Harvard Medical School will no longer submit data to the U.S. News and World Report, citing that the publication's rankings create "perverse incentives" for institutions.
Regarding Brenda Cronin's "Is Experience Always Necessary?" (op-ed, Jan. 4): Practicing medicine for the past 25 years, I have seen the shift of hospital administrations' mission from caring for patients to making money. Each hospital now has a marketing machine constantly developing slogans to show the public we care more than our rivals. My favorites are "patient-focused care" and "Covid clean."
The option to buy now and pay later is making its way to healthcare where patients can defer payment for certain procedures, like fertility or cosmetic services.
Walgreens Boots Alliance and CVS Health plan to seek U.S. certification to dispense the abortion pill, moves that could dramatically widen access to thousands of pharmacies in the parts of the country where abortion remains legal.
A top Walgreens executive on Thursday acknowledged the company may have overblown concerns about thefts in their stores after shrinkage stabilized over the last year.