Mount Sinai open state-of-art emergency department | MD Anderson appointed a chief diversity officer

The Mount Sinai Hospital has announced the completion of a $70 million full renovation of its children’s emergency department (ED), and a newly redesigned area for walk-in, low-acuity adult patients.

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has hired Ranna Parekh, MD, as its chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer (CDEIO), who currently serves as the inaugural chief diversity and inclusion officer at American College of Cardiology (ACC) .

Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey’s largest health network, recently announced it has signed a definitive agreement with Complete Care to acquire a majority of its long-term care facilities. 
 

Women who underwent magnetic resonance imaging experienced more subsequent scans, procedures, healthcare visits and hospitalizations. 

Government prosecutors rested their case on Wednesday, April 13, with the fate of DaVita and its former CEO now in the hands of a jury. 

Radiology and other specialties should reimagine a system requiring numerous separate visits for breast, lung, prostate, cervical, colorectal, and skin cancer, editorialists argued.

The new policy brief for healthcare providers stresses the importance of radiation protection and ethically guided care in medical imaging.

Michael J. Reardon, MD, professor of cardiothoracic surgery and Allison Family Distinguished chair of cardiovascular research at Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, presented pooled data at ACC.22 from the CoreValve SURTAVI trials that found transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) was more durable than surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) devices.

Experts involved with the study suggested that these findings could be beneficial in the future of ovarian tumor assessment by providing clinical decision making support.

An international analysis published in Circulation and a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association both explore the latest data on heart complications associated with COVID-19.