Jeremy Riley has been appointed CEO of Early Medical Center, a critical access hospital in Blakely, Ga., according to a Feb. 9 hospital Facebook post. Mr. Riley brings more than 20 years of healthcare leadership experience to the role, according…
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Healthcare employment continued to grow in January, with the industry adding 81,900 jobs, according to the latest report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. BLS released the January jobs report Feb. 11. Here are three more takeaways: 1. January’s…
In this episode, Todd Dunn, CEO of Accuryn, joins Scott Becker to discuss why acute kidney injury is now designated as a hospital harm and what that means for quality, cost, and patient outcomes. He shares insights on blind spots…
Grand Rapids and Southfield, Mich.-based Corewell Health, San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare, Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health and Village Medical have partnered with tech startup Cadence to care for older adults at home. Cadence’s clinical team monitors at-home vitals for older…
Honolulu-based Hawaii Pacific Health, which is seeking to affiliate with Blue Cross Blue Shield licensee Hawaii Medical Service Association under a new nonprofit parent organization, reported an operating loss of $13.6 million (-1.3% operating margin), through the second quarter of…
Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Josh Hawley, R-Mo., have introduced legislation that would prohibit companies from simultaneously owning a health insurer or pharmacy benefit manager and a medical provider or management services organization, and would require companies in violation to…
Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health is partnering with OpenEvidence, an AI-powered medical search engine, to integrate real-time medical search capabilities directly into physician workflows. OpenEvidence will be embedded into Sutter’s Epic EHR, allowing clinicians to perform natural language searches and access…
The first FDA-cleared blood test to assess Alzheimer’s disease in primary care is now available for patients age 55 and older with symptoms of cognitive decline. The test aims to help clinicians rule out Alzheimer’s by identifying individuals unlikely to…
Forbes recognized 56 hospitals and health systems on its 11th annual list of America’s Best Large Employers released Feb. 10. The publication partnered with the market research firm Statista to survey more than 217,000 U.S. employees at companies with more…
Medline Industries has initiated a recall of 4,300 blood culture kits due to packaging defects in a component that may compromise sterility, according to a Dec. 24 recall notice the FDA published Feb. 9. The affected blood culture kit includes…