Two women with diverse professional backgrounds have come together to form FemHealth Ventures, a new venture-capital firm that is raising a fund to invest in technologies for women’s health. Healthcare investor Maneesha Ghiya and Noraan Sadik, an attorney and startup founder, are raising $50 million for an investment pool aimed at women’s health, a sector drawing more venture funding as startups develop a range of medical and digital technologies.
Benj Lance never thought he could look particularly good in his work uniform: the plain, boxy scrubs that populate hospitals and doctor’s offices around the world. Then the 33-year-old administrator at an Alabama pain management clinic saw a more distinct, fitted style on a colleague and never turned back: He now has more than a half-dozen in his closet, all bought online from the same Santa Monica company.
Lawrence General Hospital, the community hospital for a city ravaged by COVID-19, is laying off 56 people and is threatening additional cuts unless it receives immediate government aid. The layoffs include employees working in administration and patient care and amount to about 2.5 percent of the hospital’s workforce. Financial challenges are not new to Lawrence General, which serves a large proportion of low-income residents on MassHealth, the state Medicaid program.
One-third of millennials have a health condition that reduces both their quality of life and their life expectancy, according to a recent study of medical claims done by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Health Index. What does that mean for this aging generation’s future?
Even as the pandemic sent a shock through Tower Health's shaky finances, the West Reading-based health system continued to open more urgent care centers. Since it announced layoffs of 1,000 employees in June, Tower has opened seven new urgent care centers in Chester, Montgomery and Berks counties.