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Prime Healthcare to cut beds, services at Pennsylvania hospital
Prime Healthcare plans to convert Suburban Community Hospital, a 126-bed facility in East Norriton, Pa., into a microhospital that focuses on emergency care and services including imaging, lab and pharmacy.
Should all healthcare workers take the Hippocratic Oath?
As private equity expands across the healthcare industry and proper patient care is brought into question, Don Berwick, MD, a Harvard Medical School health policy lecturer in Boston and former CMS administrator during the Obama administration, called f…
Should all healthcare workers take the Hippocratic Oath?
As private equity expands across the healthcare industry and proper patient care is brought into question, Don Berwick, MD, a Harvard Medical School health policy lecturer in Boston and former CMS administrator during the Obama administration, called f…
Waystar launches IPO, aims to raise $1B
Waystar launched its initial public offering May 28 and with the goal of raising around $1 billion, according to a news release from the company.
Leapfrog Group founding CEO, creator of hospital safety grades, dies
Suzanne Delbanco, PhD, the founding CEO of hospital watchdog organization The Leapfrog Group, is dead at 56, according to a May 28 news release.
Henry Ford Health, Google team up on tech for $2B tower
Detroit-based Henry Ford Health is partnering with Google, Ford Motor and others to develop technology for its $2 billion hospital tower, the Michigan Chronicle reported May 28.
UChicago Medicine reports employee email breach
An unauthorized user or users accessed the email accounts of a “small number” of University of Chicago Medicine employees, potentially compromising patient health information.
The link between proximity to cancer centers and stage of disease: New findings
Patients who live farther away from a designated comprehensive cancer center may be more likely to receive a late-stage diagnosis, according to an analysis of medical records from researchers at Baltimore-based John Hopkins Medicine.
The real cost of cancer: 49% of patients carry $5K+ in medical debt
Rising drug prices and inflationary effects have escalated the price tag of a cancer diagnosis for both hospitals and patients. Now, 47% of cancer patients accumulate debt as a result of their medical needs, The Wall Street Journal reported May 28.&nbs…
Veradigm to explore potential sale
Veradigm, formerly known as Allscripts, said it is exploring a potential sale, acquisition or a strategic business combination.
