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Brigham and Women's Faulkner deal raises workers' wages by at least 10%

Members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East have reached a tentative agreement with Boston-based Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital. 

CEO, CFO of HCA Florida hospital to retire

HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital in Port St. Lucie, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, has announced that Terry Brown will retire as CFO in April.

MD Anderson names chief quality and value officer

Kerin Adelson, MD, has been named chief quality and value officer at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, effective March 20. 

Data exfiltration against healthcare organizations is on the rise: 5 trends to be aware of

Data exfiltration was a factor in 70 percent of ransomware incidents affecting healthcare organizations, a March 9 brief from HHS’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center found.

How far is too far for AI in healthcare?

As artificial intelligence begins to proliferate in healthcare, health system digital leaders told Becker’s it will only ever be able to do so much.

How Mass General Brigham used remote monitoring to lower patients' blood pressure

Remote monitoring helped control the blood pressure of hypertension patients from Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham, according to a study in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

7 recent RCM company rebrands

Here are seven revenue cycle management companies that rebranded in the past year.

Northwestern surgeons perform double lung transplant in 2 cancer patients

Northwestern Medicine is pioneering a new treatment for stage 4 cancer patients: double lung transplants.

Top 25 most expensive cities for physicians to live

Los Angeles is the most expensive U.S. city to live in, according to the U.S. News & World Report.

10 hospital and health systems hit with rating downgrades, downward revisions

Here is a summary of recent credit rating downgrades and revisions, going back to the last Becker’s roundup on Feb. 15.