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Senators take aim at misleading online drug ads

Date
Friday, September 13, 2024 - 3:37 PM
Description

Sens. Dick Durbin and Mike Braun have introduced legislation to crack down on deceptive online promotions of prescription drugs by telehealth firms and social media influencers. 

Sentara Health Plans forms lab partnership with Quest

Date
Thursday, September 19, 2024 - 10:17 AM
Description

Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Healthcare has partnered with Quest Diagnostics to expand access to high-quality and affordable laboratory testing for members of Sentara Health Plans.

Sentara hospital to close pediatric unit

Date
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 - 11:50 AM
Description

Sentara RMH Medical Center in Harrisonburg, Va., will close its pediatric unit at the end of September, though officials emphasize the hospital will continue to provide care for children in the emergency department and make safe transfers when

Shuttered West Virginia hospital to reopen

Date
Monday, September 16, 2024 - 2:44 PM
Description

A West Virginia hospital that closed in 2020 has received a license that will allow it to operate the 76-bed facility, according to a Sept. 16 report from CBS affiliate WOWK.  

South Carolina hospital ends 6-year effort to open facility

Date
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 - 11:22 AM
Description

After a six-year legal battle, Beaufort (S.C.) Memorial Hospital has withdrawn its certificate of need for a planned hospital in Bluffton, S.C., the hospital confirmed in a statement shared with Becker's.

States ranked by C. diff infection rates

Date
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 - 10:09 AM
Description

New Mexico has the highest rate of Clostridium difficile infections for the second year, while Nevada has the lowest, federal data shows.

States ranked by projected RN supply by 2028

Date
Monday, September 16, 2024 - 3:08 PM
Description

By 2028, the national shortage of registered nurses is projected to primarily affect the Northeast, according to Mercer, a financial services company.

Steward CEO skips subpoena hearing

Date
Thursday, September 12, 2024 - 9:32 AM
Description

A chair with a name card for Ralph de la Torre, MD, chairman and CEO of Dallas-based Steward Health Care, sat empty Sept. 12 after he skipped the bipartisan Senate committee hearing he had been subpoenaed to attend.