Margaret Fontana has been named CFO of Lakin, Kan.-based Kearny County Hospital, according to a May 29 LinkedIn post. Prior to her new role, Ms. Fontana served as interim CFO for Wolf Point-based Northeast Montana Health Services, according to her…
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Picture this: someone is seriously injured in a car accident on a rural highway. Within moments, paramedics arrive, and as they stabilize the patient, they also connect—virtually—with an emergency physician through Avel eCare’s telemedicine services. At 70 miles per hour,…
Andover, Mass.-based Covenant Health is investigating a systemwide issue that has disrupted phone and internet connectivity across several of its facilities, including hospitals in Maine and New Hampshire. Here are five things to know: Editor’s note: This article was updated…
New York City-based Montefiore Health System recorded an operating loss of $20.8 million (-1% operating margin) in the first quarter of 2025, an improvement from an operating loss of $27.9 million (-1.4% operating margin) during the same period last year,…
This episode, recorded live at the Becker’s Hospital Review 15th Annual Meeting, features Scott Polenz, Advisory Services Principal Consultant at CHG Healthcare. Scott shares insights on physician and APP recruitment and retention, emphasizing the importance of strategic planning, flexibility, and…
This episode, recorded live at the Becker’s 3rd Annual Spring Payer Issues Roundtable, features Catherine Tabaka, Chief Executive Officer, and Dr. Michael Cantor, Chief Medical Officer. They discuss how Matrix Medical Network’s in-home care model addresses gaps in the healthcare…
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Best Buy reported $109 million in charges for the first quarter, primarily tied to the restructuring of its Best Buy Health division. The charges stemmed mainly from asset impairments and other associated costs, according to the company’s earnings report released…
Sharon (Pa.) Regional Medical Center has fully reopened under Tenor Health Foundation, a hospital turnaround company, as Sharon Regional Health System, The Business Journal reported May 29. The hospital, which previously was owned by Dallas-based Steward Health Care, shut its…
Traditional clinical decision support tools outperform generative AI in diagnosing disease, Mass General Brigham researchers found. The Somerville, Mass.-based health system has had a diagnostic decision support system called DXplain since 1984. For a May 29 JAMA Network Open study,…