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5 hospitals, health systems seeking chief medical information officers

Below are five hospitals and health systems that posted job listings in the past month seeking chief medical information officers.

Which health tech startups are predicted to go public in 2023

Forty-five percent of health tech experts predicted that two or fewer health tech companies will go public in the new year, and those predicted to go public mostly focus on enabling people to receive care and manage their conditions from their homes, a…

Google introduces chatbot for healthcare providers

Google and DeepMind are lauching MedPaLM, an open-sourced large language model that exclusively addresses medical queries, Tech Times reported Jan. 4. 

New Jersey hospital still recovering from December cybersecurity incident

Freehold, N.J.-based CentraState Medical Center is no longer diverting patients to other facilities after a Dec. 30 IT security issue caused the hospital to experience technical problems, but some outpatient services are still affected, Asbury Park Pre…

Ascension Wisconsin consolidates labor and delivery services in Milwaukee

Ascension St. Francis Hospital in Milwaukee, part of Ascension Wisconsin, has ended labor and delivery services and transitioned them to other Milwaukee locations. 

8 hospitals seeking chief medical officers

Below are eight hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that posted job listings seeking chief medical officers in the last two weeks.

California medical office campus sold for $80M

Imperial Mariner, a four-building medical office campus in Brea, Calif., was acquired by Healthcare Property Advisors for $80 million, Commercial Property Executive reported Jan. 4.

Allegheny Health Network chief digital officer takes on CIO duties

Ashis Barad, MD, has been promoted to chief information and digital officer of Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network.

Cedars-Sinai hospital taps Dr. Courtnay Caufield as nurse executive

Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital in Los Angeles has named Courtnay Caufield, DNP, RN, chief nursing officer. She began her new role Dec. 30. 

Asante outlook downgraded to negative amid operating concerns, construction pressures

While it affirmed a rating of “A+” on debt levels for Asante Health, Fitch Ratings has downgraded the outlook for the Medford, Ore.-based healthcare system to negative from stable.