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Steward's asset-stripping ‘really despicable,' Healey says
Slamming Steward Health Care executives for “really despicable” conduct, Gov. Maura Healey said Tuesday that she wants Massachusetts and federal regulators to conduct a thorough review of a proposal that would sell Steward’s physician network to for-profit insurer Optum. Healey faced questions during an interview on WBUR’s “Radio Boston” about whether she supports the proposed sale and what might...
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Houston hospital says doctor made patients ineligible for liver transplants by manipulating database
A Houston hospital has halted its liver and kidney transplant programs after it says a doctor manipulated a database for liver transplant patients, making them ineligible to receive a new organ.
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Receiver named for Mission Hill nursing home facing closure
Dignity Alliance Massachusetts on Wednesday night shared a Superior Court ruling in which Judge Katie Rayburn concluded an emergency exists at the Edgar P. Benjamin Healthcare Center facility and that a temporary receiver “is necessary to preserve the health, safety, and well-being of the residents.”
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Boston Medical Center launches home hospital program
Boston Medical Center is the latest Massachusetts health system to begin offering hospital-level care in patients’ homes.
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Markey, Warren focus on Steward Health Care in push for stronger regulations
U.S. Sens. Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren excoriated Steward Health Care’s top executive inside Beacon Hill’s largest hearing room Wednesday, where they set up an empty chair for CEO Ralph de la Torre, who declined to testify about financial decisions that have jeopardized operations at its Massachusetts hospitals. During their Senate subcommittee hearing exploring the harms of private equity...
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Senate investigating whether ER care has been harmed by growing role of private-equity firms
An inquiry by the Senate’s Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee into ER care centers on three of the nation’s largest private-equity firms.
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Some rural hospitals are removing all inpatient beds, leading to confusion and no margin for error
Rural emergency hospitals are starting to gain a small foothold in the United States.
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Leaders push to keep Boston nursing home open
City leaders rallied to save the Benjamin Healthcare Center, a nursing home in Mission Hill that’s set to close July 1, leaving its 76 patients, all elderly or with disabilities, needing to find new homes.
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Paramedics use AI ultrasound tech to help scan for injuries
The Foxborough Fire Department will now use artificial intelligence to look at internal injuries while transporting patients.
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Foxborough paramedics using AI-assisted ultrasounds to better assess patients' injuries
The Foxborough Fire Department is embracing the future. Nearly 40 paramedics will now be using artificial intelligence to assess patients’ internal injuries while en route to the hospital. “We’re just getting used to using this new system, so it’ll take some practice,” said Ryan Foley, a Foxborough firefighter and paramedic. According to Foley, their ultrasound technology will use AI...
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Insurer delays and denials hamper patients seeking at-home breathing machines
Doctors around the country say insurers are making it harder to get coverage for home ventilators that patients with serious illnesses need as their lungs fail. They say patients often must struggle first with less-effective — and cheaper — devices before some plans will pay for noninvasive ventilators.
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Mass. needs more health care workers — can virtual reality help train them?
While new jobs data released Friday put the Massachusetts unemployment rate at an ultra-low 3%, the demand for workers in health care is surging to incredibly high levels. The health care sector had 49,030 job openings as of January 2024, according to the state’s Labor and Workforce Development Office, with demand for nursing especially strong — 17,627 job postings were…
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Training workers with virtual reality
Despite a decreasing unemployment rate in Massachusetts, there is a gaping worker shortage in health care.
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A popular asthma medication was discontinued, leaving patients scrambling for alternatives
Flovent, made by the company GlaxoSmithKline, was discontinued at the end of December. It was used to treat asthma in both children and adults, and many are now struggling to find the medication they need to breathe.
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Popular asthma medication discontinued, leaving patients scrambling for alternatives
Flovent, a popular inhaler that has been used to treat asthma for the last 25 years, is disappearing from pharmacy shelves, leaving patients and doctors scrambling to find the medication they need in order to breathe. The drug company, GlaxoSmithKline, discontinued the medication at the end of December. Keyes Drug store in Newton got their final shipment at the…
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Honoring Chadwick Boseman, wife Simone Leward Boseman speaks on colorectal cancer awareness
Simone Ledward Boseman, wife of Chadwick Boseman who cared for him during his four-year battle with colorectal cancer, visited Dana-Farber Cancer Institute on Saturday to raise awareness about the disease. Her husband, who was known for his starring role as King T’Challa in the ‘Black Panther‘ movie and other appearances in the Marvel franchise, died of the disease in 2020….
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Healey applauds CVS and Walgreens' move to offer abortion pill
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, who has been a strong advocate for protecting reproductive care in her state, is applauding a decision by pharmacy chains CVS and Walgreens to offer abortion pill mifepristone to patients as prescribed by a doctor. The Food and Drug Administration approved guidelines for the drug last year, and both chains have received the certifications necessary to…
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Boston doctors discuss ‘devastating problem' of health inequity
Racial disparities continue to plague Massachusetts’ health care system, but thankfully, there’s a lot of work underway to change that. “The pandemic is probably what changed and brought a lot of these issues that we’ve been dealing with to the forefront of people’s mind,” Boston Medical Center Dr. Sabrina Assoumou said. One silver lining that came from the COVID-19...
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FULL VIDEO: Discover Black Heritage discussion on health equity in Mass.
Boston Medical Center’s Dr. Sabrina Assoumou and Mass General Brigham’s associate chief health equity officer, Dr. Allison Bryant Mantha, discussed what we’ve learned after the COVID-19 pandemic shined a spotlight on disparities in the health care system and more....
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Addressing racial disparities in Massachusetts' health care system
Racial disparities continue to plague the health care system in Massachusetts, but experts say that they’ve seen progress in efforts to addressing them.
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