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With US helium supply faltering, 1 MRI looks ahead
As hospitals and health systems worry over the unsteady supply of helium, a necessary element for MRI machines, Royal Philips installed its thousandth “virtually helium-free MRI,” the company said Feb. 28.
Healthcare real estate companies close $21B merger
Denver-based Healthpeak Properties has closed its $21 billion all-stock merger with Milwaukee-based Physicians Realty Trust. The companies will operate under the name Healthpeak Properties.
84 CHROs and chief people officers to know | 2024
Chief human resources officers and chief people officers are tasked with developing strong human capital strategies for their hospitals and health systems.
7 changes this hospital plans to make after a staff stabbing
The Hawaii Health Department implemented security and patient changes to the State Operated Specialized Residential Program and Hawaii State Hospital facilities following the death of a nurse.
6 workers assaulted at New York hospital: Police
Police said they have arrested a man following the assault of six workers at New York City-based Richmond University Medical Center.
Mercy adds COO role at recently acquired system
Cape Girardeau, Mo.-based Mercy Southeast is seeking a chief operating officer.
'You just can't keep pace': CIOs deal with spike in software vendors
Some CIOs are struggling to “keep pace” with the huge explosion in outside vendors that has coincided with the hype over artificial intelligence, The Wall Street Journal reported March 4.
Dayton Children's $110M behavioral health building hits construction milestone
Dayton (Ohio) Children’s Hospital recently held a topping-off ceremony for its $110 million behavioral health building at the hospital’s main campus.
Johns Hopkins ramps up cybersecurity amid Change Healthcare attack
Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins said it has heightened security protocols amid Change Healthcare’s cyberattack.
CommonSpirit adjusts portfolio, investing in 'strongest markets,' CEO says
Chicago-based CommonSpirit has made “solid progress” on its financial improvement strategy in the most recent quarter but is “certainly not where we need to be,” CEO Wright Lassiter III said during the health system’s fiscal second quarter investor cal…
