New teams at Horizon try to divert patients away from unneeded hospital admissions
Horizon Health Network says it may have found a way to prevent 600 hospital admissions per year and save $8.6 million.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/horizon-diversion-teams-9.7140576?cmp=rss

"The government is seeking information about medical school applicants from each of the past seven years, including test scores, home ZIP codes and the disclosure of any familial relationships to alumni or ties to university donors. The administration also demanded copies of any internal messages at the universities about diversity, equity and inclusion..."

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/us/politics/trump-medical-schools-civil-rights.html

#healthcare #MedEd #MedicalSchools #admissions #DEI #diversity #equity #inclusion #USpol

Trump Officials Investigate Stanford, Ohio State and U.C. San Diego Medical Schools

The Justice Department’s demands for admissions-related data from Stanford, Ohio State and the University of California, San Diego, reveal an expansion of its higher-education pressure campaign.

The New York Times
…The govt’s attacks on #HigherEducation during the past year have in part been aimed at tilting the #political balance of #academia, which #Trump views as hostile to his brand of “conservatism”. Some #MedicalSchools had been swept up in the campaign, but largely at #universities like #Harvard, #UPenn & #UCLA, where the full force of the govt was on display through investigations into “antisemitism” [#Palestinian Rights activism], protections for #transgender athletes & #admissions policies.
#law

The #Trump admin has opened investigations into #admissions policies at 3 major #MedicalSchools, expanding the #federal govt’s pressure campaign beyond campus #culture & taking aim at the heart of #ScientificAuthority in the #US.

The #DOJ on Wednesday informed #Stanford, #OhioState & #UCSD, about the investigations & demanded that the schools turn over extensive lists of #data by April 24 or risk interruptions to essential federal #funding….

#law #AcademicFreedom #education #privacy #medicine

Trump Officials Investigate Stanford, Ohio State and U.C. San Diego Medical Schools

The Justice Department’s demands for admissions-related data from Stanford, Ohio State and the University of California, San Diego, reveal an expansion of its higher-education pressure campaign.

The New York Times