Amazon and CVS have been trying their hand at the healthcare industry for years, but not without fail — the two healthcare disruptors recently announced that they would be shuttering some of their healthcare initiatives.
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'That bill has died': Staffing rules cut from Minnesota legislation
Regulations that would have required Minnesota hospitals to form nurse staffing committees to establish staffing levels were cut from a controversial bill during final-hour negotiations May 22, the Star Tribune reported.
New York hospital CIO takes on chief medical officer duties
Sam Amirfar, MD, CIO of Brooklyn (N.Y.) Hospital Center, has also been named the facility’s chief medical officer.
Capital Health receives $500K grant for expansion in Trenton
Trenton, N.J.-based Capital Health Care has received a $500,000 grant from Bank of America to help with the expansion of its Regional Medical Center in Trenton, according to a May 22 Philadelphia Business Journal report.
EHR vendor market share in the US
Epic continued to pull away from the competition in 2022, adding dozens of hospitals and thousands of hospital beds to its EHR market share, a May 23 KLAS Research report found.
CEO grilled on state of hospital finances
Franklin County commissioners have serious concerns about the state of Apalachicola, Fla.-based Weems Memorial Hospital after questioning CEO David Walker on the back of a financial report compiled by Alliant Management Services, The Apalachicola Times…
CEOs' office comeback
CEOs are heading back to the office close to full-time — and they expect their workers to follow suit, Fortune reported May 22.
Georgia university plans 3rd medical school campus
Augusta University’s Medical College of Georgia is planning to open a four-year medical school in Savannah to increase access to physician education and training in the state.
New device reduces risk of esophagus injury during ablations
An electrophysiologist at Columbus-based Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center helped invent a new device that makes atrial fibrillation treatment safer.
Donor heart travels from Alaska to Boston; breaks record
Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital transplanted a heart that broke the record for distance a donor heart successfully traveled.
