Category: ROOT

Hospitals see little pause to CEO turnover

Companies announced 1,235 CEO exits in 2022, with 103 occurring in hospitals and health systems, a slight decrease from the year prior. 

Local anesthetic drug supply: 132 in shortage, 13 available

Between two types of local anesthetics, there are 132 in short supply and 13 available, according to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. 

Stanford Medicine Children's implements new workforce management software

Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Medicine Children’s Health has implemented Kahuna Workforce Solutions as its workforce management software.

5 hospitals, systems seeking chief quality officers

Below are five hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that have recently posted job listings for chief quality officers. 

The top items on 5 chief medical officers' to-do lists

Clinical leaders across the country know employee burnout, medication shortages and respiratory infections, among a wealth of other challenges, have created the not-so-perfect storm in hospitals. 

Ascension VC arm invests in hospitality tech company HotelRunner in $6.5M round

Ascension Ventures, the venture capital arm of St. Louis-based Ascension, has invested in hospitality technology company HotelRunner as part of a $6.5 million series A funding round.

Marshfield Clinic downgraded amid ongoing operational challenges, Fitch says

Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System has seen its credit rating downgraded as a result of operational challenges resulting from labor pressure as well as from disruption related to the implementation of a new IT system.

'Tripledemic' has peaked, CDC data suggests

The weekly rate of emergency department visits and hospitalizations for flu, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus peaked in early December, new CDC data shows. 

M&A momentum to continue in 2023 as providers seek strategic partnerships: KaufmanHall

Financial and clinical challenges will ensure merger and acquisition activity remains strong in the healthcare sector in 2023, building on the momentum of last year, KaufmanHall said in a Jan. 12 report.

Physicians at 4 Sutter Health campuses seek to unionize

Resident physicians at Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health’s four San Francisco California Pacific Medical Center locations have signed cards in support of joining the Committee of Interns and Residents, the union confirmed to Becker’s Jan. 18.