Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic has invested in a virtual care startup focused on chronic pain relief. Here are five things to know from the Dec. 9 news release: 1. Mayo Clinic participated in an oversubscribed $11 million series A financing…
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Laura Bruno, controller and CFO of Brattleboro (Vt.) Memorial Hospital, exited her role Dec. 12. The move comes in the wake of the board saying in late November that the hospital’s president and CEO, Christopher Dougherty, would not be returning…
Camden, N.J.-based Cooper University Health Care has saved time and reduced clinician burnout with Microsoft’s Dragon Copilot ambient AI scribe. Here are five takeaways from a Dec. 15 Microsoft news release: 1. The AI clinical documentation tool is saving Cooper…
Detroit remains the neediest city in the U.S., largely because it has the highest unemployment rate in the country at 9.1%, according to a Dec. 15 analysis from personal finance website WalletHub. The city also ranked No. 1 in WalletHub’s…
Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health completed a systemwide Epic transition Sept. 6, consolidating eight EHR systems across its 33 hospitals into one platform. Now three months in, the transition has stabilized, with improved operational and revenue cycle performance as the…
Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health has appointed Jenni Friedly, BSN, chief operating officer, effective immediately. Three things to know: 1. Ms. Friedly most recently served as market president of UnityPoint Health-Waterloo (Iowa) and brings 16 years of operational leadership experience…
Jeffrey Flaks, president and CEO of Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare, has received the Steven Schroeder Award for Outstanding Healthcare CEO. The award, presented at The Leapfrog Group’s annual meeting, honors health system executives who demonstrate ethical and courageous leadership in improving…
Researchers at Ann Arbor, Mich.-based University of Michigan have developed an AI model that can detect coronary microvascular dysfunction — a frequently missed and difficult-to-diagnose heart condition — using a standard 10-second electrocardiogram. The condition affects the heart’s small vessels…
Concierge and direct primary care models are rapidly reshaping the U.S. primary care landscape. These membership-based practices, which charge monthly or annual fees for enhanced access and longer visits, have increased in recent years — often operating outside the traditional…
New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System has launched a digital health training institute in Guyana aimed at building a national workforce to support the country’s rollout of a nationwide EHR system. Here are four things to know about the…