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99 healthcare companies in General Catalyst's portfolio
General Catalyst plans to buy a health system — and have its digital health portfolio companies help transform it.
Hospital CIOs' top 8 interests, per survey
Hospital and health system CIOs are most focused on artificial intelligence and machine learning and their potential to reshape the industry, according to a new survey from Stoltenberg Consulting.
Is Cerner hurting Oracle stock?
Cerner may be dragging down Oracle’s stock price as the software incorporates the EHR vendor into its portfolio, Yahoo Finance reported.
Mayo Clinic looks to bring telehealth services to ambulances
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is entering a know-how agreement with OPTAC-X, a telehealth company and remote physician company, to use OPTAC-X’s hybrid LTE-global SATCOM telehealth tools within ambulances.
22 specialties with the highest malpractice frequency
Surgery is the specialty with the highest malpractice lawsuit frequency, while psychiatry has the lowest, a Medscape report found.
Mount Sinai plans to close Beth Israel in July
New York City-based Mount Sinai Health has proposed a July 12 closure date for its Beth Israel campus.
CHS CFO 'increasingly confident' in modernization effort
Community Health Systems kicked off its enterprisewide modernization and optimization initiative dubbed Project Empower, and CFO Kevin Hammons said the organization is pleased with the early results.
New nursing specialty certifications introduced in 2023
U.S. nurses can now become certified in two additional specialties: burn nursing and cannabis.
5 hospitals using grants to install EHRs
Hospitals in Michigan, California, Illinois and Kansas are using government money and grants to help with the cost of installing a new EHR.
Detecting COVID-19 gets murkier ahead of winter months
A quarter of the nation’s CDC-sponsored wastewater testing sites are shut down indefinitely as the agency looks to replace the firm it has worked with on wastewater surveillance since 2020, sparking concerns among public health officials that the natio…
