In this episode, James Murray, Managing Director of the BDO Center for Healthcare Excellence and Innovation, shares how health systems are shifting from digital experimentation to disciplined execution. He explores governance, data driven decision making, and high ROI use cases…
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Members of the Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses United have reached a tentative labor agreement with Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, part of Brewer, Maine-based Northern Light Health. The agreement, which averted a strike planned for March…
Jay Hudson, Monterey, Calif.-based Montage Health’s second CEO, has died, according to a March 23 LinkedIn post from the health system. Mr. Hudson joined the system, which was then known as Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, as an assistant…
Orange, Calif.-based UCI Health plans to lay off about 150 workers — about 1% of its workforce — as part of a “strategic restructuring” amid widespread financial pressures, including federal funding cuts and changes to insurance reimbursement. Affected roles include…
Parts of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health’s Colorado and Texas markets are back in network for Humana Medicare Advantage members under a national, three-year agreement, according to a March 23 news release. The agreement, which is the product of nearly one year…
With healthcare pressures arriving faster than many health systems can respond, a strong CEO and CFO partnership has never been more important. At York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health, Roxanna Gapstur, PhD, RN, president and CEO, and Laura Buczkowski, executive vice president…
Tallahassee (Fla.) Memorial HealthCare has named Danielle Buchanan as vice president and chief communications officer. Ms. Buchanan most recently served as senior marketing director for diagnostic services at Quest Diagnostics, according to a March 23 LinkedIn post from the health…
Sepsis was present in 17.8% of nearly 4 million pediatric hospital deaths between 2016 and 2023, according to a study published March 22 in JAMA. Researchers from academic institutions across the U.S. analyzed data from 3,925,809 pediatric hospitalizations across 245…