Private Equity Sees the Billions in Eye Care as Firms Target High-Profit Procedures
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Why Healthcare Workers Should Start A Cash Practice

Sep 25, 2022 at 01:07 pm by Staff

By Jason Duprat, Founder — Healthcare Entrepreneur Academy & Ketamine Academy  A cash-based practice is another name for a self-pay or fee-for-service private.... Read More

Death Is Anything but a Dying Business as Private Equity Cashes In

Sep 24, 2022 at 11:02 pm by Staff

By Markian Hawryluk, Kaiser Health News   Private equity firms are investing in health care from cradle to grave, and in that latter category quite literally. A sm.... Read More

FBI Notice: Unpatched and Outdated Medical Devices Provide Cyber Attack Opportunities

Sep 21, 2022 at 12:54 pm by pjeter

Please contact the FBI with any questions related to this Private Industry Notification via your local FBI Cyber Squad. www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices   Threat&.... Read More

“Getting the Cart Before the Horse” – Failing to Integrate Federal Reimbursement Requirements Into the Programing and Schematic Design Phases of Modern Healthcare Facilities

Sep 20, 2022 at 12:21 pm by Staff

  By Christopher S. Dunn, David M. Johnston   Overview of Healthcare Construction Sector in the U.S. Construction Economy As reported by the U.S. C.... Read More

As Telemedicine Best Practices Emerge, Assess Your Practice

Sep 19, 2022 at 03:43 pm by Staff

  By David L. Feldman, MD   Early in the pandemic, I heard an obstetrician say that a medical setting was the last place many patients were willing to go. As.... Read More

Private Equity Sees the Billions in Eye Care as Firms Target High-Profit Procedures

Sep 19, 2022 at 10:08 am by Staff

  By Lauren Weber, Kaiser Health News Christina Green hoped cataract surgery would clear up her cloudy vision, which had worsened after she took a drug to fight he.... Read More

Self named co-principal investigator of Vanderbilt’s Clinical and Translational Science Award

Sep 25, 2022 at 01:19 pm by Staff

  by Bill Snyder Wesley Self, MD, MPH, a physician-scientist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has been named co-principal investigator (co-PI) of Vanderbilt&rsq.... Read More

New Clinician Spotlight: Catherine Watson

Sep 19, 2022 at 03:23 pm by Staff

  Catherine Watson, MD, has joined Vanderbilt University Medical Center as an assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, specializing in gynecol.... Read More

South College’s nurse anesthesia founding director earns induction as national fellow

Sep 13, 2022 at 09:40 am by Staff

  Lois Stewart, the founding director of South College’s nurse anesthesia program, has been inducted as a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiolog.... Read More

Calkins lands national award for research on blinding eye diseases

Sep 12, 2022 at 10:56 am by Staff

  by Nancy Humphrey David Calkins, PhD, assistant vice president for Research, vice chair and director of Research at the Vanderbilt Eye Institute, and director of the.... Read More

Vanderbilt study uses AI to speed monkeypox drug trials

Sep 25, 2022 at 01:35 pm by pjeter

  by Paul Govern A machine learning algorithm developed by researchers at Vanderbilt University performs as well as humans at identifying skin lesions in clinical photo.... Read More

Shift in Child Hospice Care Is a Lifeline for Parents Seeking a Measure of Comfort and Hope

Sep 24, 2022 at 11:03 pm by Staff

  By Bernard J. Wolfson, Kaiser Health News   When you first meet 17-month-old Aaron Martinez, it’s not obvious that something is catastrophically wron.... Read More

Genetic Tests Create Treatment Opportunities and Confusion for Breast Cancer Patients

Sep 24, 2022 at 11:00 pm by Staff

  By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News   The past decade has witnessed a rapid expansion of genetic tests, including new instruments to inform patients wh.... Read More

Policy experts discuss abortion ruling and health data privacy

Sep 25, 2022 at 01:37 pm by Staff

by Paul Govern The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade and newly enacted state laws limiting or banning abortion can be expected to bring new scrutiny.... Read More

Doctors Rush to Use Supreme Court Ruling to Escape Opioid Charges

Sep 19, 2022 at 10:01 am by Staff

    By Brett Kelman, Kaiser Health News Dr. Nelson Onaro conceded last summer that he’d written illegal prescriptions, although he said he was thinking.... Read More

Newborns Get Routine Heel Blood Tests, but Should States Keep Those Samples?

Sep 19, 2022 at 09:40 am by Staff

    By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News Close to 4 million babies are born in the United States every year, and within their first 48 hours nearly all ar.... Read More

Introducing 2022 - 2023 Class of The Commonwealth Society

Sep 26, 2022 at 11:13 am by Staff

  The Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Foundation is pleased to introduce the 2022 - 2023 class of The Commonwealth Society, a forum for Rutherford County business.... Read More

The Tennessee Pharmacists Association Welcomes Additional New Hires to Help Serve Pharmacists Across Tennessee

Sep 26, 2022 at 11:10 am by Staff

Nashville — The Tennessee Pharmacists Association (TPA), the only professional association representing pharmacists in all practice areas across the state.... Read More

TriStar Health continues investment in graduate medical education program to help address national physician shortage

Sep 26, 2022 at 11:08 am by Staff

In its second year, 59 residents are training at four accredited programs across the TriStar Health network, with two additional programs planned for 2023   NASHVILLE &.... Read More

Colon cancer researchers awarded NCI grant for study of early lesions

Sep 25, 2022 at 01:44 pm by Staff

  by Sarah Glass Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received a five-year, $5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to study precancerous lesions and ea.... Read More

Medical student’s life saved by quick action of classmates

Sep 25, 2022 at 01:40 pm by Staff

  by Kathy Whitney As his second year of medical school was coming to a close — with just one final exam left to take the next day — Daniel Ragheb and a few.... Read More

VUMC to lead AI ethics core for NIH project

Sep 25, 2022 at 01:22 pm by Staff

by Paul Govern Faculty members at Vanderbilt University Medical Center will have a central role in a National Institutes of Health (NIH) program called Bridge to Artificial I.... Read More

Sen. Blackburn Calls for FDA Investigation into Use of Puberty Blockers on Minors

Sep 23, 2022 at 07:07 pm by Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following a shocking video of a doctor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) touting profits from transgender care, U.S. Senat.... Read More

Statement about transgender health care at VUMC

Sep 23, 2022 at 07:00 pm by Staff

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is now the subject of social media posts and a video that misrepresent facts about the care the Medical Center provides to transgender pat.... Read More

 Health Resources and Services Administration Awards Nashville's Matthew Walker Health Center Funds for Cancer Screening    

Sep 23, 2022 at 06:39 pm by Staff

Initial $5 million investment supports President Biden’s Cancer Moonshot Initiative   The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health R.... Read More

Sound of Sight Live Concert Series

Sep 21, 2022 at 07:07 pm by Staff

  Ben Folds is widely regarded as one of the major music influencers of our generation. He's created an enormous body of music that includes pop albums with five, multip.... Read More
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