all three conferences: UBS Global Healthcare ConferenceOn Tuesday, November 12, 2024, QuidelOrtho is scheduled to participate in a fireside chat at 2:00 p.m. ET / 11:00 a.m. PT at the conference in … [Read more...]

October 30, 2024- Walgreens is expanding its virtual healthcare service to reach more patients across the nation. As of Oct. 1, Walgreens Virtual Healthcare is available in 30 states, up from its initial launch in nine states. This expansion aims to increase access to fast, reliable and affordable healthcare from the comfort of home by allowing patients to connect with doctors … [Read more...]

October 30, 2024- Cardinal Health announced the grand opening of its new distribution center in Boylston, Massachusetts, supporting its U.S. Medical Products and Distribution business. The facility provides healthcare customers in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Maine, Vermont and Eastern Connecticut with modernized operations and expanded capacity, as well as … [Read more...]

October 30, 2024- BD announced Health Canada approval of the BD Onclarity™ HPV Assay for human papillomavirus (HPV) testing for the use with self-collected vaginal specimens at home. Self-collected samples provide an alternative to the traditional Pap test performed by a clinician with a speculum, making cervical cancer screening more accessible.  Compared to the traditional … [Read more...]

October 30, 2024- Teleflex Incorporated announced the first patient enrolled in the latest Barrigel™ rectal spacer randomized, controlled, single-blinded multicenter study: The PPRT Trial. Based on the segmentation of risk groups between low, medium and high, prostate cancer reoccurrence after radical prostatectomy ranges from 16 to 46 percent. Rectal spacers are used during … [Read more...]