Author: Staff

Johnson & Johnson has added Paula Johnson, MD, president of Wellesley (Mass.) College to its board of directors.

A lawsuit has been filed against Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Health System and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center alleging the hospital shared patient data with third parties, according to a Feb. 15 report from ABC News.

With firearm injuries up 52 percent during the pandemic according to a research letter published in JAMA Pediatrics, the American Medical Association has released guidelines for pediatricians on gun safety.

Roman Berezovski, MD, will join Mercyhealth Pain Center-Walworth in Lake Geneva, Wis.

Pediatric emergency room patients who had a telemedicine consult with a specialist were less likely to be transferred to another hospital, a study published Feb. 13 in JAMA Network Open found.

David Huang, MD, PhD, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering for co-inventing optical coherence tomography.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has placed R. Christopher Lindsay at the helm of the state's department of health, according to a Feb. 13 report from the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Sharmila Makhija, MD, has been appointed founding dean and CEO of the Alice L. Walton School of Medicine, a medical degree program seeking accreditation in Bentonville, Ark.

Johnson & Johnson has appointed John Reed, MD, PhD, to its executive committee as executive vice president of pharmaceuticals, research and development.

Here are 5 policy updates physicians should know that Becker's has reported on since Feb. 6: