Matt Littlejohn was named CEO of Charleston, S.C.-based MUSC Health’s Midlands division.
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VA surgeons less effective at identifying colonoscopy abnormalities than gastroenterologists
Surgeons at the Veterans Affairs medical system are less effective at identifying adenomas in routine colonoscopies than gastroenterologists, according to a study conducted by gastroenterologist Andrew Gawron, MD, PhD, and reported on by MedPage Today …
Essentia Health ordered to pay $19M for misdiagnosed newborn
Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health System will pay $19 million to the family of a child left permanently brain damaged as a result of misdiagnosis as a newborn, the Star Tribune said April 28.
WVU Medicine gets strong financial ratings amid profitability, expansion plans
Morgantown, W.Va.-based West Virginia University Health System is expanding its footprint while carefully managing its finances, and rating agencies are paying close attention, according to The State Journal.
BayCare Health reports $338M operating income amid overall loss
Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System may have reported an overall loss for 2022, but its operating income registered $338 million for the year on revenues of $5.1 billion.
Atlanta hospital reopens following shooting
Northside Medical Midtown hospital in Atlanta reopened May 8 following a shooting inside the facility May 3 that killed one and injured four others.
Sutter Health, Sansum Clinic set to collaborate
Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health, owner of 33 ASCs, 23 hospitals and several multispecialty clinics on the West Coast, plans to enter a strategic partnership with Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Sansum Clinic, one of the oldest outpatient facilities …
Inside Virginia Mason's bacterial outbreak probe
Health officials have yet to identify the source of a Klebsiella pneumoniae outbreak tied to 31 illnesses and seven patient deaths at Seattle-based Virginia Mason Medical Center, NPR affiliate KUOW reported May 5.
Digital health company adds two GI specialists to medical advisory board
Digital digestive healthcare company Vivante has added two gastroenterology specialists to its medical advisory board.
Healthy lifestyle cuts breast cancer recurrence by nearly 40%: study
High-risk breast cancer patients who adhere to a healthy lifestyle as outlined by national guidelines have a 37 percent reduced risk of disease recurrence and a 58 percent lower death risk, according to new findings led by researchers at Buffalo, N.Y.-…
