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Jennifer Eslinger will become president and CEO of Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health on Sept. 21, marking the first permanent CEO appointment since Health Assurance Transformation Co. acquired the system and converted it to a for-profit organization. She told Becker’s she…
NewYork-Presbyterian has adopted Signal 1’s AI Management System (AIMS) to govern and monitor artificial intelligence tools deployed across the New York City-based health system. The platform will oversee AI technologies ranging from cancer and structural heart disease detection tools to…
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Saint Joseph Health’s hospitals and other facilities in Kentucky have adopted the CommonSpirit Health name, according to a July 29 Facebook post from CommonSpirit — Kentucky. The Lexington, Ky.-based system is now operating under the CommonSpirit name across its Kentucky…
In this episode, David Walker, Chief Executive Officer, George E. Weems Memorial Hospital, shares how the hospital is expanding local access to care through new pharmacy, oncology, rehabilitation, and specialty services while strengthening its financial foundation. He also discusses workforce…
The Michigan Supreme Court ruled July 31 that the state’s attorney general may continue pursuing an investigation into Eli Lilly’s insulin pricing practices under the Michigan Consumer Protection Act, reversing lower court rulings that had blocked the case. In a…
Nebraska estimated that about 200 people from its expansion population have lost Medicaid coverage Aug. 1 amid its first work requirements check. Tradeoffs reported on the projection from Nebraska’s Medicaid director, Drew Gonshorowski, July 30. Over the next year, Nebraska…
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