Brattleboro (Vt.) Memorial Hospital’s board of directors affirmed Sept. 10 it will keep obstetric and birthing services, including the BMH Birthing Center, open — reversing plans approved in early July to close them within six to nine months. “The board’s…
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Members of the Michigan Nurses Association have canceled a three-day strike that was set to begin Sept. 21 at MyMichigan Medical Center Alma after reaching an agreement in principle with the system, according to a Sept. 16 union news release.…
The CDC has reported a 17% jump in rabies exposures this summer, along with increased rabies vaccine errors, according to a Sept. 10 CDC Health Alert. Each year, an estimated 1.4 million people in the U.S. seek medical attention after…
A Clark County (Wash.) Superior Court judge has ruled that patients don’t have a legal right to access ambient AI recordings physicians use to draft clinical notes, siding with The Vancouver (Wash.) Clinic in one of the first rulings nationwide…
Annapolis, Md.-based Luminis Health’s phone system and MyChart patient portal remain unavailable as the health system continues responding to a cybersecurity incident involving an unauthorized criminal actor. In a Sept. 10 update, Luminis Health said its investigation is ongoing and…
Houston-based Nutex Health says the hackers behind its August cyberattack have published the data they allegedly stole on their own website. The publicly traded micro-hospital operator is now downloading, processing and analyzing that data to determine its contents, scope and…
The pressure on health system leaders to move quickly on artificial intelligence has rarely been more acute. Vendor pipelines are full, board-level expectations are rising and new tools arrive weekly. Liz Popwell, system vice president of strategy and international at…
St. Louis-based Ascension scaled a digital outreach campaign to 179,711 unique patients across 12 states, resulting in 73,253 preventive care appointments scheduled within 14 days of initial outreach. The campaign prompts patients to schedule annual wellness visits and is featured…
West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health has appointed David Silverman, PharmD, senior vice president and chief pharmacy officer, effective Sept. 14. Mr. Silverman will set systemwide strategy for pharmacy services and oversee operations, policy development, the 340B program, medication management, regulatory…
Ujjwal Ratan has joined UnitedHealth Group’s consulting and analytics division, Optum Insight, as chief AI officer. In a Sept. 10 LinkedIn post, Mr. Ratan said his role is to enable Optum Insight to operate as a connected agentic network in…