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Mass General Brigham's innovation conference: 7 highlights
The World Medical Innovation Forum brought clinical innovators and executives from Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham together with investors and tech company leaders Sept. 23-25 near Boston.
Epic's fix for interoperability, per Judy Faulkner
Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner said 100% of Epic health systems can interoperate and athenahealth has a high interoperability rate, but that still leaves a lot of organizations that can’t easily share data.
Data breaches costing health systems millions
The financial fallout from recent data breaches in the healthcare industry continues to raise alarms as organizations grapple with the costs of cyberattacks and ensuing lawsuits.
Texas hospital gets more time to repay state
The operator of Nacogdoches (Texas) Memorial Hospital will no longer be required to fully reimburse Texas Health and Human Services more than $7 million in overpayments by the end of the year, The Daily Sentinel reported Sept. 24.
Hospitals face rising preeclampsia rates: 5 notes
Hospitals are working to implement new guidelines and federal initiations to address rising rates of preeclampsia, KFF Health News reported Sept. 25.
Is AI helping or hurting rural healthcare?
Healthcare is quickly integrating artificial intelligence into many administrative and clinical care functions. Early results at academic medical centers and large innovative health systems are showing areas where the technology (if deployed thoughtful…
77% of health system IT employees eyeing new jobs
Health system IT employees are keeping their options open, with 77% actively seeking new jobs or planning to do so within the next year, according to Bloomforce’s “2024 EHR Salary Insights Report.”
Pay cuts, layoffs hit the C-suite
Health systems are increasingly trimming executive positions and pay to stabilize their financial footing amid rising operational costs, workforce shortages and inflationary pressures.
Penn Med residents, fellows reach tentative deal
Resident physicians and fellows at Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine, which comprises the University of Pennsylvania Health System and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, have reached a tentative agreement on their first c…
Texas system to close ER less than 1 year after opening
The Faith Community ER in Bowie (Texas), part of Jacksboro, Texas-based Faith Community Health System, will close Oct. 6 nearly one year after opening due to a lack of financial assistance.
