Healthcare data company Verscend Technologies has appointed Joe Morrissey as its new senior vice president of client services as it focuses on improving its offerings to customers.

Another U.S. hospital (and the first in the New England region), will be allowed to perform organ transplants on HIV-positive patients, according to the Yale Daily News. 

Hospital failures were at play when two patients escaped from the Western State Hospital mental health facility in Washington in April, the Associated Press reported. 

CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt faced tough questioning from Republican lawmakers about whether increased premiums for 2017 and the failure of ACA co-ops are signs the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges are failing.

Accenture has launched the Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge to encourage technology startups to tackle big issues in healthcare.

A Sept. 14 statement from drug-maker Pfizer said the company believes the FDA should follow an advisory committee’s recommendation to remove a serious Black Box warning from its anti-smoking drug Chantix, which was released in 2006. But a report released by the FDA the same day outlines concerns about the advisory committee’s data accuracy when it comes to the psychological effects of the medicine. 

Men with early prostate cancer can safely opt out of treatment without increasing their risk, though more patients will want treatment later on even when it’s unnecessary.

The Cleveland Clinic is seeking approval to build a new hospital in London, which would be its third international facility and first in Europe.