As primary care demand accelerates, Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Health System is betting on a future in which access does not come from more clinicians or exam rooms alone, but from rethinking the basics of how visits happen. The system…
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Former American Medical Association President Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, has been named chief medical officer of Aidoc, a company that develops AI-based systems to analyze medical images and identify acute abnormalities. In this role, Dr. Ehrenfeld will support health systems as…
Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System has shared plans to open the Pagidipati Children’s Hospital at St. Joseph’s in 2030, according to a Jan. 6 news release. The $650 million freestanding facility will succeed the system’s existing St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital…
Renton, Wash.-based Providence has sold its health IT consulting arm, Tegria Services Group, to healthcare-focused investment firm Altaris. The 51-hospital system launched the subsidiary in 2020, combining nine health tech investments into one. “We are proud of the value created…
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health is making several leadership changes aimed at accelerating its transformation strategy, including the creation of a new value-based care committee co-led by the system’s CFO. Tommy Ibrahim, MD, has been named executive vice president and…
Researchers at Palo Alto, Calif.,-based Stanford Medicine have developed an AI model capable of predicting an individual’s risk of developing more than 100 health conditions using sleep study data. The model, called SleepFM, was trained on 600,000 hours of polysomnography…
Susan Sauder has been appointed chief executive of Medford, Ore.-based Providence Southern Oregon Service Area, part of Renton, Wash.-based Providence. Ms. Sauder had served as interim chief executive since July, according to a health system news release shared with Becker’s…
Rock Regional Hospital in Derby, Kan., has permanently closed after a federal judge allowed its eviction to proceed, ending a months-long legal battle over unpaid rent, according to NBC affiliate KSN.com. “Rock Regional Hospital is permanently closed,” the hospital wrote…