Twenty years ago, chief quality officers weren’t a core part of a hospital’s C-suite team. But today, it’s hard to imagine how an executive team could function without one, especially in a healthcare landscape where reimbursement is increasingly tied t…
Harry Severance, MD, an adjunct assistant professor at Durhan, N.C.-based Duke University School of Medicine, joined Becker’s to discuss how physicians increasingly moving to employed models has shifted the workforce to what he calls a “seller’s market…
Having a lot of rules and regulations is the most challenging part of being a cardiologist, according to Medscape’s “Cardiologist Compensation Report 2023.”
San Benito County leaders would like the bankrupt Hollister, Calif.-based Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital to start partnership discussions with neighboring Salinas (Calif.) Valley Health, but Hazel Hawkins said it is not ready, ABC and NBC affiliate KS…
New York City Council is expected to pass a bill that will create a first-of-its-kind healthcare accountability office to analyze hospital costs and provide information about prices online, the New York Times reported June 7.
Spokane, Wash.-based Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center’s regional director said the hospital won’t cut staff due to its projected $35 million budget deficit in which its troubled Cerner EHR system plays a large role, The Spokesman-Review reported June …
Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System and West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health invested in a $25 million series B funding round for data analytics company Carta Healthcare.
While wrong site surgeries only happen in about 1 of 112,000 surgical procedures, that one instance is what The Joint Commission hopes to help clinicians prevent. Engaging surgical staff in the Time Out safety procedure prior to first incision is vital…
The American Hospital Association called a Health Affairs study critical of how nonprofit hospitals managed finances before the pandemic “flawed” and said it is “of no real value to policymakers and other stakeholders” in a June 7 blog post.
While Epic continues to dominate the EHR vendor market in the United States, it ranks tenth outside the U.S., trailing its closest American competitor, Oracle Cerner, a June 8 KLAS Research report found.
