If passed, the bill would limit compensation for a hospital's executive and clinical leadership to no more than 10x the salaries of the lowest-paid patient-facing employees. The bill would also require the ratio of frontline workers to administrative employees fall in line with national averages.
The 420,000-square-foot North Tower officially opened its doors Sunday after nearly a decade of planning and construction, officials said. Over a four-hour period, a team of doctors, nurses and technicians transferred 130 patients, including newborns and expectant mothers, from the hospital's original Browning Building into the new state-of-the-art tower via enclosed passageways.
When cancer spreads from a primary tumor to new sites throughout the body, it undergoes changes that increase its genetic complexity. A new study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center provides fresh insights about how cancers evolve when they metastasize — insights that could aid in developing strategies to improve the effectiveness of treatment.
America's healthcare system is experiencing a crisis. It’s a crisis of trust and compassion, driven by the corporatization of medicine prioritizing profits over patients. Despite spending more per capita on healthcare than any other developed nation, our system is failing in fundamental ways— declining life expectancy, eroding trust in medical professionals, and burning out the very caregivers we depend upon. The question isn't whether we can afford to fix healthcare; it's whether we can afford not to.
The deal to acquire Zava will expand the company's services to Ireland, France and Germany and will grow its active customer base by roughly 50%, adding 1.3 million customers to Hims' existing base of 2.4 million subscribers.
Amazon Pharmacy is rolling out new features in hopes of attracting more seniors covered by Medicare’s drug benefit, a potentially lucrative market dominated by CVS Health and Walgreens. Amazon says it is launching a new 'caregiver support feature' that allows its customers to have someone else manage medications on their behalf. Once the caregivers are verified through a secure invitation, 'caregivers can now manage medications for their loved ones,' the company says.