Alina Moran has been named CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst, a 545-bed teaching hospital in the Queens borough of New York City. She will step into the role Feb. 16. Ms. Moran’s appointment marks her return to NYC Health…
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As virtual nursing gains traction across U.S. hospitals, health systems have reported improvements in staff satisfaction, quality and patient experience. However, many still struggle to quantify how these programs affect operational efficiency. At Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Health, virtual nursing is…
Michael Weiss, DO, vice president of population health for Rady Children’s Health in Orange County, Calif., told Becker’s that advanced primary care is one of the biggest growth opportunities in the U.S. healthcare industry this year. “It’s not rocket science,”…
Coverage of high-cost drugs selected for Medicare price negotiation has improved under the Inflation Reduction Act, according to an analysis from KFF. All Medicare Part D enrollees now have coverage of the first 10 drugs with negotiated prices in effect…
Joel Leone has joined Savannah, Ga.-based Memorial Health as its new COO. In this role, Mr. Leone will lead Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, a 711-bed medical center, according to a Feb. 11 health system news release. He…
Pittsburgh-based UPMC is in the midst of one of the largest EHR consolidations in the country, moving its vast network of hospitals and care sites onto a single Epic instance. Health system leaders say the shift will shape how the…
Health system leaders are heading into 2026 with a familiar mandate — grow, stabilize margins and invest for the future — but this year seems especially unpredictable and transitional. From federal funding shifts and tariff pressures to workforce shortages and…
Pasadena-based Southern California Permanente Medical Group has cut median response times for high-acuity patient portal messages from 22 hours to five with AI. The medical group, with 8,000-plus physicians serving more than 4.9 million members, rolled out the Smart Messaging…
Intermountain Ventures is collaborating with a health tech startup to earlier identify cases of multiple sclerosis. The venture capital and innovation arm of Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health has partnered with Canary Speech to study whether AI-powered vocal analysis can…
Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham is entering its next phase of growth for its hospital-at-home program after CMS extended the Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver through September 2030, giving health systems long-sought regulatory certainty. Since 2022, Mass General Brigham’s…