Author: Dorron Blumberg

Pat A. Basu, MD, MBA, an accomplished health care executive and entrepreneur, has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Cancer Treatment Centers of America Global, Inc., which includes the existing Comprehensive Cancer Care Network of Cancer Treatment Centers of America® (CTCA) hospitals and outpatient care centers as well as new business ventures designed to expand access to higher quality and more affordable cancer care. 

Hanley Foundation, a statewide leader in substance use disorder prevention, education, and advocacy for access to quality treatment, recently announced several venue changes for Project C4OPE, a program designed to connect families who share the experience of a loved one who has died of opioid overdose, survived an overdose, or are at high risk for overdose. Palm Beach County sees an opioid overdose death nearly every day and recorded more than 5,000 total opioid overdoses in 2016.

It used to be there were no dress rehearsals in health care education. Clinical training at health facilities was the only way to give students real-world practice with patient care. The evolution of technology affords new means to gain real-world health care experience without real-life health care consequences, and FIU is leading the way.

 UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) company, and the American Medical Association (AMA) announced a new collaboration that will better identify and addressehr (SDOH) to improve access to care and patient outcomes.