Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth has introduced a new executive role: chief AI officer.
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UK HealthCare cuts ED mental health visits with assessment program
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.
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.
Illinois colonoscopy legislation takes effect
In August, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed House Bill 2385, requiring insurance coverage for all colonoscopies in patients that show signs or symptoms of colon cancer or have an existing colon condition.
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.
107 more women allege sexual misconduct in lawsuit against Cedars-Sinai physician
More than 100 women have filed a new lawsuit against Barry Brock, MD, an OB-GYN at Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, alleging sexual misconduct. In doing so, they joined 60 other women who had previously accused him of similar charges, the…
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 …
