Today's Top 20 Healthcare News Articles
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MedStar Health to provide at-home acute care
Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health is teaming up with Dispatch Health to provide acute care services in patients' homes. -
Microsoft's Nuance wins court case over 3D medical scans
A federal appeals court sided with Microsoft's Nuance Communications over a lawsuit involving its medical imaging technology. -
Violence against nurses hits all-time high: 2 new reports
A growing proportion of nurses say incidents of violence and aggression they face on the job have become routine. As a result, many are considering an exit from the profession altogether.
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PA Licensure Compact officially activated
Seven states have adopted legislation to enact the PA Licensure Compact, meaning the model is now activated, the American Academy of Physician Associates said April 5. -
Cone Health to invest $150M in underserved areas
Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health is investing $150 million over the next five years to improve the health and well-being of residents in underserved areas. -
Northwestern Medicine, Dell forge AI alliance
Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine sealed an artificial intelligence partnership with Dell Technologies. -
UHS' CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 2023
King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services CEO and President Marc Miller was paid 287 times what the median employee earned in 2023, according to a proxy statement filed April 4 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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RWJBarnabas Health unveils The Institute for Nursing Excellence
West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health is aiming to standardize nurse education and professional development across the system via a new institute. -
City of Hope data breach affected 827,149 patients
Duarte, Calif.-based City of Hope reported a data breach affecting hundreds of thousands of patients last year. -
Former North Carolina hospital CEO dies
John Reed Sullivan, a retired hospital CEO, has died. -
Mass General Brigham names SVP of operations
Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham has appointed Kevin Giordano president of Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital and COO of Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Brigham and Women's Hospital Physicians Organization. He was also named senior vice president of operations for the health system.
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CommonSpirit to grow GPO
Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health plans to grow its Edgewise internal group purchasing organization, which also provides GPO services to member organizations outside the health system. -
Jefferson's CEO eyes health plan expansion, closer payer relationships
Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health is targeting growth for its health plan and working closely with commercial payers to deliver high value care for the community as part of an integrated delivery and financing system. -
7 numbers on healthcare's job growth
Healthcare jobs continued to grow in March, with certain areas of the sector showing strong growth on top of February's numbers. -
Mercy to develop $650M Missouri hospital
St. Louis-based Mercy has filed a letter of intent with the Missouri department of health and senior services to build a 75-bed, $650 million hospital in Wentzville, Mo., to expand healthcare amid population growth in the area. -
Vanderbilt names new chief nursing officer
Effective July 1, Karen Keady, PhD, RN, will join Vanderbilt University Medical Center as chief nursing officer. She joins the Nashville, Tenn.-based system from the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center, where she spent six years as vice president and chief nurse executive. -
Memorial Hermann halts liver transplants
Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston has voluntarily stopped its liver transplant program after learning of and investigating what it calls "irregularities with donor acceptance criteria." -
Former AdventHealth CEO dies
Mardian J. Blair, CEO of Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth from 1984 until 2000, died March 26 at 92. -
Arizona system names new CEO
TMC Health is readying for a change at the top after President and CEO Judy Rich served for 17 years in the role. -
Mayo Clinic Arizona employee sues system, Medica over health plan costs
Mayo Clinic and its health plan administrator Medica "systemically underpaid" claims and left employees with large healthcare bills, according to a proposed class action lawsuit filed by a Mayo Clinic Arizona employee.
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