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'They're vulnerable at any given time': Texas hospital, medical school partnership targets rural healthcare
Rural hospitals and health systems are continuing to face significant challenges like rising costs, low reimbursement rates and workforce challenges. In fact, a recent report found that there are about 418 rural hospitals currently at risk of closure.&…
Maryland hospital CEO on leave amid threat allegations
Scott Moran, MD, CEO of Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center, a maximum-security forensic psychiatric hospital in Jessup, Md., is on leave amid allegations he bullied and threatened staff, The Washington Post reported Feb. 15.
IU Health names new regional president
Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health has named Denzil Ross president of its South Central region, effective Feb. 19.
Cleveland Clinic turns to tech to transform operations
Cleveland Clinic has implemented the Virtual Command Center, an AI-based tool that is allowing the organization to automate and optimize critical decisions.
Oracle Health EHR turns VA medical centers 'upside down'
U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale of Montana, chair of the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, said VA medical centers running on the Oracle Health EHR system have been turned “upside down.”
Leaders keep kicking the same healthcare cans down the road
Healthcare is stuck in a rut, with many of the same daily events and problems stemming from long-standing systemic issues that are sorely in need of urgency, attention and insistence for improvement.
Kentucky hospital taps CEO
Frankfort (Ky.) Regional Medical Center has named John Ballard, PhD, its CEO.
9 health systems newly approved for 'hospital at home'
While some health systems have been apprehensive about setting up hospital-at-home programs because of reimbursement uncertainty, hospitals continue to seek CMS approval to provide acute care in the home.
'It comes down to trust': 1 oncology leader on keeping providers happy
Oncologists are reporting slightly higher rates of burnout at a time when other specialties have seen a decline. Leaders have offered reasons for the increase, but for Kettering Health, burnout has not been much of an issue.
HCA taps CEO for Missouri Hospital
John McDonald was named CEO of Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence, Mo., part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare.
