Biden’s FTC Has Blocked 4 Hospital Mergers and Is Poised to Thwart More Consolidation Attempts

Jul 18, 2022 at 10:19 am by Staff

By Harris Meyer, Kaiser Health News Fresh off the Federal Trade Commission’s successful challenges to four hospital mergers, the Biden administration’s new m.... Read More

Conservative Blocs Unleash Litigation to Curb Public Health Powers

Jul 18, 2022 at 10:15 am by Staff

By Lauren Weber and Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Kaiser Health News Through a wave of pandemic-related litigation, a trio of small but mighty conservative le.... Read More

FTC Official: Antitrust Push in Health Care Must Focus on a Merger’s ‘Human Impact’

Jul 18, 2022 at 10:07 am by Staff

By Harris Meyer, Kaiser Health News President Joe Biden has ordered the Federal Trade Commission to combat consolidation in the health care industry, saying that i.... Read More

Holowatyj named chair of scientific advisory board for ACPMP Research Foundation

Jul 17, 2022 at 08:51 pm by Staff

  By Tom Wilemon  Andreana Holowatyj, PhD, MSCI, assistant professor of Medicine and Cancer Biology, has been named the inaugural chair of the scientific advisory.... Read More

New implant helps ease spinal Lumbar Fusion Surgery

Jul 17, 2022 at 08:47 pm by Staff

by Emily Stembridge Raymond Gardocki, MD, associate professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, played an instrumental role in developing and implanting the Flarehawk 9 — a first.... Read More

Darling honored by Society of Research Administrators

Jul 17, 2022 at 08:45 pm by Staff

By Bill Snyder Heather Darling, PMP, senior program manager in the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, has been selected as a Future of the Field honoree by the Society of R.... Read More

Clinic offers ongoing care for Pediatric Heart Patients

Jul 17, 2022 at 08:42 pm by Staff

  By Christina Echegaray By age 2, Gabe Ezell had two open heart surgeries to repair his congenital heart condition — tricuspid atresia with a hypoplastic right v.... Read More

Pediatric ECMO program founder Pietsch Retires

Jul 17, 2022 at 08:38 pm by Staff

  By Jessica Pasley John Pietsch, MD, professor of Surgery and Pediatrics and founder of the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) program at Monroe Carell Jr. Chi.... Read More

As Big Pharma Loses Interest in New Antibiotics, Infections Are Only Growing Stronger

Jul 17, 2022 at 07:33 pm by Staff

By Arthur Allen, Kaiser Health News Forget covid-19, monkeypox, and other viruses for the moment and consider another threat troubling infectious disease specialists: co.... Read More

TriStar StoneCrest First in Rutherford County to Offer Minimally Invasive, Robotic Treatment for Enlarged Prostate 

Jul 17, 2022 at 04:57 pm by Staff

  SMYRNA - TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center is the first hospital in Rutherford County to offer Aquablation, a new, robotic therapy for the treatment of an enlarged pro.... Read More