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During the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, hospitals and health care facilities across the country stopped non-essential and elective procedures to mitigate the spread of the disease. While that may have been the right call to help flatten the curve, the decision also delayed millions of women from getting routine mammograms to detect breast …

Plasmapheresis periprocedural care equipments market is expected to gain market growth in the forecast period of 2020 to 2027. Data Bridge Market Research analyses the market to account to grow at a CAGR of 5.10% in the above-mentioned forecast period. The increasing incidence of blood related disorders has been directly impacting the growth of plasmapheresis periprocedural …

Democratic lawmakers have a new message for the health care industry: bring down patient costs by 2024, or face competition from a government-controlled plan. That’s the gist of a “public option” bill some lawmakers plan to introduce when the session resumes next week. “I think it’s important to bring back the public option this year, …

WEST READING — Tower Health has announced that it will open a new urgent care location in Montgomery Township on Monday, Feb. 15. Located in the Gwynedd Crossing Shopping Center, 1210 Bethlehem Pike, the new Tower Health Urgent Care center will be the health system’s 25th location. “We are excited to bring another Tower Health …

It has been a memorable 24 hours for Jairah Zinni, one of the 76 frontline health care workers who went on an all-expenses-paid trip to the Super Bowl courtesy of the New England Patriots. “It was once-in-a-lifetime experience. It was so wild,” she said. “I’ve always watched it on TV, and you kind of have …

A new clinic opened by St. Vincent Charity Medical Center will serve as a one-stop-shop offering tailored treatment to patients seeking behavioral health care, including, for the first time, outpatient mental health services. The Integrated Care Clinic marked its soft opening in early December when it started with psychotherapy services and has since gradually folded …

The Patriots’ team plane, which already sports a colorfully patriotic paint job and six silver Lombardi trophies representing the team’s six Super Bowl victories, got an extra personalized touch for a special trip this Super Bowl Sunday. The team announced earlier this week that owner Robert Kraft had personally called and invited 76 health care …

In view of the increase of healthcare-associated Candida auris outbreaks in the Region of the Americas and in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) recommends that Member States build capacity for early detection and effective reporting, with the goal of implementing public health measures to prevent and …

Brandi Riddle, chief financial officer at Strive Health, discussed the role technology and predictive analytics will play in changing kidney care in the future. Transcript: How does technology play a role in new payment models to change kidney care going forward? Riddle: Technology is really, really exciting. I think first you have to think about …

By Matt Volz, Kaiser Health News HELENA, Mont. — When the pandemic hit, health officials in Montana’s Beaverhead County had barely begun to fill a hole left by the 2017 closure of the local public assistance office, mental health clinic, chemical dependency center and job placement office after the state’s last budget shortfall. Now, those …