Category: ROOT

Real estate firm to build Colorado ASC

Broe Real Estate has plans to build a new ASC at Mineral Medical Center in Littleton, Colo., Mile High Cre reported Feb. 9.

Iowa passes $2M cap on medical malpractice damages

The Iowa Legislature has approved a bill that would cap noneconomic medical malpractice damages to $2 million in lawsuits against hospitals and $1 million in lawsuits against clinics and individual physicians, the Des Moines Register reported Feb. 8.

BayCare's new CEO selects her leadership team

Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System is restructuring its leadership team under new CEO, Stephanie Conners, BSN, RN.

Starting from empathy: Inside UW Health's new brand campaign

In 2020, Madison, Wis.-based UW Health released a brand campaign, but a short time later took it off the air as the message, which was written in 2019, didn’t feel right to broadcast to a world that was grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The 31 best RCM tools, per KLAS

KLAS Research, a healthcare IT data and insights company, named its “Best in KLAS” revenue cycle management tools for 2022. 

General Catalyst leads $20M funding round for company digitizing clinical trials

Venture capital firm General Catalyst led a $20 million funding round for Faro Health, a cloud-computing company working on digitizing clinical trials.

This state had the most new ASCs in 2022 

Becker’s reported on 24 ASCs that opened or were announced in Texas in 2022. 

7 hospital, state moves to fight physician shortages

A nationwide shortage of physicians has hospitals and systems scrambling to fill spots, especially as more physicians leave the workforce.

OSF HealthCare hospital names president

Urbana, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare Heart of Mary Medical Center named J.T. Barnhart president.

Navigating hard patient conversations, per 3 physicians

Treatment did not go as planned, there were complications during surgery, an injury is more severe than thought — whatever the case may be, sharing sometimes life-altering news with patients and their families takes an emotional toll on physicians.