Here are seven supply chain updates for ASC leaders to know that Becker’s has reported since Oct. 12:
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Cologuard & non-invasive screenings key to addressing colonoscopy backlog, GI says
Pankaj Vashi, MD, chief of gastroenterology/nutrition department and vice chief of staff at the Cancer Treatment Centers of America Chicago, joined Becker’s to discuss his top priorities for the year and his secrets to success.
Healthcare systems account for 4% of global CO2 emission, study says
Healthcare systems account for more than 4 percent of carbon dioxide emissions on a global average basis, according to an Oct. 24 report from the World Economic Forum.
University of Utah Health starts digital health project to develop, test apps
Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Health has launched a new project to test and create digital health apps backed by science and input from clinicians and patients.
Texas physician guilty in $54M Medicare fraud scheme
Daniel Canchola, MD, pleaded guilty for his role in a $54 million Medicare fraud scheme, the Justice Department said Oct. 25.
‘No one should lose their life because they went to work’: Nurses seek action after Dallas shooting
Members of National Nurses United are calling for legislative action in the wake of the Oct. 22 shooting deaths of two employees at Methodist Dallas Medical Center.
Wellstar to shutter AMC-South replacement clinic
Wellstar will close its East Point (Ga.) Health Center — created to replace services lost when Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center-South closed in May — in the coming months, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Oct. 24.
Hammes Partners buys Idaho hospital building
Hammes Partners has purchased the Post Falls, Idaho-based Northwest Speciality Hospital building, which includes a physician-owned surgical hospital, six affiliated medical office buildings and 7.54 acres of developable land.
Prisma Health appoints CEO of 2 hospitals
Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health has named Anthony Jackson CEO of the health system’s Baptist Hospital and Baptist Parkridge Hospital, both located in Columbia, S.C.
Corewell Health taps new hospital president
Corewell Health, which has dual headquarters in Grand Rapids and Southfield, Mich., has named Timothy Lyons, MD, president of its Beaumont Grosse Pointe (Mich.) Hospital.
