Today's Top 20 Healthcare News Articles
UVA Health gaining 5% ownership stake in Riverside Health System as part of new alliance
Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health and Newport News, Va.-based Riverside Health System are forming an alliance to increase access to innovative care for complex medical conditions and clinical trials.26 health systems, Big Tech companies in National Academy of Medicine's digital health collaborative
The National Academy of Medicine formed a digital health consortium in 2011 that continues to add members toward its aim of boosting population and patient-level health.10 startups join Cedars-Sinai's health tech accelerator
Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai's health tech accelerator program welcomed 10 new startups to join its ninth cohort.
AAPA taps former Rush leader as inaugural chief medical officer
Jennifer Orozco, DMSc, PA-C, has been selected to serve as the American Academy of Physician Associates' first chief medical officer.ASHP names 6 hospital pharmacies as centers of excellence
The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists has honored six hospitals with its certificate of excellence in medication use safety and pharmacy practice.Pennsylvania agency makes reporting newborn injury details voluntary for hospitals
The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority has changed course and voted to make reporting on newborn injuries and deaths optional, PennLive reported July 11.Risant Health will drive new tech adoption at Geisinger, CEO says
Jaewon Ryu, MD, president and CEO of Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health, said Risant Health, the new nonprofit organization created by Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, will give the organization more opportunity to invest in AI and machine learning, AMA Update reported July 10.
FDA OKs more cisplatin drug imports
The FDA is allowing 10 more lots of cisplatin from a China-based pharmaceutical company to be imported to the U.S. to ease the ongoing cancer drug shortage, Bloomberg reported July 10. The additional lots are set to arrive next week.States increase pressure on nonprofit hospitals as charity care scrutinized
More than a dozen states have considered or passed legislation to better define what charity care means, increasing the scrutiny on nonprofit hospitals and health systems, according to a July 11 KFF Health News report.Novant健康为patie提供心理健康应用nts, 36,000 employees
Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health has begun offering digital mental health support from NeuroFlow to its patients and 36,000 employees.171 hospitals affected in HCA data theft
Data theft from an external storage location affected Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare hospitals across 19 states.
52 HCA hospital, division executive changes in 2023
HCA Healthcare, a for-profit hospital operator based in Nashville, Tenn., has made leadership changes at several of its hospitals and divisions in 2023.UPMC still investing for the long term, CFO says
Despite the post-COVID-19 financial strain on hospitals, Pittsburgh-based UPMC is still investing in its long-term priorities, CFO Edward Karlovich told Lehigh Valley Business July 10.'Using the blue': How U of Kentucky helped boost a rural health system
The closure of Ashland, Ky.-based Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in April 2020 left the city with only one health system — King's Daughters — but the University of Kentucky stepped in to help boost the hospital, Politico reported July 10.Johns Hopkins sued by patient for data breach
Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University and Health System are facing a patient-led lawsuit that alleges the health system failed to protect patients' health information when it was compromised due to a ransomware attack on a software vulnerability called MOVEit.Alaska system acquires nursing home
Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau, Alaska, has completed the acquisition of Wildflower Court, a nursing home that has served the community since 1977.Northwell food goes from 'disgusting' to delicious, patient satisfaction rises from 9th to 90th percentile
Hospital food has been the butt of jokes forever — at a significant cost to healthcare systems. Long after patients are discharged, they remember their poor experiences three meals a day, often just in time for the Press Ganey survey to arrive in their mailbox.Cleveland Clinic opens 23rd hospital
Cleveland Clinic Mentor (Ohio) Hospital opened on July 11, becoming the city of Mentor's first hospital and the health system's first in Lake County.UCSF Health digital chief departs for healthcare AI company
Aaron Neinstein, MD, the former vice president of digital health at San Francisco-based UCSF Health, has left the health system to join healthcare artificial intelligence company Notable.'Like the system on steroids': Private equity's hold on the healthcare market
The American Antitrust Institute found that in 2021, a single private equity firm owned more than half of practices in 13 percent of urban markets, while in 28 percent of the market, a single firm held 30 percent of practices.
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