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10 hospitals seeking CFOs

Below are 10 hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking CFOs.

How health system CIOs are cutting costs, rethinking operational efficiency

When companies consider cost-cutting measures, it often results in layoffs, but health system CIOs are looking inward at their IT vendors, contracts and partnerships to assess different ways to optimize their workforce, which can save their health syst…

Northwell Health taps Sandra Lindsay as vice president of public health advocacy

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health appointed Sandra Lindsay, RN, as its vice president of public health advocacy, it said in an email to Becker’s Oct. 3.

Health systems are continuing to shift and change. Get inspiration from Dr. Charles Powell’s tactic to grow in today’s environment

Charles Powell, MD, MBA, is the chief executive officer of New York-based Mount Sinai National Jewish Health Respiratory Institute, the system chief of the division of pulmonary and critical care & sleep medicine of New York-based Icahn School of Medic…

Mayo Clinic 1st in North America to install superfast PET/CT scanner

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is the first place in North America to install an ultrafast PET/CT scanner the health system says will greatly boost its imaging quality, particularly for cancer diagnosis and treatment.

50% of Americans know little or nothing about omicron boosters: KFF survey

Updated omicron boosters have been available since late August, though just 17 percent of Americans say they have heard “a lot” about the updated shots, according to Kaiser Family Foundation’s latest COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor survey. 

Where telehealth use is up, down: 7 takeaways

Telehealth utilization grew in three of the four U.S. census regions with the greatest increase occurring in the West, according to FAIR Health’s Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker. 

Kaleida Health reaches agreement covering 6,300 workers

Kaleida Health has reached a tentative agreement with the Communications Workers of America Local 1168 and 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East.

9 health systems installing new EHR systems

Here are nine health systems that have implemented new EHR systems since Sept. 9. 

9 RCM headlines from September to know

From name changes to the introduction of new platforms, here are nine RCM stories Becker’s reported in September: