A hospital in Charleston, W.Va., is facing a class-action lawsuit alleging “unnecessary and invasive” hernia surgeries during robotic bariatric procedures, the West Virginia Record reported May 23. The lawsuit was filed against Charleston Area Medical Center — part of Charleston,…
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Lewiston-based Central Maine Medical Center shut down its IT applications after detecting unusual activity within its computer software, the hospital said in a June 2 Facebook post. The hospital’s technicians secured and turned off all IT applications and hardware, including…
About 87% of hospitals offer free or discounted care, but the eligibility requirements vary greatly depending on the facility, a June 2 Lown Institute report found. In most states, hospitals set their own policies around free and discounted care, as…
In late May, Secaucus, N.J.-based Hudson Regional Health, a four-hospital system, was established as the last part of CarePoint Health’s exit from bankruptcy. The new system comprises Secaucus-based Hudson Regional Hospital, Jersey City-based Christ Hospital, Hoboken (N.J.) University Medical Center,…
Graduates from top-rated medical schools are about 50% less likely to start their careers as physicians in resource-poor areas than graduates from lower-ranked schools, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. …
As executive director of logistics, capacity and patient throughput at Sarasota Memorial Health Care System (SMHCS), I’m privileged to have been part of a major AI-enabled transformation in patient flow over the last several years. This work has yielded impressive…
Members of Service Employees International Union Wisconsin have voted to ratify a tentative agreement reached May 31 at the end of a five-day strike at UnityPoint Health-Meriter in Madison, Wis. The two-year agreement, approved June 1, covers approximately 950 nurses…
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Health systems must navigate constant change. Consolidation, transformation, staffing shortages, administrative headaches and much more. It’s a lot. Add to this the disparate operational technologies that bog down clinicians and increase cybersecurity risks. While there is no magic fix, standardization…
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On May 13, West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health and New Brunswick, N.J.-based Rutgers Cancer Institute opened the Jack & Sheryl Morris Cancer Center — the first freestanding cancer hospital in New Jersey. Located in New Brunswick, the center is one…