Category: ROOT

Baptist Health creates 1st center for heart rhythm disorders

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health opened the region’s first center for heart rhythm disorders.

California hospital halts labor and delivery

Palomar Medical Center Poway (Calif.), part of Escondido, Calif.-based Palomar Health, will close its labor and delivery unit in June, at least temporarily, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported March 21. 

Texas medical center sees return of chief nursing officer

Laredo (Texas) Medical Center named Christine Martinez, MSN, RN, chief nursing officer.

Brigham and Women's Hospital to verify education effects of medical VR

Boston-based Brigham and Women’s Hospital is partnering with medical technology company Jolly Good to test its medical VR technology. 

Physicians are moving to unionize: Where and when

As hospitals and health systems face financial challenges and workforce shortages, they are seeing physicians seek representation at the bargaining table.

Ballad Health ends relationship with Moody's

Johnson City, Tenn.-based Ballad Health confirmed it has terminated its engagement with Moody’s after almost a year of not providing company information to the rating agency.

'They serve 9K meals a day': How Epic feeds its employees

How does Epic feed 13,000 employees at its Wisconsin campus? With a lot of meat, that’s how.

All hormonal contraceptives have increased risk of breast cancer, study says

A recent study found progestogen-only contraceptives have a similar risk of breast cancer as combined hormone options, NBC News reported March 21.

UnityPoint hospital completes $14M surgical center renovation

UnityPoint Health St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, completed its $14 million renovation of its surgical specialty unit, Iowa’s News Now reported March 21.

How a rural Idaho hospital is tackling its community and financial objectives

Valor Health in Emmett, Idaho, is facing its financial headwinds as a rural hospital with a focus on what its community needs most, The Emmett Messenger Index reported March 21.