People around the world are buying face masks to protect themselves from the new coronavirus that's been spreading across China and to other countries, potentially threatening providers' ability to access masks to use in clinical settings.
A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found performing CT scans on heavy smokers may lower their lung cancer death rates by a factor of one-quarter to one-third—yet the practice is still not common, according to Advisory Board's Ty Aderhold and Mallory Kirby. They offer two tips for providers to increase screening.
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Robert Wilkie on Monday announced that he had fired James Byrne, deputy secretary at VA, effective immediately, "due to loss of confidence in … Byrne's ability to carry out his duties," in today's bite-sized hospital and health industry news from California, the District of Columbia, and New Jersey.