Primary care physicians and the Massachusetts Senate's healthcare point person are questioning a proposed partnership between Mass General Brigham and CVS that the two companies say will address gaps in comprehensive primary care access.
The FDA on Wednesday approved the first-ever glucose monitoring system specifically for weight loss from the startup Signos, establishing a new option for Americans to manage their weight. The Signos system offers three- and six-month plans ($139 and $129 a month, respectively, and the company will send all of the continuous glucose monitors a patient needs.
When the fall semester begins this month at the University of South Florida, the USF College of Public Health will offer a first-of-its-kind, university-based bachelor's degree in health care simulation operations. The curriculum is offered in conjunction with the USF Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation (CAMLS), one of the world's largest free-standing health care simulation facilities, according to the university.
Police are looking for a man accused of stealing a car parked outside a Gardner hospital Monday afternoon, while a child was still inside it. Officers responded Monday afternoon to reports of a car stolen from Heywood Hospital with a child inside. The suspect, who police did not identify, stole the car at Heywood Hospital, drove a short distance and ordered the child to exit the vehicle.