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President Donald Trump delayed the return of steep tariffs on Chinese goods, signing an executive order that pushes the deadline back by 90 days, CNBC reported Aug. 11. The tariffs were set to revert to peak levels from April with U.S. duties on Chinese imports at 145% and a 125% tariff on U.S. goods. However, […]
A study has found that prescribing semaglutide in everyday clinical settings led to modest but meaningful improvements in cardiovascular risk alongside a rise in non-drug healthcare costs. The study, published Aug. 8 in JAMA Network Open, analyzed data from more than 23,500 adults across Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health System and Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Healthcare. […]
Indianapolis-based IU Health is addressing a shifting patient volume while also advancing multiple projects to improve efficiency and expand access at the system. In the second quarter of 2025, IU Health saw an operating income of $132.7 million (5.4% margin) with revenues of $2.5 billion. For the six months ending June 30, IU Health’s operating […]
A surgeon from the Heart Hospital of Austin (Texas) at St. David’s Round Rock became the first in the U.S. to use a carotid artery stent outside of clinical trials. The device was used in July by the heart hospital’s chief of surgery, Bradley Boon, MD, according to an Aug. 11 news release from St. […]
The FDA confirmed the nationwide shortage of sodium chloride 0.9% injection, or IV saline, has officially ended. The IV saline shortage, which has affected hospitals and clinics across the country, is no longer listed in the FDA’s Drug Shortage Database, according to an Aug. 8 statement from agency Commissioner Marty Makary, MD. The FDA credited […]
Health system CEOs who remain focused on access to care and thoughtfully incorporating AI into their organizations expect those core issues to continue dominating strategic discussions in 2026. But those priorities will exist in the context of HR 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, adding complexity for leaders navigating stability and balance. In conversations […]
A hospital in Croatia is the first European member of Cleveland Clinic Connected, a program that offers organizations access to Cleveland Clinic branding, consultative services and education opportunities. The hospital, Radiochirurgia Zagreb, is a specialty hospital for early cancer diagnosis and treatment, according to an Aug. 11 news release. Since its founding in 2016, Radiochirurgia […]
Tracy Griffin has been named chief information security officer at Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health. In this role, Ms. Griffin will oversee the health system’s vision and strategy to ensure its information assets and technologies are well protected, according to an Aug. 11 LinkedIn post by Bon Secours Mercy Health. She has served in the […]
Thousand Oaks, Calif.-based Los Robles Health System, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, was among the top 10 sites for patient enrollment in a clinical trial aimed at assessing the safety and effectiveness of Abbott’s TriClip Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Repair system. Results from the TRILUMINATE Pivotal trial, in which surgeons performed transcatheter edge-to-edge repair for […]
A group of House Democrats is seeking answers from CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, regarding a new initiative that will add prior authorization for some traditional fee-for-service Medicare services. The 17 House Democrats said in their Aug. 7 letter that the use of prior authorization “shows us that, in practice, [this proposal] will likely limit […]