A new app that turns a mobile phone into a clinical-grade scanner is easing pressure on one of the UK’s busiest emergency departments, while another company is using music to treat anxiety and soothe pain, reducing drug bills. Across the health and care sector, new partnerships with technology companies are being forged with the aim…
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The last minutes of 16-year-old Ian Ezquerra’s life were spent on Snapchat. Outwardly, the teenager, who had excelled in school and was a member of its swimming team, was a happy young man. But as his social media use increased, so did his anxiety. His mother, Jennifer Mitchell, was unaware Ian was viewing dangerous content…
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom, whose administration is struggling to contain a worsening homelessness crisis despite record spending, is trying something bold: tapping federal healthcare funding to cover rent for homeless people and those at risk of losing their housing. States are barred from using federal Medicaid dollars to pay directly for rent, but…
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The statistics are sobering: Violence is five times more likely to occur in a hospital setting than in the rest of the nation’s workplaces, according to recent assessments by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Healthcare workplace violence has grown every year since 2011–and the rate of violence against nurses and personal care facility workers…
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United States Catholic bishops have issued guidelines that seek to stop Catholic hospitals from providing gender transition care, a move LGBTQ advocates say could harm the physical and emotional health of transgender people within the church. The 14-page doctrinal note, titled “Moral Limits to the Technological Manipulation of the Human Body,” sets forth guidelines for…
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The Barcelona Supercomputing Centre, housing the MareNostrum supercomputer in the Chapel Torre Girona © Josep Lago/AFP/Getty Images The idea that there could be “another me”, a doppelgänger or identical copy of oneself, has long had a powerful hold on the popular imagination. Now, science is beginning to breathe glimmers of reality into the concept, at…
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Prosecutors finished presenting their case against three former executives of Outcome Health, eight weeks after the fraud trial began. The final witnesses were a forensic accountant and a partner from Google’s venture-capital fund, Capital G, which saw its $50 million investment evaporate after fraud accusations grounded the once-high-flying Chicago startup more than five years ago.…
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Sutter Health’s finances took a significant downturn last year after a strong performance in 2021, according to a report the nonprofit health system issued Wednesday. Sutter Health suffered a net loss of $249 million in 2022, a major decline from the $1.14 billion gain the Sacramento, California-based company recorded in 2021. By the end of…
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A rural hospital in northern Idaho will stop delivering babies or providing other obstetrical care, citing a shifting legal climate in which recently enacted state laws could subject physicians to prosecution for providing abortions, among other reasons. Bonner General Health in Sandpoint will discontinue obstetrical services in mid-May. It also cited a decreasing number of…
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Bon Secours Mercy Health posted a $1.2 billion net loss in 2022, compared with a $997.7 million gain the prior year, the Catholic nonprofit health system disclosed this week. The change was largely driven by decreased returns on investment amid struggling financial markets. Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy’s revenue rose 2.1% to $11.1 billion, while operating…
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