Bismarck, N.D.-based CHI St. Alexius Health has tapped three new leaders, according to a news release shared with Becker’s Jan. 10.
Category: ROOT
Geisinger commits to continued security training after employee was shot, killed outside hospital
Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger is reiterating its commitment to safety after a Dec. 30 shooting outside its Geisinger Medical Center campus took the life of a hospital employee.
Most in-demand outpatient medications and 8 more supply chain updates
Here are nine supply chain updates for ASC leaders to know that have been reported by Becker’s since Jan. 4.
Bon Secours opens $16.5M medical office building
Marriottsville, Md.-based Bon Secours opened a new medical office building on its Richmond (Va.) Community Hospital campus Jan. 10.
FDA takes wary approach on trials with cutting-edge drugs: WSJ
The FDA is increasingly hesitant on allowing drugmakers to test their cell and gene therapy candidates in human trials, The Wall Street Journal reported Jan. 10.
Number of MyChart messages drops after hospitals start billing for them, study finds
MyChart messages declined at San Francisco-based UCSF Health after the health system started billing for them, though clinicians rarely charge patients for them, a JAMA study found.
Healthcare executives launch care company to combat rural health disparities
Brian Mathis and Kari Severson Snaza are launching Oasis Health Partners, a value-based primary care company.
2 OrthoAlliance practices partner to provide outpatient care
Orthopaedic Associates of Zanesville and New Albany-based JIS Orthopedics, both in Ohio, have partnered to provide outpatient orthopedic care in Cambridge (Ohio) Surgical Suites.
Optum partners with 2nd healthcare system in a matter of days, adding almost 2,000 employees
Eden Prairie, Minn.-based Optum secured its second partnership agreement in a matter of days with a healthcare system to take over its revenue cycle management and information technology operations.
Mass General anesthesiologist switches to climate friendly sedatives
Sam Smith, MD, an anesthesiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, has switched the kind of anesthetic gas he uses at work every day to cut down on his environmental impact, according to a Jan. 10 report from WBUR.
