Apoorva Mehta, co-founder of Instacart, is entering the healthcare space with a venture called Cloud Health Systems, The Wall Street Journal reported Nov. 29.
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South Carolina health system shuffles executive team
Conway (S.C.) Medical Center is shuffling its leadership team, transitioning both its CEO and its COO to new roles Dec. 31.
What does it take for ASCs to be successful in value-based care?
Healthcare has begun its migration to value-based care, and ASCs seem primed for success in the new model.
Nemours Children’s makes 5 leadership changes
Nemours Children’s Health, a system operating in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Florida, has made several changes to its executive team.
COVID-19 screenings upon hospital entry offer few benefits, Yale study finds
Screening all patients, visitors and healthcare workers for COVID-19 upon entrance to Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital offered limited infection control benefits amid the pandemic, according to a study published Nov. 28 in JAMA Internal Medicine.
UCHealth reports $157M loss due to investment decline
Aurora-based University of Colorado Health, which operates 12 hospitals in its home state, reported losses of $157.5 million in the three months ending Sept. 30, as the hospital system struggled with significant declines in its investment portfolio value.
Mercy Health consolidates open-heart surgery to 2 Ohio hospitals
Cincinnati-based Mercy Health is consolidating its open-heart surgery program to two Ohio hospitals starting mid-2023.
Patient deaths could overshadow Alzheimer’s drug trial results
Eisai said lecanemab, its Alzheimer’s drug candidate that Biogen is co-marketing, did not cause trial participants to hemorrhage and die.
Ascension nurses in Michigan consider strike authorization vote
Members of the Michigan Nurses Association at Ascension Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo said they intend to hold a strike authorization vote unless a tentative agreement for a new contract is reached soon.
UC Berkeley ‘conflict lab’ trains leaders to clash with grace
The University of California Berkeley’s business school is launching a course to help students get comfortable with uncomfortable conversations. Its creators call it the “conflict lab,” The Wall Street Journal reported Nov. 28.
