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How an Illinois hospital expanded online scheduling

New Lenox, Ill.-based Silver Cross Hospital is expanding its online scheduling program to include primary care, gastroenterology and cardiology after a successful partnership with the online scheduling platform Kyruus ProviderMatch.

How an Illinois hospital expanded online scheduling

New Lenox, Ill.-based Silver Cross Hospital is expanding its online scheduling program to include primary care, gastroenterology and cardiology after a successful partnership with the online scheduling platform Kyruus ProviderMatch.

5 hospitals rebranding in the last 30 days

In June, hospitals and health systems in Michigan, New York, Maryland, New Jersey and Illinois have undergone rebranding efforts.

Florida health system raises pay for 2,000 workers

Hollywood, Fla.-based Memorial Healthcare System has raised its minimum wage from $15 to $16 per hour. 

Washington hospital lost $8M in 4 months, CEO says

Olympic Medical Center, a 126-bed hospital in Port Angeles, Wash., is down $7.9 million in the first four months of 2023, Peninsula Daily News reported June 17. 

Novo Nordisk sues spas and clinics over Ozempic, Wegovy copycats

Denmark-based Novo Nordisk filed multiple lawsuits June 20 against spas and clinics across four states that allegedly marketed and sold unapproved compounded versions of the drugmaker’s popular Ozempic and Wegovy products. 

'The status quo is no longer acceptable': How an ASC can be successful

Joe Peluso, administrator at Aestique Surgical Center in Greensburg, Pa., recently joined Becker’s to discuss the secret to ASC success. 

How digital tools are helping solve healthcare's 'number 1 problem'

Telehealth has become a household tool for many Americans, with about 25 percent of patients routinely using it in 2022, according to a report from the American Medical Association. 

Internal growth, not M&A, is Lifespan's priority: CFO

Providence, R.I.-based Lifespan Health System tried a tie-up with fellow Rhode Island provider Care New England last year but bowed to federal antitrust concerns to accept the inevitable.

San Diego jails have become 'de facto behavioral health hospitals,' Scripps CEO says

San Diego County in California has about half the beds it needs to care for patients with mental illnesses. As a result, jails and prisons are picking up hospitals’ “slack,” according to Chris Van Gorder, CEO of Scripps Health.