Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires and Layoffs
Here is a selection of recent executive hires, promotions, retirements and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.
Redox adds first health system customer with Brigham Health deal in push to expand interoperability
"We’re eager to be better partners to our colleagues at digital health startups and large vendors alike," said Dr. Adam Landman, Brigham and Women’s Hospital CIO.
Unlocking Transparency in PBM Pricing
The TSX Venture Exchange has a strong history of helping early-stage health and life sciences companies raise patient capital for research and development.
Partners HealthCare expands life sciences innovation fund to $100M
"If you have a $1.5 billion research operation, how can you most effectively capitalize on the intellectual capital that comes out of all that research?" Partners Healthcare CFO Peter Markell said at the JPM conference. One answer: Early stage venture funding.
Brigham and Women’s tries microblogging for care continuity
A Brigham hospitalist discussed the program Monday at the American Medical Informatics Association annual symposium.
Welcome to the NFL, Dr. Elizabeth Nabel (via Keith Olbermann)
Dr. Elizabeth Nabel, selected as the NFL’s first chief medical and health adviser, got her first hard hit courtesy of Keith Olbermann on the Olbermann program on ESPN. Olbermann on Friday anointed NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and New England Patriots owner Bob Kraft the day’s “World Worst People” for picking Nabel for the job. In […]
The man who shot and killed surgeon Michael Davidson blamed him for his mother’s death
Unfortunately, people can just snap. That’s what seems to have have happened when Stephen Pasceri shot and killed 44-year-old cardiovascular surgeon Michael Davidson at the prestigious Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston on Tuesday. Pasceri, who then killed himself at the hospital following the shooting, was apparently upset about his mother’s death and blamed Davidson […]
At ViVE 2024, Panelists Share Prior Authorization Progress and Frustration in Payer Insights Program
At the Payer Insights sessions on Day 1 of ViVE 2024, a panel on prior authorization offered compelling insights from speakers who shared the positive developments in this area after years of mounting frustration. Speakers also shared challenges as they work with providers to figure out how policy developments and technology will work in practice.