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Radnor firm expanding the reach of its opioid overdose treatment
An area company’s spray product used to treat opioid overdoses will soon be available in Canada. Health Canada on Monday granted approval to Adapt Pharma for its naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray for...
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Study: Cannabis production uses as much energy as data centers
Growing cannabis uses a lot of energy, according to a report by EQ Research LLC, an organization that provides clean energy analysis for businesses and nonprofits. According to the report, cannabis...
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OHSU has unusual prescription for improving lung cancer patients' odds
Diagnosing and treating depression in lung cancer patients could significantly improve their odds of survival, according to a new study by Donald Sullivan, a doctor and assistant professor at Oregon...
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Quorum Health will sell Barrow Regional Medical Hospital
Quorum Health Corp. (NYSE: QHC) will sell Barrow Regional Medical Hospital, a 56-bed facility in Winder, Ga. Financial terms were not disclosed. The sale should close by Dec. 31, 2016. Like many rural...
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$9.5M Cerner impersonation scheme nets fifth guilty plea
Albert Davis, 56, was the fifth person to plead guilty in a $9.5 million fraud scheme that involved impersonating Cerner Corp. in a series of business and legal activities. Co-defendants David Hernon,...
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Evergreen Health going private after facing collapse as nonprofit
Evergreen Health Cooperative is going private after facing an extreme financial struggle this year that threatened its future. CEO Peter Beilenson said the company’s board of directors voted...
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Medica won't pay broker commissions on new individual plan sales
Medica will stop paying brokers commission on sales of newly issued individual health policies next year, the insurer confirmed Monday. The Minnetonka-based company also will only sell individual...
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Why two D.C. bachelors created an app for pregnant women
For self-proclaimed bachelors Juan Pablo Segura and Anish Sebastian, a Georgetown startup around the prenatal care experience doesn't seem like a natural fit. For starters, neither of the 28-year-old...
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Medalogix's prescription for its next step: Solving health care's "overuse"...
When Dan Hogan launched Medalogix, he was offering a tool that could help home health care providers cope with the switch to payment based on outcomes in a market where it wasn't yet clear what...
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Pittsburgh hospitals gear up for flu season
Flu season can be unpredictable in both timing an severity, and Pittsburgh-area hospitals are already gearing up to combat the virus among employees, patients and the community. "Once you've seen one...
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UMKC, Children’s Mercy add research tool to ID genetic diseases
The University of Missouri-Kansas City and Children’s Mercy jointly acquired a “state of the art device” on Monday. The new mass spectrometer can measure and analyze proteins quickly for a number of...
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Ambulance company owner gets 10 months in prison
Another former Philadelphia ambulance company owner was sentenced to prison for his involvement in perpetrating a Medicare fraud scheme. Bassem Kuran, 23, of Philadelphia was sentenced today to 10...
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Gov. Brown: Drastic cuts will follow M97 fail; vows to protect Medicaid
When Gov. Kate Brown practiced family law before she entered politics, she had a client whose children were in foster care and who was afraid to leave her house. “It was only through a lot of prying...
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New England Baptist, Shields sell Dedham building for $34M
Shields Health Care Group, New England Baptist Hospital and a group of physicians have sold their real estate holding in Dedham, raking in $34 million on the sale. The three groups, which will still...
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Washington man who threatened local executive online gets prison
A Washington man who used social media to threaten the life of a local life-sciences company CEO was sentenced to one year and one day in prison. Scott Anthony Orton, 57, of Puyallup, Washington,...
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Why Arizona's Medicaid reforms aren't such a big deal
The feds have approved Arizona's plans to reform the state Medicaid program. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey announced that Arizona's Medicaid program will be the first in the nation to allow eligible members...
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Nurses pack hearing, blast changes in rules governing medications
Nurses packed a hearing room Tuesday to voice strong opposition to regulatory changes they said could allow unlicensed workers to administer medication, pull trained nurses away from bedsides and...
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Retinal-disease expert to become chair of University of Pittsburgh's...
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine named a Sorbonne professor and an expert in retinal diseases as the chair of its Department of Ophthalmology. Dr. José-Alain Sahel will join UPMC and the...
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At Banfield's newish $23M HQ, it's bring your dog to work day, every day
With a three-story dog ramp at its center, open office space with no cubicles and a “living wall” of vertically-aligned plants, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Banfield Pet Hospital’s new...
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Theranos to fire 340 as it closes labs and wellness centers
Theranos will fire 340 employees as it closes its clinical labs and Theranos Wellness Centers, wrote founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes in a blog post Wednesday afternoon. The closing of the labs and...
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