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Visus Therapeutics names Dr. Eric Donnenfeld to its board of directors

Visus Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company for eye care, has named Eric Donnenfeld, MD, to its board of directors. 

Ballad, Cedars-Sinai, MemorialCare back $9M financing round for healthcare risk management company

The venture capital arm of Fountain Valley, Calif.-based MemorialCare led a $9 million financing round for healthcare risk management company Censinet, in a round that saw additional participation from Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai, Johnson City, Tenn…

GE HealthCare, Ordr to provide security monitoring of clinical assets

GE HealthCare has partnered with Ordr to provide health systems with continuous network performance and security monitoring of all clinical assets.

Allina Health, Qventus using AI to automate operating room scheduling

Allina Health has partnered with software company Qventus to use its artificial intelligence-based tool to automate operating room scheduling processes. 

Baptist Health Hardin taps Jennifer Woods as VP, chief nursing officer

Jennifer Woods, MSN, RN, took on the role of vice president and chief nursing officer at Baptist Health Hardin in Elizabethtown, Ky., on Jan. 9. 

Viewpoint: Single-payer system could ease hospitals' financial woes

Northern Light Health turning to a for-profit giant like Optum for “financial help” won’t help it mitigate billing- and insurance-related costs and underscores hospitals’ growing financial woes, Daniel Bryant, MD, a former physician at Mercy Hospital i…

Baystate Health reports $327M loss amid labor pressures, investment decline

Springfield, Mass.-based Baystate Health — which operates four hospitals, including the level 1 trauma facility Baystate Medical Center — reported a net loss of $327.4 million in the year ending Sept. 30 2022.

Eye Health America implements patient experience platform

Greenville, S.C.-based Eye Health America, a medical and surgical eye care services provider, has added NextGen Healthcare’s cloud-based technological solution to its 23 clinics and seven ASCs. 

2 women charged in assaults against Mayo Clinic workers

Two women have been charged in separate assaults against healthcare workers at a Mayo Clinic Health System hospital in Mankato, Minn., the Mankato Free Press reported Jan. 11. 

Vivante Health expands GIThrive platform to include cognitive behavioral therapy

Vivante Health has expanded its GIThrive platform to include a cognitive behavioral therapy digital therapeutic to help users to alter dysfunctional thinking patterns and manage symptoms related to digestive conditions like irritable bowel syndrome.