2seventy Bio, Seattle Children's pause study after patient death
The cancer-focused biotech, which partnered with Seattle Children's on the study, is investigating the cause of the death. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - June 15, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Rick Morgan Source Type: news

Cancer-fighting drug with Peninsula roots could get new life as aneurysm treatment
The findings by researchers in Japan are early but show an old drug could perform new, life-saving tricks. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - June 14, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Ron Leuty Source Type: news

Encompass Health prepares to open rehab hospital, fill gap in care
The facility is opening nearly a year later than planned and will cost tens of millions to deliver. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - June 14, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Sara Gilgore Source Type: news

Providence Portland is taking steps to reduce patient load as nurses strike looms
The Oregon Nurses Association last week put the hospital in Northeast Portland on notice that it intends to begin a five-day strike on June 19, after eight months of negotiations have failed to produce an agreement. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - June 14, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Elizabeth Hayes Source Type: news

UCHealth gets in the emergency medical education game
The program offers alternative scheduling for each new cohort. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - June 14, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Analisa Romano Source Type: news

TriHealth names Dr. Clint Hutson president of Bethesda North Hospital
TriHealth has named Dr. Clint Hutson president of Bethesda North, one of its flagship hospitals in the region. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - June 14, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Liz Engel Source Type: news

Telehealth company Thirty Madison buys assets from bankrupt The Pill Club
Thirty Madison has acquired assets from The Pill Club, an online birth control and women ’s health company that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in April after facing fraud charges. The digital health care brand paid $32.2 million for assets including more than 100,000 patient files, Axios reported. Thirty Madison said that patients from The Pill Club can transition to receiving care through Thirty Madison’s Nurx sexual and reproductive health platform, which provides dermatology, migraine, and… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - June 14, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Anne Stych Source Type: news

Labcorp spin-off Fortrea looks to raise $570M in initial offering
Fortrea will use proceeds of the notes offering to help fund a portion of the $1.6 billion that it will pay Labcorp. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - June 14, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Lillian Johnson Source Type: news

Spero CEO to step down; new CEO to turn focus toward lung disease antibiotic
The founding CEO of Spero Therapeutics Inc. is stepping down as the company enters its next phase. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - June 14, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Rowan Walrath Source Type: news

UnitedHealth medical costs climb as seniors resume knee surgeries after pandemic
UnitedHealth executives said Tuesday that Medicare patients are returning to pre-pandemic demand for procedures on their knees and hips, a trend that will mean higher costs for insurers. The company's stock fell in early Wednesday trading. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - June 14, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Mark Reilly Source Type: news

ProKidney manufacturing: The one that didn't get away
Company from Winston-Salem keeping commercialization close by with decision to expand into Greensboro. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - June 14, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: David Hill Source Type: news

Community partnership to improve cancer care
In 2019, researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine received a six-year, $25 million grant from the National Cancer Institute ’s Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) to continue and expand practice-changing cancer research to improve patient outcomes. The Wake Forest NCORP research base is one of only seven in the country, and those research bases partner with the 46 NCORP community and minority underserved commu nity sites across the country. Researchers work to develop, implement… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - June 14, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Source Type: news

Inspiring the next generation of health care workers
The health care field has countless career paths beyond just physicians and nurses; but these other career fields, and how to apply to these educational programs, can sometimes be unknown to high school students or difficult for them to navigate. Without a mentor or guardian who ’s familiar with these health care opportunities or someone who’s acquainted with the application process, it isn’t always easy to figure out the best path to take toward a successful career in health care. That’s… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - June 14, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Source Type: news

Scientists and students study the risks of space travel
What can happen to the human body in space? Even the healthiest of astronauts may experience bone loss, muscle atrophy, an enlarged heart, vision problems and other complications. Measures to prevent these problems are taken in the form of effective exercise, but the mechanisms of such bodily changes are not well known, making them difficult to fully avert. Researchers – including Jeffrey Willey, the Milton Raben Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology – are utilizing new tactics, approaches… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - June 14, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Source Type: news

Mother-daughter NICU nurses inspire one another
On the Dale and Karen Sisel Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Brenner Children ’s Hospital, Lori and Ellie Essick share a special bond. They are not only nursing teammates but also mother and daughter. Lori is a seasoned nurse with 30 years of experience, while her daughter Ellie is a relatively new nurse with two years of experience in the NICU. Both live in the Clemmons, North Carolina area, so when they work the same shift, they commute together. “It’s… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - June 14, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Source Type: news