The average “heart age” of men in the U.S. is seven years older than their actual age, according to a study published July 30 in JAMA Cardiology.  Using the American Heart Association’s Predicting ...

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health has tapped Snehal Patel, MD, as system director of heart failure in the Northwell Transplant Institute and Northwell Cardiovascular Institute.  Dr. Patel ...

Several health systems are voicing support for a new federal initiative to improve data exchange and expand access to digital health tools, following a July 30 White House summit that formalized a ...

A national medication safety organization is advocating for pharmacies to eliminate prescription time guarantees.  According to the National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and ...

City Council approved the transfer of El Centro Regional Medical Center to the Imperial Valley Healthcare District, the Calexico Chronicle reported July 29. Five things to know: 1. The asset transfer ...

A recent Aurora-based University of Colorado Cancer Center study found that COVID-19 infection in cancer patients can reawaken cancer cells and lead to metastasis. The study, published July 30 in ...

Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham is looking to partner with CVS Health in a bid to expand primary care access in Massachusetts, The Boston Globe reported July 31. Here are five things to k ...

Health systems are increasing their use of Microsoft’s ambient AI for clinical documentation. Here are four things to know from a July 30 Microsoft earnings call: 1. Microsoft had a “breakout” fiscal ...

Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health has shared plans to build a $200 million full-service hospital and medical building in West Lafayette, Ind. The 200,000-square-foot, 40 inpatient-bed hospital ...

CVS Health raised its annual earnings outlook following strong performance at Aetna and the pharmacy segment in the second quarter, according to the company’s July 31 financial report.  CVS Health The ...

Waukon, Iowa-based Veterans Memorial Hospital is trying out a unique approach to sign up users for the MyChart patient portal attached to its new Epic EHR. Visitors to the hospital’s tent at a local ...

Healthcare groups are warning that caps on federal loan limits for medical students passed under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act could worsen the nation’s physician shortage. The legislation eliminates ...