Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University has sued Oregon Public Broadcasting to block a Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office order requiring the release of records related to former OHSU Health CEO Tarek Salaway’s termination, according to a June 16 court…
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Josh Neff, president of Mercy Hospital in Durango, Colo., will leave Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health effective July 2 to pursue a new opportunity, Pete Powers, president of CommonSpirit’s Greater Colorado and Kansas Market, said in a statement to Becker’s. Mr. Neff…
Avoidable delays in patient care have long challenged health systems, increasing costs, straining capacity, and disrupting patient flow. Yet many organizations lack the data needed to identify their root causes. West Tennessee Healthcare, a not-for-profit system with seven hospitals serving…
Researchers at Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham have developed BRIDGE, a multilingual benchmark that found large language models perform far better on medical licensing exams than actual patient-care tasks. The benchmark evaluates how well LLMs understand clinical text — including…
Methodist Hospital Atascosa in Jourdanton, Texas, has named Harpreet Sharma, MSN, its chief nursing officer and chief operating officer. In her dual role, Ms. Sharma will focus on advancing operational efficiencies, clinical quality and patient-centered care, according to a June…
Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health’s proposed acquisition of Mount Airy-based Northern Regional Hospital has been approved by the Surry County (N.C.) Board of Commissioners. Under the agreement, Novant will acquire the 133-bed facility and its related facilities in Mount Airy, Novant…
Today, routine cancer screening in the U.S. is recommended for only four cancers: breast, colorectal, cervical and, for high-risk patients, lung. Yet nearly 70% of annual U.S. cancer cases and deaths come from cancers no broad guideline tells clinicians to…
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta has led a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief opposing a Justice Department effort to obtain personal health information from adolescents who received gender-affirming care at Stanford Children’s Hospital in Palo…
Fairview Health Services will stop scheduling patients with UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage plans effective Jan. 1, 2027. The Minneapolis-based health system said frequent coverage changes, denials and payment issues have made it harder for patients to access care. “We understand this change creates…
St. Louis-based Ascension appointed Elizabeth Fowler, PhD, JD, to its board of directors, effective June 3. Dr. Fowler most recently served as deputy administrator and director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation at CMS, where she led value-based…