Independent spine surgeons face some unique financial challenges that their employed peers might not encounter. On top of clinical work, independent spine physicians grapple with the costs of running a business and keeping up with margins. Spine physicians from different…
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Two health systems are working with Amazon Web Services to uncover rare diseases with the help of AI. After receiving $1 million from AWS for research, Washington, D.C.-based Children’s National Hospital developed AI technology to analyze smartphone camera images to…
Angela Anderson has been appointed CHRO of Hocking Valley Community Hospital in Logan, Ohio. Ms. Anderson brings 20 years of human resource experience in the healthcare setting, according to a Nov. 11 health system news release. Most recently, she served…
Prime Healthcare Foundation closed its acquisition of a Maine health system, and a pair of Texas hospitals are considering a potential merger. Here are three hospital M&A updates that Becker’s reported during the week of Feb. 16. 1. Nacogdoches (Texas)…
Specialized FBI teams are onsite at University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson as the organization continues to respond to a cyberattack that began Feb. 19. In a Facebook post, the organization said its medical teams and federal authorities are…
Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health has appointed a new president of its planned children’s hospital in Las Vegas. Russ Williams was named president of Intermountain Health Nevada Children’s Hospital, according to a Feb. 20 health system news release. He succeeds…
Hospital groups are asking HHS to give stakeholders more time to weigh in on a potential overhaul of the 340B drug pricing program, warning that the current 30-day comment period isn’t sufficient to evaluate how a shift from upfront discounts…
Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine has implemented a virtual care initiative that removes after-hours call responsibilities for primary care providers. As of January, 63 Penn Medicine practices across the Philadelphia area, Chester County and Central New Jersey have adopted the systemwide coverage…
Will Whiting has been appointed senior associate vice president and chief development officer for The University of Texas at Austin’s academic health system and its anchor, Dell Medical School. Mr. Whiting joins from the McCombs School of Business at the…
The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, an agency within HHS, is investing $15 million to scale domestic production of shikimic acid, a key starting material for the antiviral drug Tamiflu (oseltamivir). The investment is intended to address the nation’s…