by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
On Wednesday, a tornado caused extensive damage to a Pfizer drug manufacturing site in Rocky Mount, N.C., threatening critical supplies for hospitals across the country. The company estimated that one-fourth of the injectable medications it supplies to U.S. hospitals...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
Stanford Health Care’s resident physicians, who unionized last year, rallied in front of the hospital Wednesday to demand improved pay, working conditions, and care standards as they continue to negotiate their first contract. The physicians, represented by the...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
In the past 10 years, there has been a dramatic shift in physician practice ownership as less than half of doctors now work in private practices, according to a new analysis. Between 2012 and 2022 the share of physicians working in private practices fell from 60...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
The Lown Institute released its ranking of the most socially responsible hospitals, with just 54 out of 3,600 receiving “A” grades for their work across the three main categories of equity, value, and outcomes. The Lown Institute is a health care think tank that...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
Hospitals told a major Senate panel that a $385 million bucket of annual emergency preparedness funding up for reauthorization should “be at least doubled” if the country’s health care system is to be ready for another public health threat. In a letter to the Senate...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 13, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
HCA Healthcare on Monday reported a data security incident where personal information, including patient names and contact details, was stolen and posted online. The data lists could contain 27 million rows of data with information from about 11 million patients who...
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