In the new role, Michael DeLeo, MD, MBA, will shape the company's physician management infrastructure, providing radiology services while leading strategic and operational initiatives.    

Jennifer Ashton, MD, an OB-GYN who became a household name thanks to years of appearances on ABC News and Good Morning America, hopes this new initiative can help cardiologists learn more about such topics as menopause and hormone therapy. 

Healthcare leaders looking to optimize their workplaces for the health and wellbeing of healthcare workers have a new model from which to draw how-to tips, ideas and guidance.

Alzheimer’s disease already has the nation in a crisis of care capacity. The pressure to do more in response is mounting. Meanwhile the true total cost is hard to estimate since so many dementia caregivers are unpaid family members and other volunteers. 

The new research doesn’t solve the mystery of which tends to come first—the mental illness or the drug use. Regardless, the large study serves to underscore the need for proactive and preventive measures. 

A hospital and its security contractor are facing legal trouble over a brutal beating taken by a unit nurse at the hands of a mentally ill inpatient a year ago. 

At Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare, this fractured approach had resulted in uneven technologist staffing, variable asset utilization and scheduling, and diverging modality quality and safety practices. 

Funds will be directed toward the development of new point-of-care tools that reduce the reliance on operator experience, improve reproducibility and increase diagnostic speed.