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Tampa General Hospital is streamlining nurse workflows with ambient listening technology in the health system’s latest move to ease clinicians’ administrative burden. The health system incorporated Microsoft’s ambient listening technology for nurses into the Epic Rover mobile nursing application to…
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Troy Greer has resigned as president and CEO of Albuquerque, N.M.-based Lovelace Health System after two years in the role. Michael Kueker, CEO of Lovelace Medical Group, has been named interim CEO, according to a June 18 health system news…
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Ridgewood, N.J.-based Valley Health System is launching a hospital at home program this summer to deliver high-acuity inpatient care directly to eligible patients in their homes. The program — developed in partnership with Minneapolis-based Inbound Health — aims to enhance…
Greensburg, Pa.-based Independence Health System has named Michael Fiorina, DO, as chief medical officer, effective in mid-June. Dr. Fiorina replaces Carol Fox, MD, who is retiring, according to a June 11 system news release. Dr. Fiorina joined the administrative team…
Dermatologists are the least likely specialty to leave their position, while anesthesiologists are the most likely, according to an American Medical Association report published June 24. The “AMA Organizational Biopsy” surveyed nearly 18,000 physicians across 43 states and more than…
Stilwell (Okla.) Memorial Hospital and its clinic are set to close, KTUL reported June 21. Becker’s spoke with a hospital employee who said only the emergency room is currently open, but they were not sure if or when the hospital…
UC San Diego Health has eliminated about 230 managerial, administrative and patient care positions — less than 2% of its 14,000-person workforce — across the health system, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported June 23. In a June 23 memo sent…