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AdventHealth hospitals honored for 'patient falls bootcamp'
Two AdventHealth hospitals have been recognized for a “patient falls bootcamp” effort that cut incidents by 33%, with some units improving as much as 50% from last year.
Beth Israel Lahey Health expands 'hospital at home'
Cambridge, Mass.-based Beth Israel Lahey Health has expanded its “hospital-at-home” program to two more hospitals.
Why Epic decided to partner with Microsoft
Excited about his company’s partnership with Epic, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella traveled to the EHR vendor’s headquarters in Verona, Wis., to talk about it in person, Isthmus reported Nov. 2.
Indiana system earmarks $75M for potential settlement with former CFO
Indianapolis-based Community Health Network has set aside $75 million for a potential settlement agreement with the Justice Department and a former CFO who filed a whistleblower suit against the system almost 10 years ago, Inside Indiana Business repor…
Patients can get up to $50 each in Advocate Aurora pixel settlement
Patients of Advocate Health Care and Aurora Health Care may be eligible for a piece of the $12.2 million settlement the health systems reached over the use of pixel tracking technology.
How much 5 hospitals are paying for a new EHR
Hospitals in Florida, Montana and Illinois are spending more than $10 million on a new EHR system.
CMS boosts hospital price transparency
CMS’ 2024 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and ASC rule includes changes to hospital price transparency requirements, which it says will make it easier for the public to learn what hospitals charge for items and services.
3 Microsoft healthcare job openings
Microsoft recently posted three job openings related to its health business. Below are the open positions as of Nov. 3:
After MSU shooting, Sparrow Hospital expands its mass casualty protocol
On Feb. 13, Sparrow Hospital in East Lansing, Mich., received and treated five victims from a mass shooting that took place on Michigan State University’s campus killing three and injuring five. Now, nine months after the mass casualty event, the hospi…
New York hospital, university partner on nursing school
Saint Joseph’s Medical Center in Yonkers, N.Y., has donated $2.5 million to support a partnership with the nursing school at the College of Mount Saint Vincent in New York City.
