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Nicklaus Children's Hospital integrates genomic data into Oracle Cerner EHR

Miami-based Nicklaus Children’s Hospital implemented the ActX Genomic Decision Support platform into its Oracle Cerner EHR to provide clinicians with alerts on a patient’s genetics.

AdventHealth unveils 2023 balance sheet projections

Terry Shaw, president and CEO of Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth, outlined the 51-hospital health system’s projected balance sheet for 2023 during his presentation at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference.

14 recent hospital, health system executive retirements

The following hospital and health system executives have announced plans to retire or retired at the end of 2022. 

$640M URMC hospital project gets underway

Rochester, N.Y.-based Strong Memorial Hospital is undergoing a $640 million expansion that will add more than 650,000 square feet of hospital space, ABC affiliate WHAM reported Jan. 11.

5 health tech financial trends to know from 2022

U.S. health tech venture capital investment was healthy in 2022 despite an economic downturn, according to a Jan. 6 report from SVB, the parent of Silicon Valley Bank.  

Inflation eases to 6.5%, beating expectations again

The Consumer Price Index climbed 6.5 percent in the year through December, down from 7.1 percent in November and the slowest rate since October 2021, The New York Times reported Jan. 12.

A painful downside of home care: Insufficient CLABSI surveillance

A new study led by researchers at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University suggests the rise in home healthcare services could come with dangerous consequences: an increase in central line-associated bloodstream infections, or CLABSIs. 

New York City nurses end strike as tentative agreements reached: 8 things to know

About 7,000 New York City nurses have ended their strike after reaching tentative contracts Jan. 12.  

AdventHealth's Epic install expenses hit $355M last year

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth continued efforts to implement Epic EHR across its system last year, and aims to finish the final two waves of go-lives in the first and third quarters of 2023.

Company backed by Mayo, Kaiser debuts ER-at-home program

Medically Home, a hospital-at-home company backed by Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente and Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic, has started an in-home emergency care program.