R1 RCM has named Eric Tagliere chief information officer. Mr. Tagliere most recently served as chief technology officer at Humana, where he led the company’s technology operations to advance their cloud and technology modernization strategy, according to a June 9…
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Pittsburgh-based UPMC is laying off approximately 200 employees and eliminating an additional 300 vacant positions, a health system spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s on June 9. “As we regularly reassess our services to ensure they match the needs of our patients and…
Google researchers have developed a system that passively measures heart rate and resting heart rate through a smartphone’s front-facing camera. The system, called passive heart rate monitoring, or PHRM, captures eight-second facial video clips in the moments after a user…
As employers’ healthcare costs were climbing toward their steepest annual increase in more than a decade, AdventHealth launched a narrow-network insurance plan for its own workforce last year. The model is now serving as a blueprint for a product the…
The American Hospital Association is positioning technology — from EHRs to predictive analytics — as a central lever in hospitals’ push to lower healthcare costs. AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack wrote in a June 5 column that EHRs and…
Rapid City, S.D.-based Monument Health has appointed two leaders to its executive leadership team, effective June 8. Paula McInerney-Hall was promoted to general counsel after most recently serving as associate general counsel, according to a June 5 health system news…
New Orleans-based LCMC Health has committed $600,000 for naming rights to the playing field at the planned 9th Ward Stadium in New Orleans, which will be known as Raising Cane’s 9th Ward Stadium at LCMC Health Field. The Orleans Parish…
Certified registered nurse anesthetists play a critical role in surgical, procedural and obstetric care, particularly in rural and underserved communities where access to anesthesia providers can be limited. But the concentration of CRNAs varies considerably across states, according to May…
Columbus-based Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-James Cancer Hospital & Solove Research Institute has appointed Kami Maddocks, MD, chief medical officer. Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, CEO of The James, shared news of Dr. Maddocks’ appointment in a June 9 LinkedIn…
About a month after Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health and Robbinsdale, Minn.-based North Memorial Health signed a definitive agreement to combine, the organizations’ CEOs told Becker’s the timing reflects a broader reality facing healthcare: For many regional systems, long-term sustainability…