Penn State Health in Hershey, Pa., has named Dara Royer senior vice president and chief marketing and communications officer. In this role, Ms. Royer will oversee marketing and communications strategy across the academic health system, according to an April 29…
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The American Hospital Association and the West Health Institute are launching a three-year initiative to help hospitals scale technology-driven solutions to improve care delivery. Here are four things to know about the initiative:
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There is a moment from my training that has stayed with me for years, not because it was unusual, but because it revealed something fundamental about how systems fail. I was a medical student in Colombia, working in a public…