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Providence nurses approve labor deal
Nurses represented by United Food and Commercial Workers 3000 have approved a new labor contract with Providence Regional Medical Center Everett (Wash.).
HCA Virginia hospital taps new chief medical officer
Reston (Va.) Hospital Center, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, named Alice Tang, DO, its new chief medical officer, on Feb. 1.
Yale New Haven Health to provide AI-driven clinical documentation
Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health will provide thousands of clinicians within its health system access to AI-powered ambient listening technology.
Clinicians, local advocates decry Mission Hospital's immediate jeopardy correction plan
A group of physicians and patient advocates are criticizing HCA Mission Hospital’s plan of correction to revoke its immediate jeopardy status because it makes no mention of increasing staff, local news outlets reported Feb. 22.
CoxHealth expands IT team amid Epic EHR transition
Springfield, Mo.-based CoxHealth has begun the pre-planning activities for its Epic EHR install, which is slated to be completed by early 2026.
OakLeaf presses expansion plans amid HSHS, Prevea closures
Eau Claire, Wis.-based OakLeaf Medical Network, the largest independent physician network in the state, has increased care capacity at its 26 clinics amid the planned closure of two Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System hospitals and r…
FBI warned of Chinese malware 'low blows' before Change cyberattack
FBI Director Christopher Wray said Chinese efforts to embed malware inside U.S. critical infrastructure networks are at “a scale greater than we’d seen before” in remarks made days before a reported cybersecurity event affecting the nation’s largest co…
Geisinger disconnects from Change Healthcare amid attack
Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger said it has disconnected from Optum’s Change Healthcare following a cyberattack that affected the company, The Citizens’ Voice reported Feb. 22.
Convicted physician impostor allegedly attempted to open another clinic
A California man who was convicted of 13 felony counts of unauthorized practice of medicine allegedly tried to open another clinic two weeks after being released from prison.
Dr. Roger Guillemin, Nobel-winning neuroendocrinologist, dies at 100
Roger Guillemin, MD, PhD, a Nobel Prize-winning neuroendocrinologist whose work on hormones helped lead to the development of birth control pills and treatments for cancer, died Feb. 21 at 100, The Washington Post reported.
