The needle exchange opened in 2015, after Austin, Indiana, became the epicenter of an HIV outbreak, in today's bite-sized hospital and health industry news from Connecticut, Indiana, and Kentucky.
Bon Secours Virginia and VCU Health, which have traditionally competed for business, are collaborating on several new ventures, Tammie Smith writes for the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
State and federal agencies are ramping up their focus on the U.S. opioid misuse epidemic—but public health experts say other drugs are making a resurgence in the United States and require officials' attention.
Forbes on Tuesday released its 2018 World Billionaires rankings—and 21 of the billionaires categorized as having made their fortune in the health care industry are from the United States.
CMS Administrator Seema Verma in a letter to Idaho officials says, "If a state fails to substantially enforce the law, … CMS has a responsibility to enforce these provisions on behalf of the state."
One-time prostate-specific antigen screening did not significantly reduce mortality rates over a 10-year period, according to a study published in JAMA. Advisory Board's Deirdre Saulet says it is "difficult to draw meaningful conclusions" from the research—and outlines PSA test best practices for providers.
In light of the investigation, Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin on Wednesday announced that the department is reorganizing oversight of its health care system to address medical center mismanagement "as a system failure issue."