Oracle Cerner gained 22 hospitals within its network last year but lost thousands of hospital beds as legacy clients transitioned out.
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Wellstar CEO, CFO defend Atlanta hospital closures
The CEO and CFO of Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System are standing by the decision to close two hospitals in Atlanta amid allegations of racism.
The question Judy Faulkner asks new Epic employees
At a five-hour introductory meeting with new staffers, Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner asks them: “Why do you come to work?” she wrote in a June 5 blog post.
Health AI Partnership with Kaiser, Mayo, Hackensack seeks input from clinicians
The Health AI Partnership, a first-of-its-kind collaborative to develop best practices for artificial intelligence in healthcare, is seeking input from clinicians through June 16, the American Medical Association reported.
Wellstar Health under fire for committing $800M to ASC development after closing 2 hospitals
Georgia legislatures are criticizing Atlanta-based Wellstar Health System for committing to invest nearly $800 million in a planned partnership with Augusta (Ga.) University Health System to develop an ASC, a medical office building and a new hospital …
HCA San Jose hospital expansion inching closer to reality
A planned expansion of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare’s Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose, Calif., could be taking a step closer, according to local government documents released June 5.
Meet Google's new AI-enabled prior authorization tools
Google Cloud has debuted a new artificial intelligence claims acceleration suite that streamlines prior authorization and claims processing.
Meet the new dean of UCLA's medical school
The University of California-Los Angeles has named Steven Dubinett, MD, the next dean of its David Geffen School of Medicine.
'Mayo is wrong': Minnesota senator speaks out on dead staffing bill
Rochester-based Mayo Clinic almost scored an exemption from Minnesota’s Keeping Nurses at the Bedside Act — until its opposition to the proposed nurse staffing ratios sparked pushback from other health systems, leading the state to cut those provisions…
Dartmouth Hitchcock names chief nursing officer
Tracy Galvin, MSN, RN, has been appointed chief nursing officer of Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, the Lebanon, N.H.-based hospital said June 2.
