Today's Top 20 Healthcare News Articles
  1. Match Day '24: Emergency medicine rebounds; more international grads apply

    Despite a rough match week one year ago, emergency medicine has made a rebound with a fill rate of 95.5%, according to results published March 15 by the National Resident Matching Program.
  2. MACPAC report takes aim at Medicaid MCO denials, appeals

    The monitoring and oversight in denials and appeals in Medicaid managed care was a core focus of the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission's March 15 report to Congress. 
  3. Piedmont hospital to undergo $50M expansion, add ICU beds

    Piedmont Columbus (Ga.) Regional is gearing up for a $50 million renovation and expansion at its Midtown campus that will include 43 new ICU beds and a renovated nursing unit. The project is slated to be completed in March 2026. 

Baptist Health's journey to centralized pharmacy supply chain operations

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  1. RWJBarnabas hospital names COO

    Aaron Hajart was named COO of Community Medical Center in Toms River, N.J., part of West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health.
  2. MIS-C rates rose last fall

    Cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children continue to be reported and saw a relative rise during fall 2023, the CDC reported.
  3. New York physician faces another sexual assault charge

    Another woman has accused a New York City gastroenterologist of sexual abuse, NBC New York reported March. 14.
  4. What a Steward closure could mean for the Massachusetts nursing workforce

    Healthcare leaders are addressing ongoing concerns over the future of Dallas-based Steward Health Care's nine Massachusetts hospitals, their patients, employees and trainees as the health system continues to battle financial challenges. 

Overcoming the collections crisis: How ASCs can leverage data to boost patient collections + loyalty

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  1. Health systems reshape nurse workflows: 4 trends to know

    Health systems are increasingly reimagining nurse responsibilities and workflows in response to staff shortages and high levels of employee burnout, among other challenges.
  2. Why a health system CEO takes notes from public utilities

    Leaders in the healthcare industry have at times taken notes from industries or businesses outside of healthcare. For Bob Riney, president and CEO of Detroit-based Henry Ford Health, this is public utility and energy companies.
  3. CVS' CEO on taking up space

    Karen Lynch, president and CEO of CVS Health, says she once considered herself "the plainest person you could ever meet." 
  4. UChicago Medicine to pay $14M in wrongful death lawsuit verdict

    The University of Chicago Medical Center has been found responsible in a wrongful death lawsuit filed on behalf of a boy who died at age 4, and must pay $14 million to the family, The Chicago Tribune reported March 14.

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  1. Lurie Children's works to restore MyChart post-hack

    Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago is in the process of bringing its MyChart system back online after it was taken offline Jan. 31 in the wake of a cyberattack.
  2. 8 likely next in-demand nursing roles, per Tampa General's chief nurse

    Healthcare is transforming, and so is the nursing profession.
  3. Meditech, Microsoft's Nuance partner

    EHR vendor Meditech will embed Microsoft's Nuance DAX Copilot into its Expanse EHR platform. 
  4. CommonSpirit creates internal AI assistant

    Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health has launched its own internal AI assistant, Insightli.
  5. Heard at HIMSS '24: How 12 healthcare leaders use generative AI at work

    Generative artificial intelligence was the talk of this week's HIMSS 2024 conference in Orlando, Fla., with executives discussing their health systems' plans for the technology.
  6. Oracle Health 'not just an EHR company,' Seema Verma says

    Even though Oracle Health is one of the largest EHR vendors in the world, the company does way more than that, its general manager says.
  7. Ballad to raise starting nursing pay by up to 25%

    Ballad Health is increasing pay rates for nursing staff at hospitals across the organization, a spokesperson for the Johnson City, Tenn.-based health system confirmed to Becker's.
  8. Cedars-Sinai-backed company aims to speed device recalls

    A software company that went through Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai's accelerator program is aiming to streamline the medical device recall process, Fast Company reported March 14.
  9. The future of healthcare teams: 35 executives share insights

    Becker's asked C-suite executives from hospitals and health systems across the U.S. to share their organization's areas of growth for the next few years. 

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