Lawyers representing troubled Maryville, Tenn.-based Blount Memorial Hospital are demanding the University of Tennessee Medical Center “cease and desist” any discussions with local government authorities to take over operations of the hospital.
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Cost is driving patients away from adopting digital health technologies
Fifty-eight percent of healthcare practitioners say digital health applications lessen burdens on health systems, but only 44 percent say that digital health applications are living up to their full potential, according to a Feb. 28 study from the Cons…
How one Texas health system is using a digital platform to access diagnostics images
Seguin, Texas-based Guadalupe Regional Medical Center has implemented an image sharing platform from PocketHealth to eliminate its reliance on CD-ROMs for medical imaging and reports.
Oak Street posts almost $510M loss as it continues clinic ramp-up
Chicago-based Oak Street Health, which CVS Health is planning to acquire, reported a net loss of $509.7 million in 2022 as it continued to expand the number of centers it operates.
Marshfield Clinic to lay off 346
Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System will lay off 346 employees as increasing labor and supply costs and decreasing reimbursements continue to eat into its bottom line.
Mississippi bans gender-affirming care for minors
As at least nine other states plan to restrict access to gender-affirming care for transgender minors, Mississippi’s governor on Feb. 28 signed a bill into law to penalize physicians who perform gender-affirming surgeries or write prescriptions for pub…
Hard to swallow? An FDA-approved capsule that tracks, sends data
The FDA recently greenlit an Irish devicemaker’s request to market its Pill Sense System, an ingestible capsule that winds its way through a patient’s gastrointestinal tract, detects light wavelengths and wirelessly transmits data.
New York sets aside $200M to expand 2 hospital EDs
The University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center’s Strong Memorial Hospital and Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in New York City are set to receive a combined $200 million in state grant funding to expand emergency departments.
Iterative Health, Florida Research Institute strike partnership
Iterative Health has partnered with the Florida Research Institute to bring its artificial intelligence-powered recruitment technology to Florida to give patients access to clinical trials, according to a Feb. 28 press release sent to Becker’s.
GI clinical health registry partners with Health Catalyst
The GI Quality Improvement Consortium, a partnership between the American College of Gastroenterology and the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, is moving to a new technology platform powered by data provider Health Catalyst.
