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California hospital to become 1.2M-square-foot homeless center

Los Angeles (Calif.) County General Hospital has been vacant for more than 14 years. Now, county leadership is preparing to transform the 1.2 million-square-foot facility into a housing and treatment center for the homeless, Los Angeles Magazine report…

Alabama health system reports more than 1,400 open jobs

Huntsville (Ala.) Hospital System currently has more than 1,400 open jobs, CBS affiliate WHNT reported Dec. 1. 

COVID-19 deaths drop 32%, admissions rise 17% in 1 week: 10 CDC findings

Omicron subvariants BQ.1.1 and BQ.1, which knocked down the last monoclonal antibody treatment to be authorized for COVID-19, now account for 62.8 percent of COVID-19 cases, according to the CDC. 

19 things to know about USPI going into 2023

Here are 19 things to know about Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, the industry’s largest ASC chain, going into 2023:

Kuakini Health reports lower $10.45M loss for fiscal 2022 as performance improves

Honolulu-based Kuakini Health System, which has suffered operating losses and negative cash flows in recent years, improved its performance in 2022 and can continue to operate as a going concern, the group’s auditors and management said in a report.

10 Massachusetts health centers switch to Epic EHR with $5M grant

Ten Massachusetts health centers went live Dec. 1 with new Epic EHRs thanks to $5 million in federal funding from the American Rescue Plan.

Gravity may cause IBS, Cedars-Sinai researcher says

A researcher at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles has hypothesized that bodily intolerance to gravity may cause irritable bowel syndrome. 

Henry Ford Health names hospital president

Emily Moorhead was named president of Henry Ford Jackson (Mich.) Hospital.

Hospitals’ 8 asks of Congress right now

Amid the challenges facing healthcare organizations, the American Hospital Association is planning an all-out effort to secure additional support from Congress on issues ranging from payments to prior authorization requirements.

Severely understaffed nursing homes rarely fined

Of the thousands of nursing homes that are understaffed, federal regulators only cited 4 percent and fined even fewer, according to a USA Today investigation.