Today's Top 20 Healthcare News Articles
  1. Overlake CEO retires, strategy chief named successor

    J. Michael Marsh, president and CEO of Bellevue, Wash.-based Overlake Medical Center & Clinics, plans to retire Jan. 17 after 40 years in healthcare.
  2. Providence, Novant, Memorial Hermann, BSWH form Longitude Health: 6 things to know

    Four major nonprofit health systems have launched Longitude Health, which aims to "tackle head-on the most impactful challenges and opportunities in the healthcare industry." 
  3. Duke Health CEO's 'significant concerns' about UnitedHealthcare contract

    Durham, N.C.-based Duke University Health System and UnitedHealthcare have been in contract negotiations over the last few weeks regarding around 172,000 Duke Health patients and their care access. 
  1. Cedars-Sinai joins Asian American cancer initiative

    Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai is participating in the National Cancer Institute's first long-term national study of cancer among Asian Americans. Led by the University of California San Francisco, the study aims to learn why Asian Americans experience higher rates of cancer compared to other groups.
  2. Healthcare organizations file brief defending Minnesota 340B law: 4 notes

    A coalition of healthcare organizations led by the American Hospital Association has filed an amicus brief defending Minnesota's law protecting the 340B drug discount program. 
  3. National PA week runs through Oct. 12: 5 things to know

    National Physician Assistant/Associate Week — a celebration of PAs and the PA profession — began Oct. 6 and runs through Oct. 12.
  4. Top 9 population health platforms

    Most health systems aiming to buy a new population health platform plan to invest in downside risk and value-based care initiatives, according to health IT researcher KLAS Research.

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  1. Teladoc C-suite leader to exit

    A C-suite leader at virtual care company Teladoc Health plans to depart at the end of 2024.
  2. Health systems lean into on-demand care

    Health systems are leaning into on-demand care to counteract long wait times.
  3. Cone Health taps VP of operations for 3 hospitals

    Walidah Karim-Rhoades, DNP, RN, has been appointed vice president of operations for Cone Health's Greensboro, N.C., market, which includes Cone Health Behavioral Health Hospital, The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital and Wesley Long Hospital. 
  4. University of Iowa Health Care sees 'organic growth' with ambient AI

    Thirty days after University of Iowa Health Care implemented ambient AI technology, more than 900 of its 3,000 providers have begun using it. 

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  1. CVS to lay off 632 at Rhode Island headquarters

    CVS Health is set to lay off more than 630 employees as part of a $2 billion cost-cutting initiative aimed at improving financial performance, The Boston Globe reported Oct. 7. 
  2. Mississippi facility becomes designated rural emergency hospital

    Progressive Health of Houston (Miss.) has become a designated rural emergency hospital, WTVA reported Oct. 7.
  3. Duke Health looks to innovate home care delivery

    Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health is partnering with NTT Data, an IT service and consulting company, to create an advanced model for augmented home care delivery.
  4. Maine launches all-physician EMS unit

    New England's first physician-only EMS response team launched in Maine, ABC affiliate WABI reported Oct. 7.
  5. Intermountain hospital taps president from HCA

    Jamison Robinett was appointed president of Cedar City (Utah) Hospital, part of Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health.
  6. ChatGPT overprescribed emergency treatment: UCSF study

    ChatGPT is more likely to overprescribe medications and imaging and is less effective than a resident in emergency department care, a University of California San Francisco study found.
  7. Supreme Court rejects Biden administration's appeal to allow emergency abortions in Texas

    The U.S. Supreme Court in an Oct. 7 ruling declined to hear an appeal from the Biden administration that sought to enforce federal guidance in Texas that requires hospitals to perform abortions in emergency cases. 
  8. Baptist Health South Florida gets approval for 100-bed hospital

    Coral Gables, Fla.-based Baptist Health South Florida received approval from the Sunrise (Fla.) community development department during a Sept. 24 meeting to build a 100-bed hospital.
  9. 10 best, worst states for healthcare access

    Healthcare is least accessible in Utah and most accessible in Massachusetts, according to a new report from Forbes Advisor.

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