St. Louis-based Ascension saw its operating margin fall to -2.9 percent in the six months ending Dec. 31, 2022, down from 0.2 percent for the same period in 2021 and 5.7 percent in 2020, according to its most recent financial report.
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Mass General Brigham researchers find new ways to combat C. difficile
Mass General Brigham researchers at two hospitals found the metabolic strategies C. difficile uses to rapidly colonize the gut and identified ways to combat the disease, the Somerville, Mass.-based health system said in a March 9 news release.
Woodside Health acquires Georgia medical office buildings
Woodside Health has acquired two medical office buildings totaling 80,000 square feet in Suwanee, Ga., according to a March 10 report from Commercial Property Executive.
How the gastroenterology gender gap has changed since 2010
Since 2010, over half of practicing gastroenterologists in the U.S. have been women, according to data from career website Zippia.
5 health system digital chief exits for industry
Several high profile chief digital officers and digital leaders have left their health system roles for positions with industry disruptors and startups in the last year.
4 new ASCs this week
Here are four newly opened or announced ASCs reported on by Becker’s since March 2:
COVID-19's toll 3 years in: 6 notes
March 11 marks three years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. At that time, there were only 118,000 cases reported worldwide.
CEO named for RWJBarnabas Health hospital
Nancy DiLiegro, PhD, was named president and CEO of Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth, N.J., part of West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health.
Myth dispelled: Physicians can openly discuss EHR issues, AMA says
Physicians can openly discuss EHR issues involving the usability of the technology, the American Medical Association said.
Medicaid expansion would relieve North Carolina rural hospitals' financial woes, UNC Health physician says
A UNC Health Southeastern physician said the state’s Medicaid expansion plan would provide relief to struggling rural hospitals, Spectrum News reported March 10.
