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The marketing firm for Escondido, Calif.-based Palomar Health attempted to tilt the results of a survey about the health system’s emergency department, the Valley Roadrunner in Valley Center, Calif., reported. In late August, the newspaper posted a survey asking readers to weigh in on their experiences at the Palomar Medical…

The U.S. government’s termination of nearly $2.2 billion in federal grants to Harvard University violated the First Amendment and federal law, a judge for the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts ruled Sept. 3.  Judge Allison Burroughs said the Trump administration “used antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault…

Cambridge, Mass.-based Harvard University is the No. 1 university in the U.S. for cardiac and cardiovascular systems, according to U.S. News & World Report’s latest ranking. The list was published in June as part of U.S. News’ 2025-2026 “Best Global Universities” rankings, which evaluated 23,450 universities in total. Read more…

The statistics are clear: GLP-1 medications can have a dramatic effect on cardiovascular health.  Recent research has shown both semaglutide and tirzepatide — the active ingredients in Ozempic and Wegovy, and Mounjaro and Zepbound, respectively — can significantly reduce the risk of hospitalization and all-cause mortality for heart failure patients.…

Women represent 41% of participants in clinical trials investigating cardiovascular health and disease, according to a study published Aug. 31 in JAMA Network Open. Led by researchers from Los Angeles-based Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai, the study analyzed participant data of 1,079 cardiovascular clinical trials from between 2017 and 2023,…

Out of U.S. News & World Report’s top 50 heart hospitals, Phoenix-based Mayo Clinic Arizona and Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic had the highest total performance scores in CMS’ Hospital Value-Based Purchasing program for fiscal 2025, at 51.5 and 51.08, respectively.  Through its HVBP program, CMS pays hospitals for “inpatient acute…

A county mayor continues to press Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health for more details on its naming rights deal for a new minor league baseball stadium, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reported. Hamilton County (Tenn.) Mayor Weston Wamp criticized the deal after it was unveiled in May, saying the health system…

The FDA is reversing years of federal guidance on vaccine coadministration, signaling a broader crackdown on giving patients multiple vaccines at the same time, The Washington Post reported Sept. 3.  Here are four updates:  In a recent memo, Vinay Prasad, MD, the FDA’s top vaccine regulator, wrote that officials “cannot…

Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine is the first health system to integrate David, a generative AI clinical co-pilot developed by Tempus, into its electronic health record platform. Clinical, operational and technical teams from both organizations are customizing the co-pilot to the health system’s needs, according to a Sept. 4 news release shared…

America’s Essential Hospitals has appointed Jennifer DeCubellis president and CEO, effective Sept. 22. She succeeds Bruce Siegel, MD, who has led the association since 2010. Dr. Siegel will remain through the end of the year to assist with the transition. Ms. DeCubellis has more than 30 years of healthcare experience…