WorkCare Inc, a US-based occupational health company, has acquired Corporate Health Resources Inc (CHR), a nationwide occupational health examiner network service provider, the companies announce today. CHR will operate as a WorkCare company conducting business as...
CityPT Inc, a physical therapy tech startup, announces a new partnership with Uncaged Clinician, a healthcare business coaching organization committed to helping rehab therapy entrepreneurs build scalable businesses. Uncaged Clinician has adopted CityPT’s...
PHOTO CAPTION: Establishing a clear mission for a clinic and its employees can help provide direction and meaning, uniting everyone around a common goal. Feeling part of a supportive, family atmosphere makes for more fun, encouraging, and personalized interaction with...
ATI Physical Therapy Inc announces the hiring of healthcare operations veteran Christopher Cox as its new Chief Operating Officer. Cox has more than 17 years’ experience in the healthcare sector, including more than 10 years in operational leadership roles....
Prior authorization, a practice that APTA and other organizations have long criticized as burdensome and frequently abused, could be seeing some significant reforms if a proposed rule from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is adopted next year. The...
In a study published in the journal Antioxidants, researchers from the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau Research Institute (IIB Sant Pau) and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona demonstrate in animal models that water enriched with hydrogen molecules (H2)...
Researchers from Florida Atlantic University’s Schmidt College of Medicine, in collaboration with Albany Medical College (AMC) in New York, are among seven institutions nationwide selected to receive funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for their pilot...
Some species of gut-dwelling bacteria activate nerves in the gut to promote the desire to exercise, according to a study in mice that was led by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The study, published in Nature, reveals...
Abbott and the Brain Injury Association of America have cofounded Concussion Awareness Now, a coalition of nearly 20 advocacy groups. They are teaming up with actress, comedian, writer, and producer Rebel Wilson to raise awareness of the seriousness of concussions....
A study of stroke survivors suggests how chronic pain can alter body perception, with the brain tricking patients into believing their affected hand is a different size, increasing the risk of accidents. Australian and US researchers suggest there’s a strong...
