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Lee Health expanding capacity at several locations as Cape Coral population grows

Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health is currently involved in a number of capital projects including expanding its 291-bed Cape Coral Hospital, according to a March 13 Naples Daily News report.

'Fact over fear:' How providers can put patients at ease with AI

Hospitals and health systems can help alleviate patients’ apprehension with AI by discussing the due diligence and care exercised by their organizations in selecting AI tools and evaluating its role in patient care, hospital and health system CIOs told…

5 Hackensack Meridian executives who started as nurses

In honor of Women’s History Month, Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health is celebrating the work of five executives in the health system who started their careers as front-line nurses. 

New York hospital to raise nurses' pay by up to 40% over 3 years

Valhalla, N.Y.-based Westchester Medical Center Health Network’s HealthAlliance Hospital in Kingston, N.Y., and the New York State Nurses Association have agreed to a new three-year contract that includes raises.

How Johns Hopkins aims to boost nurse leader diversity

The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing is working to diversify healthcare’s pipeline of future nurse leaders through a new educational program, the organization said March 13.

ASCs will need to innovate to remain independent, spine surgeon says

Vladimir Sinkov, MD, spine surgeon at Southern Hills Hospital in Las Vegas, recently spoke with Becker’s to discuss orthopedics and spine in ASCs. 

More health systems post million-dollar losses: What ASCs need to know 

Becker’s has covered at least eight major health systems that have reported million-dollar losses in the last month. 

Cleveland Clinic GI department establishes pancreatic care center

Cleveland Clinic’s Weston (Fla.) department of gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition — part of its digestive disease center — has established a center for pancreatic care, according to a March 9 report from South Florida Hospital News.

Most ethical healthcare companies in 2023

The Ethisphere Institute has named 135 companies on its “World’s Most Ethical Companies” list for 2023, with 13 health insurance, healthcare products and healthcare providers receiving the designation. 

American College of Cardiology bestows top leadership award

The American College of Cardiology has awarded its annual Bernadine Healy Leadership in Women’s Cardiovascular Disease award to Karol Watson, MD, professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles.&…