Today's Top 20 Healthcare News Articles
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Washington psych hospitals cut back wait times
Washington state's behavioral health hospitals have reduced admitting time for mental health patients from jail to its facility, The Seattle Times reported Sept. 10. -
Illinois hospital accused of sharing patient information with advertisers
Rushville, Ill.-based Sarah D. Culbertson Memorial Hospital is being accused of sharing patients' information with third parties, including Google, Microsoft and Facebook, the Journal-Courier reported Sept. 10. -
Mount Sinai's strategy for implementing TEFCA
As the demand for interoperability persists, health systems nationwide are turning to the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement to set new standards for interconnectedness and quality of care.
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Top 10 AI-ready cities
San Francisco is the most artificial intelligence-ready city of 2024, according to AI market research firm Avantis. -
Pennsylvania to pay $4.5M over 3 months to keep Steward hospital afloat
Dallas-based Steward Health Care filed a Sept. 10 stipulation that Pennsylvania will provide $1.5 million to the for-profit health system's Sharon (Pa.) Regional Medical Center for three months to keep it from closing. -
AbbVie sues BeiGene over alleged trade secret theft
AbbVie has filed a lawsuit against BeiGene, alleging the biotechnology company of stealing trade secrets to develop a competing cancer therapy. -
Gene therapy shows promise in early childhood blindness
In a phase 1/2 trial, researchers tested ATSN-101, a gene therapy for Leber congenital amaurosis 1, a rare genetic disorder that typically causes blindness in early childhood.
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How much 10 health systems are paying for EHRs
Here is how much 10 hospitals and health systems are expected to pay or have paid for the cost of purchasing, installing and upgrading a new or current electronic health record system: -
Mercy acquires Ascension hospital
St. Louis-based Mercy has acquired Ascension's Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. -
Nearly 70% of diagnostic errors occur during testing: ECRI
The main drivers of diagnostic errors in 2023 were issues with processing medical tests, referrals and communication, according to the Emergency Care Research Institute. -
Cooper University Health Care expansion cost grows to $3B
Camden, N.J.-based Cooper University Health Care is moving forward with a $3 billion expansion of its main campus, set to break ground this month.
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Health systems deliver on physicians' flexibility demands
Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health often hires physicians whose former employers were not willing to accommodate a transition to part time. -
California hospital to suspend operations, lay off staff
Modesto, Calif.-based Stanislaus Surgical Hospital will suspend operations indefinitely, effective Sept. 14, and lay off all 160 employees, a spokesperson for the hospital confirmed to Becker's. -
Mayo Clinic snags $50M gift
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic received a $50 million gift to expand access to cancer care and clinical trials. -
Henry Ford Health launches campaign to raise $750M
Detroit-based Henry Ford Health has launched a campaign to raise $750 million by 2028 in philanthropic donations to invest in communities it serves, the largest one in the nonprofit health system's 109-year history. -
Undiagnosed cancer persisted past pandemic's 1st year: 150,000 cases missed
Cancer continued to be underdiagnosed after the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published Sept. 6 in JAMA Network Open. -
How health system leaders feel about their revenue cycle outsourcing partners
Seventy-seven percent of health system finance leaders surveyed said they are using some form of revenue cycle outsourcing, according to a Sept. 9 report from consulting company Guidehouse. -
Penn State Health enters into negotiations for Epic switch
Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health has entered into negotiations with Epic to switch to the EHR vendor. -
Hacker breaches Baptist Health hospital
A hacker accessed the IT network of a Baptist Health hospital in Arkansas and may have stolen patient data. -
CIO pay continues to climb
CIO pay continues to rise as IT chiefs move higher within their organizations and have to understand emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, CIO reported.
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