Newport News, Va.-based Riverside Health will open its Riverside Smithfield (Va.) Hospital Jan. 6. The 50-bed facility will comprise an emergency department, patient rooms designed for comfort and safety, operating suites and a medical office building next to the hospital…
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The Department of Homeland Security will replace the random lottery used to select H-1B visa recipients with a system that gives greater weight to applicants with higher skills. Here are five things to know: 1. The rule takes effect Feb.…
Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Hospital has named Kavita Sharma, MD, as associate chief medical officer, effective Jan. 6. Dr. Sharma announced her new role in a Dec. 22 post on X, writing that she is “grateful for patients who allow us…
Seven hundred fifty-six rural U.S. hospitals are at risk of closure due to financial problems, with more than 40% of those hospitals at immediate risk of closure. The counts are drawn from the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform’s…
Oklahoma Spine Hospital in Oklahoma City agreed to pay $1.1 million in a data breach settlement related to a 2024 incident, The HIPAA Journal reported Dec. 24. The July 2024 data breach affected almost 39,000 individuals after a potential email account breach…
As health systems plan for 2026, supply chain leaders say the next set of challenges will be less about acute shortages and more about structural pressures — from reimbursement declines and cost escalation to contract discipline, geopolitical instability and the…
New Orleans-based Ochsner Health is taking a pragmatic view of return on investment as it expands artificial intelligence enterprisewide, focusing first on productivity gains, administrative efficiency and clinician sustainability. Amy Trainor, CIO of Ochsner Health, said the health system is…
As health systems weigh how to deploy artificial intelligence amid growing hype, Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine is focused on using AI to support clinical outcomes. Tim Calahan, MD, chief technology officer of Michigan Medicine, shared how the academic health system…
John Grywalski, former CFO of Secaucus, N.H.-based Hudson Regional Health, has died, according to a LinkedIn post from the system. Mr. Grywalski, who died Dec. 17, also served as Hudson Regional’s executive vice president and special adviser to the chairman…
The leadership team at Baylor Scott & White Grapevine have spent the past year sharpening workforce engagement and hospital throughput as it prepares for sustained population growth and ongoing capacity pressure in North Texas, according to Naman Mahajan, president of…