Ascension St. Vincent Heart Center in Indianapolis has been named the top community hospital for heart care in 2023 by Fortune and healthcare improvement and technology company Premier.
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Spectrum Health to pay $6M to settle alleged ERISA violations
Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spectrum Health has agreed to pay $6 million to settle an alleged violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, Pension and Investments reported March 20.
USPI's last 5 years: A recap
United Surgical Partners International became the largest ASC chain in the U.S. in 2022.
3 quantum computing, AI projects Cleveland Clinic, IBM have in the works
From using quantum computing to screen and optimize drugs, to using quantum-enhanced prediction models for cardiovascular disease, Cleveland Clinic and IBM’s 10-year Discovery Accelerator partnership is using artificial intelligence, quantum computing …
Women in healthcare need healthcare, too: How 1 CEO plans to improve access
Forty-five percent of women forgo preventive healthcare, according to a recent poll conducted by the Alliance for Women’s Health and Prevention and Ipsos. Millicent Gorham hopes to see those numbers fall.
Rush looks to build new $70M outpatient care facility
Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center will build a new $70 million, 60,000-square-foot outpatient facility at a former Sears site on the West Side, NBC Chicago reported March 21.
Bill Gates: 'We need a fire department for pandemics'
Governments around the world could stand to learn a thing or two from firefighters when it comes to preparing for infectious disease outbreaks, Bill Gates wrote in an op-ed published March 19 in The New York Times.
Trinity Health taps regional CEO
Stonish Pierce was named president and CEO of Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health’s Georgia Region, which includes Athens, Ga.-based St. Mary’s Health Care System and Mercy Care in Atlanta.
4 health systems launching, expanding home-based care programs
Here are four health systems that launched, expanded or announced plans to launch a “hospital-at-home” program:
No 'cookie-cutter' wellness apps: Why Providence, Prime Healthcare and Memorial Hermann built their own
Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare developed its own proprietary mental health app at the outset of COVID-19 in early 2020, to fulfill a need hospital leadership saw during a “very dark time in healthcare.”
