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VillageMD's CEO exits
VillageMD’s board appointed COO Jim Murray as interim CEO Nov. 27 after former CEO Tim Barry stepped down, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Michael Dowling: We've revolutionized care for aging adults, but is America's health system ready for the senior population boom?
Like many baby boomers and those from earlier generations, I have vivid memories from my younger years of my grandparents and other aging adults struggling with an assortment of ailments that their doctors told them were just an inevitable part of grow…
The tools lowering turnover at Hackensack Meridian
Over the past three years, Hackensack Meridian Health has reduced turnover for full- and part-time employees from a high of 14% to just over 8%. This improvement is partly due to heightened attention translating to greater engagement, Linda McHugh, the…
Shorter surgeon wait times, fewer ED visits: 11 Biden Cancer Moonshot updates
The Biden Cancer Moonshot marked the one-year anniversary of CMS finalizing six navigation service billing codes by sharing reported outcomes from a variety of navigation programs.
Risk of heart problems persists years after COVID infection: 4 study findings
A recent study using data from the UK BioBank highlighted the extended risk of major adverse cardiac events in individuals who have recovered from COVID-19.
26 straight 'A' safety grades: Inside 1 Northwestern hospital's approach
Ken Hedley and his team at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital are guided by a patient-first mission.
Why UMass Memorial Health is expanding care at home
Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Health already has one of the largest hospital-at-home programs in the country. Now the health system is expanding into other home-care domains.
Alabama hospital to expand behavioral health services
Muscle Shoals, Ala.-based North Alabama Shoals Hospital has received state approval to expand its behavioral health services.
Oracle Health in the last 30 days
Oracle Health, the EHR company formerly known as Cerner, has been busy developing artificial intelligence and interoperability features.
Mercy takes to Capitol Hill on AI
Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy represented the healthcare industry recently in Washington, D.C., to educate federal lawmakers about artificial intelligence.
