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An unforeseen reason hospitals are pausing surgeries
Many health systems made the strategic choice to suspend elective surgeries during the pandemic, reallocating resources to address the public health crisis. However, in recent months, certain facilities have been forced to pause surgeries for a differe…
US News sues San Francisco over hospital rankings dispute
U.S. News & World Report is suing San Francisco’s top attorney over subpoenas seeking documents and information relating to its rankings of hospitals, according to court documents accessed by Becker’s.
CLABSIs spiked at Oregon hospital around time of nurse's alleged drug diversion
Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford, Ore., saw a spike in central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2022 and 2023 — the same period of time a nurse at the hospital was allegedly replacing an unconfirmed number of patients’ fentanyl …
Steward hospital president exits amid financial woes
Craig Jesiolowski, president of Methuen, Mass.-based Holy Family Hospital, part of Dallas, Texas-based Steward Health Care, is exiting his role after more than seven years, WHAV reported Jan. 19.
Joint Commission streamlines emergency, ambulatory care guidelines
The Joint Commission has updated guidelines for emergency management and ambulatory care, which will become effective July 1.
CDC dismisses severity claims of JN.1 variant
The CDC has rejected findings from Ohio State University researchers that the JN.1 coronavirus variant is more severe than previous strains.
7 executive exits in 8 days
Becker’s reported seven hospital and health system executive departures since Jan. 16:
Illinois system scraps plan to reopen hospital
Chicago-based Foresight Health has torn up its plan to reopen Pioneer Community Hospital of Patrick County as a critical access hospital, the Cardinal News reported Jan. 23
Teladoc cuts jobs
Teladoc Health, one of the country’s largest telehealth providers, cut some jobs earlier in January.
Healthcare in 2024 is 'just kind of nutty,' Amazon's CEO says
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said modern healthcare is “just kind of nutty” and future generations will look back on this time wondering what we were thinking, Fortune reported.
