Here are 13 hospitals and health systems that have completed new EHR implementations in 2024:
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The dire state of 'transparency' in healthcare
Transparency is a healthcare buzzword used in a number of broad contexts, but frequently appears in discourse about the relationship among physicians, payers and patients.
What Trump's presidency could spell for the CDC: 5 notes
The CDC could face budget cuts and restructuring under Donald Trump’s second presidential term, according to reports from NPR and Politico.
AdventHealth Florida hospital taps new CEO
Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth has named Erik Wangsness president and CEO of AdventHealth Tampa (Fla.), effective Dec. 15.
Patients with positive testing delay colonoscopy: Study
A new study from Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente found that patients who receive a positive fecal test often delay undergoing colonoscopy – the recommended procedure following a positive diagnosis.
8 notes on CRNA compensation
Certified registered nurses anesthetists earn an average base salary of $211,000 in 2024, according to Medscape’s 2024 “Ramping Up Take-Home Pay: Medscape APRN Compensation Report 2024,” published Nov. 14.
A cost-effective LLM use in hospitals: Study
Large language models can complete 50 simultaneous tasks and drive a seventeenfold cost reduction, but any additional tasks will cause performance deterioration, according to a study published Nov. 18 in Nature.
Texas medical school ordered to stop liquefying cadavers
A medical school in Fort Worth, Texas, allegedly illegally disposed of bodies after they were used for training and research, according to a cease-and-desist letter obtained by NBC News.
St. Luke's names chief nursing executive
Chesterfield, Mo.-based St. Luke’s Hospital has appointed Kimberly Foxworth, DNP, as the health system’s new chief nursing executive.
UC Davis cancer center taps physician-in-chief
Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health has permanently named David Cooke, MD, as physician-in-chief for the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center.
