A former emergency room resident physician has been sentenced to one month in prison for unlawfully accessing protected health information and sharing an explicit photo of a patient, KCRG reported Jan. 16.
Category: Becker’s Hospital Review
Former CEO sentenced for embezzling money from West Virginia hospital
Charles Hatfield, former CEO of Williamson (W.Va.) Memorial Hospital, on Jan. 17 was sentenced to five years of probation and ordered to pay more than $34,000 in restitution and a $20,000 fine for stealing hospital funds for personal use.
The change ChristianaCare's clinical effectiveness chief wants in 2025
For Varadarajan Subbiah, MD, focusing on daily actions, such as using huddle boards and regular communication to stay aware of factors impacting patient care, is a top priority.
UnityPoint Health hospital ends inpatient pediatric care
UnityPoint Health Finley Hospital in Dubuque, Iowa, is ending inpatient care for pediatric patients, the hospital confirmed to Becker’s Jan. 17.
New York system completes $300M cost transformation. What's next?
Rochester (N.Y.) Regional Health went from losing $1 million per day in 2022 to saving $300 million annually through a cost transformation leveraging technology and data to improve operational efficiency and cut costs.
CDC urges more bird flu testing in hospitals
Clinicians serving influenza A patients should test them for bird flu, ideally within 24 hours of hospital admission, the CDC said Jan. 16.
Baystate's health plan sale collapses
Springfield, Mass.-based Baystate Health’s planned sale of its insurance subsidiary, Health New England, to Point32Health, the health system confirmed to Becker’s.
Breast cancer rates by state
Of all U.S. states, North Carolina has the highest incidence of breast cancer while Nevada has the lowest, according to the American Cancer Society’s annual cancer statistics report, published Jan. 16 in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.
FIU Health taps CEO
Osmel “Ozzie” Delgado, PharmD, has been appointed CEO of FIU Health, the clinical practice of Florida International University’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine in Miami. He has also been appointed associate dean of clinical affairs at the m…
HHS warns of 'new and unique risks' of private equity in healthcare
The harmful effects of private equity in the healthcare delivery system “deserves ongoing scrutiny and greater research,” HHS said in a Jan. 15 report.
