Greenville, S.C.-based Bon Secours St. Francis is opening a new $23 million freestanding emergency department March 5 in Five Forks, S.C. The 12,500-square-foot facility will have nine exam rooms, including a dedicated trauma room, along with on-site CT and X-ray…
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Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health is accelerating its outpatient strategy as it builds out a 25-center ASC network designed to shift volume out of hospitals and closer to patients. Leslie Barrett, BSN, RN, senior vice president of ambulatory surgery strategy and…
Ames, Iowa-based Mary Greeley Medical Center’s rating was downgraded to “A3” from “A2” by Moody’s. The downgrade is driven by the negative impact of the opening of an ASC joint venture between the hospital and an independent physician group, Moody’s…
Walgreens has expanded its virtual care platform to include weight management services, offering $49 clinician-guided visits for eligible adults using GLP-1 therapies. The new Walgreens Weight Management program is open to self-pay patients ages 18-64 who are overweight or have…
Natalie Whitmer, COO of HCA Healthcare’s TriStar Skyline Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., has stepped down from her role, effective Feb. 20, she wrote in a LinkedIn post. Ms. Whitmer has joined Arlington-based Texas Health Resources as COO of Texas…
Two years after a merger that created a now $12.1 billion system, St. Louis-based BJC Health is rolling out fresh branding to solidify its market positioning and boost recruitment and retention, leaders told Becker’s. St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare and Kansas…
Wisconsin lawmakers have introduced legislation that would establish minimum nurse-to-patient ratios in hospitals and prohibit mandatory overtime for registered nurses. The Nurse Staffing and Patient Protection Act, co-written by Sen. Melissa Ratcliff, D-Cottage Grove, and Reps. Francesca Hong and Lisa…
Payment overwhelm is costing health systems cash, staff time, and patient trust. Smarter communication and more efficient payment processing can help. For years, health systems have invested deeply in portals, texting, and automated outreach to close care gaps and improve…
Novartis will construct a 46,000-square-foot radioligand therapy manufacturing site in Denton, Texas, as part of its $23 billion U.S. investment. The facility will be Novartis’ fifth radioligand therapy site in the U.S. and its first in Texas, according to a…
Patients who rely heavily on telehealth for primary care may experience gaps in care, according to a new study. Researchers at UW Medicine in Seattle followed 744,599 U.S. military veterans who used Veterans Health Administration primary care for three or…