Medical
Steward Health Care System agrees to pay $4.7M in settlement over false claims in connection with Good Samaritan Medical Center
Despite public denial of wrongdoing, Steward Health Care System LLC (SHCS) has agreed to pay approximately $4.735 million to resolve allegations that its relationships with several physicians and physician practice groups violated federal law, including the False Claims Act, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. In the signed settlement agreement, SHCS “admits, acknowledges, and accepts responsibility” …
Colleton Medical Center turns green for mental health awareness
COLLETON COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – Colleton Medical Center is lighting up green as the hospital works to bring attention to the importance of mental health. Leaders with the hospital say mental health is just as important as physical health, encompassing a person’s emotional, psychological, and social well-being. “With the right diagnosis, many disorders and conditions …
Shelby Baptist Medical Center using melodies to raise mental health awareness
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – May is mental health awareness month and several health organizations and hospitals are working to raise awareness. One in particular is taking a rather unique approach in Shelby County. Music is known to be good for the ear but many in the health field believe it to be good for the …
Global Environment Facility grants Egypt $8 million to localize electronic, medical waste recycling technology
CAIRO – 11 April 2022: Minister of Environment Yasmin Fouad stated Sunday that the Global Environment Facility had granted Egypt $8 million to localize electronic and medical waste recycling technology. The Global Environment Facility had equally granted Egypt $8.1 million to carry out the Sustainable Management of Persistent Organic Pollutants (PoPs) …
Cheyenne Regional Medical Center first in state to use new technology | News
Cheyenne Regional Medical Center became the first hospital in the state last week to use new Shockwave technology to open a patient’s blocked coronary artery, according to a statement from the center. The patient’s artery was blocked with calcified plaque. The new technology fractured the calcium with sonic pressure waves, according to Dr. Abdur Khan, …
Will COVID-19 long-haulers push outpatient medical system to breaking point?
Carolina Nieto of Escondido and Julio Lara of Valley Center became the newest patients at the Sharp HealthCare COVID-19 Recovery Program Friday, meeting with rehabilitation specialists about lingering symptoms that they have suffered since 2021. Nieto, 63, arrived still pulling an oxygen tank more than one year after the virus put her in the hospital …
Purdue University Global partnering with UnityPoint Health – Jones Regional Medical Center on mobile simulation lab
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Purdue University Global School of Nursing has partnered with UnityPoint Health – Jones Regional Medical Center (JRMC) to develop and implement a mobile simulation lab. The simulation lab will offer state-of-the-art equipment and a setting to train with realistic scenarios. The mobile unit, to be located on the JRMC campus …
Inari Medical Announces Late-Breaking CLOUT Registry Data
IRVINE, Calif., June 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Inari Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: NARI) (“Inari”) a medical device company focused on developing products to treat and transform the lives of patients suffering from venous diseases, today announced strongly positive interim results of the first 250 deep vein thrombosis (“DVT”) patients enrolled in the ClotTriever Outcomes Registry …
Private-Equity Group Reaches Deal to Buy Medline for Over $30 Billion
A group of private-equity firms reached a deal to acquire Medline Industries Inc. that would value the medical-supply company at more than $30 billion, in one of the largest leveraged buyouts since the financial crisis. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier Saturday that the group was close to a deal after beating out a rival …
UCI Medical Center designated age-friendly health system | UCI Health
June 04, 2021 UCI Medical Center has been awarded the highest designation for excellence in caring for older hospitalized patients from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). The recent Level 2 designation of the Inpatient Care Unit as an Age-Friendly Health System — Committed to Care Excellence, follows IHI’s earlier Level …
