Health systems today operate under unprecedented pressure. Rising patient demand, workforce shortages, financial constraints, and policy shifts place new strain on hospital operations and drive more patients to seek care through the emergency department. Long wait times and ED boarding…
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Boston-based Beth Israel Lahey Health has named Sue Chapman Moss president of the Beth Israel Lahey Health Performance Network. In her new role, Ms. Moss will lead the organization’s clinically integrated network of physicians, clinicians and hospitals, according to an…
Burlington, Vt.-based University of Vermont Health eliminated nine positions April 14 at Alice Hyde Medical Center in Malone, N.Y., and Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital in Plattsburgh, N.Y., according to a statement shared with Becker’s. The layoffs affected two employees at…
The more than 475 registered nurses and healthcare workers at BMC South in Brockton, Mass., who are represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association have rescinded their strike notice to allow negotiations to continue. Four things to know: 1. The employees…
Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Cottage Health is taking a more structured approach to innovation with the addition of a chief innovation officer role designed to turn frontline ideas into measurable results. Ryan Kelly, PhD, was named to the position in February…
The White House recently dismissed the board members for the U.S. National Science Foundation, which funds a significant portion of research across colleges and universities, The New York Times reported April 25. Established in 1950, the National Science Foundation is…
TPG has completed its acquisition of Optum UK, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group whose core asset is EMIS Group, a healthcare software company used by the United Kingdom’s NHS. The deal closed March 13, according to UK regulatory filings, and…
The $231 million HCA Florida Gainesville Hospital will open to its first patients on May 5. Four things to know: 1. The hospital, which hosted its grand opening April 25, will be an extension of HCA Florida North Hospital, according…
Saint Francis Health System, based in Tulsa, Okla., is working to build a pipeline of information technology talent through direct engagement with students at Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology. Five IT managers from the health system met with OSUIT…
Self-funded health systems have been navigating a costly GLP-1 landscape in recent years, and the issue has not seemed to lighten up — yet. Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health is one of the latest grappling with steep costs for its 65,000 employees.…