New Lenox, Ill.-based Silver Cross Hospital partnered with Oracle Health to reduce its median environmental services response time by 29%. The hospital had been dealing with patient flow challenges resulting from cleaning turnaround times and discharge delays. With Oracle Health’s…
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Brett Walker, MD, is stepping down from his role as associate chief medical information officer at MultiCare Health System, based in Tacoma, Wash. “Yesterday, after more than a decade, was my last day of employment with MultiCare Health System,” Dr.…
Memorial Hermann Health System, a community-owned nonprofit based in Houston, is offering voluntary buyouts to some nonclinical employees as part of a broader effort to navigate financial and operational pressures. The Voluntary Severance Program is open to full-time and part-time…
UnitedHealth’s Optum identified $1.7 billion in potential savings if Minnesota would remedy ambiguity in its Medicaid policies, according to a Jan. 31 report from the company. As of October, the Minnesota Department of Human Services had contracted with Optum to analyze claims data…
Greenwood (Miss.) Leflore Hospital has asked state legislators for authorization to file for Chapter 9 bankruptcy should ongoing negotiations with the Mississippi Division of Medicaid not produce a viable repayment agreement. “An agreed-to repayment schedule is due to Chancery Court…
Some hospitals are still experiencing care disruptions after cold weather caused flooding issues. In late January, winter storm Fern brought heavy snow, freezing temperatures and icy conditions to 34 states and more than 200 million people. Hospitals grappled with disruptions…
Ambulatory providers are increasingly looking to their EHR vendors for new functionalities and technologies but still rely heavily on third-party companies for tasks like patient engagement and intake and ambient speech, KLAS Research reported Feb. 9. Here are the top…
The CDC on Feb. 4 published a new framework for hospitals aimed at reducing missed, delayed and incorrect diagnoses, positioning diagnostic excellence as a patient safety priority alongside efforts such as antibiotic stewardship. The framework, titled “Core Elements of Hospital…
The White House Office of Management and Budget has ordered the CDC to revoke $602 million in funding from Colorado, Illinois, California and Minnesota. The OMB sent a directive to the CDC regarding the matter Feb. 5, according to a…
A former transplant program director at Memorial Hermann has been charged with five counts of falsifying medical records that potentially made some patients ineligible for organ donations, according to a Feb. 5 Justice Department news release. John “Steve” Bynon Jr.,…