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Ascension Seton hospital taps chief medical officer
Joshua Pozos, MD, has been named chief medical officer of Ascension Seton Hays in Kyle, Texas, according to a news release shared with local news outlets.
Epic dives into spatial computing
Epic Systems is seeing promise in spatial computing and launching an app for Apple’s new Vision Pro headset, as well as working with a health system to explore the potential of the headset for healthcare applications.
CMS cuts DSH payments for some safety-net hospitals: 8 things to know
CMS will cut Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments for some safety-net hospitals in fiscal year 2024, according to a final rule published Feb. 20.
UNC Health to fundraise for new children's hospital
Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health is launching a fundraising effort to help pay for its flagship freestanding children’s hospital, Triangle Business Journal reported Feb. 20.
Tufts unveils AI-powered digital assistant for patients
Burlington, Mass.-based Tufts Medicine is launching an AI-powered digital personal assistant that will assist patients with determining the appropriate time and location to seek medical care.
Results are in on 'tripledemic' viruses' hospital burden this season: 4 notes
The combined effects of flu, respiratory syncytial virus and COVID-19 this season led to similar levels of hospitalizations and illness, but there were smaller peaks of COVID-19 and RSV compared to the 2022-2023 virus season.
Steward drives Medical Properties Trust's Q4 loss
The net losses for Medical Properties Trust, one of the world’s largest hospital real estate owners, included around $772 million in nonrecurring write-offs and impairments in the fourth quarter of 2023, mostly led by Dallas-based Steward Health Care’s…
Where Walmart Health stands after setting big growth goals last year
Last March, Walmart Health said it would add 28 locations by the end of the first quarter of 2024 in Dallas, Houston, Phoenix and Kansas City, Mo.
Mount Sinai Health System fined $2M for understaffing nurses
Over the past few weeks, arbitrators have ordered New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System to pay more than $2 million in fines for understaffing nurses in units at three of its hospitals, the New York State Nurses Association said in a Feb. 20 ne…
Kansas hospital promotes CFO to CEO
Kearny County Hospital in Lakin, Kan., has named Marley Koons CEO.
