West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health has signed a letter of intent to acquire Sioux City, Iowa-based MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center. The deal includes all of Siouxland Medical Center’s facilities, including the hospital, physician practices and home care services, according…
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From automating refill workflows to launching mobile apps, health system pharmacies are turning to digital innovation to help enhance patient care and improve operational efficiency. Below are responses from four pharmacy leaders who were asked: What is one success story…
Katie Keim, senior vice president and CFO of Springfield, Ill.-based Memorial Health, has been with the five-hospital health system for 20 years and in her current role since 2019, but her roots in the community it serves go back even…
A Tennessee government official is taking a local health system to task after it inked a naming rights deal to a new minor league baseball stadium. Weston Wamp, mayor of Hamilton County, Tenn., criticized Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger’s decision to acquire…
An MLB star is donating $1 million to a children’s hospital where his son was treated, ESPN reported. Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman is making the donation to Orange, Calif.-based Children’s Hospital of Orange County, where his son,…
Rockledge, Fla.-based Health First is planning a $230 million, five-floor patient tower expansion at Palm Bay (Fla.) Hospital. Four things to know about the project, per a May 29 news release from the health system: 1. Built in the 1990s…
Ambient Notes, a generative AI tool for clinical documentation, is the only AI application adopted by all surveyed health systems, according to research from Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health. Eric Poon, MD, a researcher at Duke Health, and industry colleagues surveyed…
Eleven healthcare institutions earned spots on the National Academy of Inventors’ 2024 list. The National Academy of Inventors released its annual list of the 60 top nonprofits and government agencies May 29. The list, based on data from the U.S.…
Birmingham, Ala.-based UAB Medicine was voted the most trusted health system brand in a survey of thousands of healthcare consumers. Branding agency Monigle surveyed 27,269 household healthcare decision-makers who have received medical care in the past two years and have…
Forty-five percent of U.S. adults open to switching jobs cite a need for upskilling as the top obstacle, according to a May 13 McKinsey article. The findings are based on surveys with 9,560 U.S. adults conducted between Aug. 5 and…