Alireza “Shami” Shamshirsaz, MD, was named director of the Comprehensive Fetal Care Center, a clinical partnership between Ascension’s Dell Children’s Medical Center in Austin and Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Shamshirsaz, a maternal-fetal medicine…
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Shuttered Springfield (Pa.) Hospital was purchased by KQT Aikens Partners for $1 million March 11, making it the last of Upland, Pa.-based Crozer Health’s four facilities to be sold. Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings, Crozer Health’s parent company, also sold…
Heather Hornbuckle, RN, has been named chief nursing officer of Hope-based Southwest Arkansas Regional Medical Center. Ms. Hornbuckle will lead nursing operations and at the 25-bed critical access hospital, according to a news release shared with local news outlets March…
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In this episode, Megan Eubanks, MBA, Senior Director of Business Operations for Perioperative and Procedural Services at The University of Kansas Health System, discusses how her team is using AI and advanced analytics to improve operating room utilization, increase surgical…