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…
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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…
Oklahoma City-based Integris Health has appointed Laura Starks as chief human resources officer, effective July 27. Ms. Starks brings more than 20 years of healthcare leadership experience, with expertise in workforce strategy, leadership development and talent management, according to a…
Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has received $50 million from the Yawkey Foundation to support the institute’s planned $1.7 billion cancer hospital, currently under construction. A bridge connecting the new hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Yawkey Center for Cancer Care will…