HCA sells 4 hospitals in Georgia as it emphasizes focus on post-acute, home-based services

Dive Brief: HCA Healthcare is selling four smaller hospitals in Georgia to Piedmont Healthcare for $ 950 million. The transaction will increase Piedmont’s hospitals by more than a third to 15 facilities, making it a powerhouse provider in the Atlanta region. The sale appears to dovetail with HCA’s strategy to focus more on outpatient and… Read More: HCA sells 4 hospitals in Georgia as it emphasizes focus… »

Our 3,222 systematic reviews of journalism & PR will be gone soon

Part of our website is going away April 1. But major features of the site will remain.  Here’s the breakdown and some background. When I started publishing HealthNewsReview.org 15 years ago, the only content was news story reviews. To be more specific, we only reviewed news stories that included claims about health care interventions (treatments,… Read More: Our 3,222 systematic reviews of journalism & PR will be… »

MDMA Reaches Next Step Toward Approval for Treatment

Scott Ostrom, a participant in the trial, has suffered from P.T.S.D. since returning from Iraq in 2007. Now, he no longer has nightmares. “Literally, I’m a different person,” he said.Credit…Elliot Ross for The New York Times SectionsSkip to contentSkip to site index A Psychedelic Drug Passes a Big Test for PTSD Treatment A new study… Read More: MDMA Reaches Next Step Toward Approval for Treatment »