Cleveland Clinic, Amwell name new leadership for their joint venture
November 19, 2020 – Cleveland Clinic and Amwell announced the appointment of new leadership to their digital health company, a joint venture that delivers virtual…
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Intermountain Healthcare to postpone some elective surgeries due to rising COVID-19 hospitalizations
November 19, 2020 – Intermountain Healthcare (Salt Lake City, UT) is taking steps to conserve intensive medicine resources and help reduce hospital capacity amid surging…
Vizient urges Congress to again support hospitals with COVID-19 relief legislation
November 19, 2020 – Vizient, Inc. (Irving, TX) this week shared a letter with House and Senate leadership urging Congress to continue pandemic response efforts…
Hospitals facing massive staffing shortages as COVID-19 surges
November 19, 2020 – Hospitals in at least 25 states are critically short of nurses, doctors, and other staff as coronavirus cases surge across the…
Owens & Minor preps for flu season with increased U.S.-made mask and N95 respirator capacity
November 19, 2020 – Owens & Minor (Richmond, VA) announced that, as the U.S. prepares to enter flu season amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the company…
ProvideGx partners with Fresenius Kabi to stabilize supply of heparin
November 18, 2020 – Premier Inc. (Charlotte, NC), through its ProvideGx program, has partnered with Fresenius Kabi to supply pre-filled, single-use IV bags of heparin…
Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is 95% effective, trials show
November 18, 2020 – Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE announced that their mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate showed an efficacy rate of 95% in participants without…
FDA authorizes first at-home molecular test for COVID-19
November 18, 2020 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) to Lucria Health for the first COVID-19…
Abbott becomes first anchor sponsor of American Diabetes Association’s Health Equity Now initiative
November 18, 2020 – Abbott (Abbott Park, IL) and the American Diabetes Association announced that Abbott has become the first anchor sponsor of the Health…
Vizient updates list of essential medications, expands Novaplus Enhanced Supply program portfolio
November 17, 2020 – Vizient, Inc. (Irving, TX) announced it has published an update to its list of essential medications which, if not available, would…