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St. Luke’s heart transplant program changes chief after patient deaths
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center in Houston is replacing the surgical director of its renowned heart transplant programs with two veteran transplant surgeons and a veteran transplant program executive after a series of media reports on an unusual…
Northwestern expands in northwest Indiana with new partnership
A new partnership between Northwestern Medicine in the Chicago area and Indiana-based Franciscan Health aims to improve access to quality care for patients with neurological conditions in Indiana.
Medtronic co-founder who created wearable pacemaker dies
Earl Bakken, an electronics repairman who created the first wearable external pacemaker and co-founded Medtronic, one of the world’s largest medical device companies, has died. He was 94.
Avoidable hospital-acquired conditions spark $2 billion in extra costs
A set of 14 hospital-acquired conditions that the CMS considers avoidable accounted for 48,771 adverse patient outcomes, 3,219 deaths, and more than $2 billion in excess hospital costs in 2016, according to a new research brief.
CMS hands states more power for waiver process
In a dramatic overhaul of the current 1332 waiver process, the CMS said state legislatures will no longer have to approve waiver plans. Instead, governors will be able to take action on their own. The agency also changed how it will evaluate waivers.
IBM Watson Health head Deborah DiSanzo steps down
DiSanzo will move to IBM Cognitive Solutions’ strategic team, and IBM Research’s John Kelly will take over at IBM Watson Health, a division of the company that has faced personnel and technological setbacks.
Hackers breach HealthCare.gov system, get data on 75,000
A government computer system that interacts with HealthCare.gov was hacked earlier this month, compromising the sensitive personal data of some 75,000 people.
Concentric Health Experience ends silence over postpartum depression, earns ‘Best in Show’ award
The Campaign of the Year in the 2018 Healthcare Marketing Impact Awards tried to strike a balance between keeping it interesting while remaining respectful of those suffering from postpartum depression.
Marketers eye storytelling to drive engagement for healthcare companies
Two winners from the 2018 Healthcare Marketing Impact Awards detail how and why they created campaigns aimed at spurring greater employee and consumer engagement.
GSW’s grassroots approach to research wins it ‘Agency of the Year’ award
St. Elizabeth Healthcare, a health system based in northern Kentucky, hired GSW to help engage its community, one of the assignments that contributed to GSW being named Agency of the Year for the 2018 Healthcare Marketing Impact Awards.
