NYC Health + Hospitals, an 11-hospital system based in New York City, has secured federal funding for 75 new positions in its Graduate Medical Education programs, according to a Jan. 26 news release. To address the nation’s worsening shortage of…
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Renton, Wash.-based Providence has reduced its IT application portfolio by more than a third, saving “millions” of dollars in the process, a leader told Becker’s. The 51-hospital system has downsized from over 2,000 applications five years ago to about 1,300…
After seven weeks of mediations, Minneapolis-based University of Minnesota, Fairview Health Services and M Physicians reached a 10-year agreement extending and strengthening a 30-year partnership set to expire at the end of 2026. Under the agreement, Fairview will commit $1…
Tulsa, Okla.-based Saint Francis Health System has rolled out a hospital-at-home program it says will continue even if Medicare reimbursement stops. The health system launched acute hospital care at home in collaboration with local payer CommunityCare, which is jointly owned…
Omaha-based Nebraska Medicine is deploying artificial intelligence to predict length of stay and streamline discharge workflows, which is freeing up inpatient beds and easing administrative workload for nurses. Nurses at Nebraska Medical Center are using AI to support discharge planning,…
As hospitals contend with mounting cost pressures, reducing low-value care has emerged as both a clinical and financial imperative. During a recent Becker’s Healthcare webinar, leaders from Fairfax, Okla.-based Ardent Health and Premier’s Stanson Health shared how they achieved measurable…
Boston Children’s Hospital is shortening what could be a weekslong process of identifying similar patients by using AI to locate “clinical doppelgangers.” The pediatric health system recently built a digital tool that allows cardiac ICU providers to surface past Boston…
Salinas (Calif.) Valley Health has named Kayleen Harandi vice president of managed care contracting, according to a post on her LinkedIn page. Ms. Harandi joins the health system from Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health, where she served as director of managed…
Kodiak Solutions has completed its acquisition of revenue integrity and reimbursement services firm Besler & Company. The acquisition will bolster the Kodiak platform that hospitals, health systems and medical practices use for net revenue reporting, revenue cycle benchmarking, analytics and…
Support staff at Copley Hospital in Morrisville, Vt., voted Jan. 14 to retain their union, United Nurses & Allied Professionals, in place following a decertification petition, News & Citizen reported. The vote was 73-38 in favor of retaining the union,…