In its first six months of operation, Lexington, Ky.-based UK HealthCare’s EmPATH unit helped more than 1,800 patients and reduced emergency department readmissions.
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Southeastern Spine Institute joins Novant Health
Mount Pleasant, S.C.-based Southeastern Spine Institute joined Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health, effective Jan. 1.
Adventist Health taps Central California CFO
Heidar Thordarson has been named CFO of Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health’s Central California network, according to a post on his LinkedIn page.
Investor confidence wavers in healthcare
Healthcare stocks begin 2025 with headwinds and election-driven uncertainty compounding an already tough market.
California hospital taps chief nursing officer
Heather Corte-Real, DNP, MSN, is joining Wilson (Calif.) Medical Center as chief nursing officer.
OSF hospital team 1st to perform pediatric heart procedure
A team at Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare’s Children’s Hospital of Illinois became the first in the world to implant an extravascular implantable, cardioverter-defibrillator in a pediatric patient who had suffered sudden cardiac arrest.
Anna Jaques Hospital, Beth Israel Lahey Health face lawsuit over 2023 holiday hack
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport, Mass., and its parent organization, Boston-based Beth Israel Lahey Health, over a December 2023 data breach that exposed the personal and medical information of 316,342 …
Telehealth company fined $358K over improper Medicare billing practice
Connecticut-based telehealth company Meditelecare, which operates in at least 17 states including Kentucky, has agreed to pay $358,514 to resolve allegations of improper Medicare billing.
Respiratory virus activity continues to climb: 5 notes
Respiratory illness activity remains high nationwide, with emergency department visits and positive test rates rising for COVID-19, seasonal influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, according to a Jan. 3 news release from the CDC.
$125M Washington hospital to open: 4 updates
Prosser (Wash.) Memorial Health will open a new $125 million hospital on Feb. 1.
