Today's Top 20 Healthcare News Articles
Christus Health takes out $240M in loans to help finance acquisitions
Irving, Texas-based Christus Health said it has taken out a total of $240 million in loans to help it fund acquisitions, according to a July 10 filing.How Ohio State is streamlining the organ donation process
俄亥俄州立大学Columbus-based瓦克斯纳》l Center launched InVita's iRefferal, an interoperable digital tool designed to streamline the organ donation process, at 15 Ohio State medical facilities.1 oncologist's fight to stop cancer with a single drug
Luis Diaz Jr., MD, was one of the researchers who led a 2022 clinical trial of a specific type of rectal cancer with a 100 percent success rate, Fast Company reported July 6.
The growing accountant shortage is showing up in financial statements
A growing shortage of accountants has started showing in financial statements of large companies, The Wall Street Journal reported July 11.CommonSpirit Health taps generative AI for marketing
The marketing department at Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health has begun exploring the use of generative artificial intelligence to draft content, create images and personalize the communications experience for patients.Northwell aims to streamline flexible staffing via startup
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health has reached an agreement with Prolucent Health, a Dallas-based workforce optimization startup, to implement Prolucent's VMS+ platform for managing the 21-hospital health system's temporary staffing needs.AI shows potential in speeding new antibiotic discovery
Scientists are turning to artificial intelligence and machine learning to develop new antibiotics, as bacterial pathogens are becoming increasingly resistant to existing antibiotics, according to a July 11 report from Scientific American.
Southern Regional Medical Center names new nurse exec
Jacquelyn Byrd, DNP, Southern Regional Medical Center in Riverdale, Ga., has been selected as the executive director of nursing to lead and help execute operations alongside the medical center's chief nursing officer, Janie Hinton, RN.Study compares EMRs and new AI model in tracking postoperative opioid use
Kaid Health's natural language processing model was successful in identifying prolonged opioid usage three months after orthopedic surgery, according to a study published July 6 in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine.AHA urges Congress to double proposed funding for Hospital Preparedness Program
The American Hospital Association is asking Congress to consider doubling the $385 million in five-year funding it has proposed for the Hospital Preparedness Program.5 hospitals under new emergency surgery verification process
Five U.S. hospitals are among the first to receive verification under the new American College of Surgeons' Emergency General Surgery Verification Program, which was first implemented in September 2022, according to a July 10 news release.
California health system installs digital health platform spun out of Providence
Monterey, Calif.-based Montage Health is installing Xealth, a digital health platform spun out of Renton, Wash.-based Providence.Digital health funding slump continues
Digital health funding continues to slip, with the industry bringing in $2.5 billion in funding in the second quarter, putting 2023 on track to be the lowest funding year since 2019, according to data released July 10 by Rock Health.Epic, HCA, Optum back new health data initiative
EHR vendor Epic Systems, Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare and Optum have pledged their support for the Sequoia Project's new health data initiative that aims to make healthcare data more useful.Generative AI, virtual nursing, remote monitoring: What hospital innovation leaders expect for rest of '23
From hospitals and health systems tapping into generative artificial intelligence platforms like ChatGPT to rolling out large-scale virtual nursing programs, 2023 has been a busy year for healthcare innovation already.'Advocate for yourself,' Encompass pharmacy leader tells others with disabilities
When an illness paralyzed Renee Tyree, PharmD, at 19 years old, she was told she wouldn't become a doctor after she became a wheelchair user.From support to scorn, opinions differ on whether coding is healthcare's enemy
It is safe to say that opinions on whether coding "destroys everything" in healthcare vary from complete support of that position to robust defense of the coding industry and the workers employed in it, according to LinkedIn comments in the wake of a June 29 Becker's article.New Jersey hospital nurses move toward strike
Nurses at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J., have voted to authorize a strike, according to a hospital statement shared with Becker's July 11.Pennsylvania hospital CEOs at odds over nurse staffing legislation
Two Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke’s University Health Network leaders slammed the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Act in a July 10 op-ed in The Morning Call.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.
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