Category: ROOT

New York medical center switches EHR vendors after third-party data breach

Jamestown, N.Y.-based The Chautauqua Center is notifying patients that some of their protected health information was compromised when its medical records provider WebPT experienced a data breach, WRFA reported March 6.  

HCA Florida hospital CEO to retire

Jay Finnegan is retiring as CEO of HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital in Port St. Lucie, Fla., part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare.

Meritus Health hikes minimum wage

Hagerstown, Md.-based Meritus Health is increasing its minimum wage from $15 to $17. 

Tennessee health system names new CIO

Cookeville (Tenn.) Regional Medical Center has named Tim McDermott as its new CIO. 

Tampa General opens burn center, ICU

Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital opened a newly renovated burn center that includes a specialized intensive care unit on March 6. 

Politicians' 'quick fixes' won't fix staff shortages, physician leader says 

Hospitals, health systems and ASCs are facing devastating physician and nurse shortages, and many leaders feel policy makers’ solutions are insufficient. 

Tenet pushes its ASC chain: 5 numbers pointing to USPI's growth

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, parent company of ASC chain United Surgical Partners International, is focusing on ASCs to fuel its growth. 

Cancer's global economic burden to hit $25T over 30 years

An analysis of 29 cancers across 204 countries found cancer will cost the global economy 25.2 trillion international dollars in the next 30 years.

Lawrence General CEO sets retirement

Deborah Wilson, CEO of Lawrence (Mass.) General Hospital, is retiring in May — closing out a 40-year healthcare career. 

Moderna may test its bird flu, mpox vaccines in humans in 2023

Moderna is eyeing testing two vaccine candidates, one for mpox and another for bird flu, in humans later this year, Bloomberg reported March 6.