Hospitals and health systems are increasing spending on technology and software that can improve productivity and alleviate cost and labor pressures, according to Bain & Company and Klas Research.
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CMS takes steps to improve nursing home safety, transparency
The Biden-Harris administration and CMS are enacting new rules aimed at reducing the inappropriate use of antipsychotic medications and increasing transparency about nursing home citations to families.
Washington hospital rebrands, gets new EHR system
Yakima (Wash.) Valley Memorial Hospital will spend more than $100 million to install a new electronic health records system and change its name to reflect its affiliation with Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System.
Harvard Medical School pulls out of US News rankings
Boston-based Harvard Medical School has withdrawn from U.S. News and World Report’s rankings and will no longer submit information to the publication, The Wall Street Journal reported Jan. 17.
Viewpoint: Patients overestimate the benefits of clinical trials, and physicians may be complicit
Studies show some physicians mislead some patients to believe phase 1 clinical trials will be effective in treating their cancer, Mikkael Sekeres, MD, chief of hematology at Miami-based Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, wrote in an article posted …
13 hospitals join Northwell's gun safety initiative
13 hospitals and health systems across Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey have joined a public awareness campaign led by New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health centered around gun safety.
HCA Healthcare Gulf Coast Division names new VP of marketing
Christy Maraone was named vice president of marketing and corporate affairs of Houston-based HCA Healthcare Gulf Coast Division.
Arkansas health system names April Kranz chief nursing officer
April Kranz, MSN, was named chief nursing officer of Conway (Ark.) Regional Health System, Arkansas Money & Politics reported Jan. 17.
NewYork-Presbyterian CXO Rick Evans: 2023 is here. Where are we with patient experience?
As 2023 begins and we reflect on yet another challenging year for patient experience work, the pandemic’s lingering effects continue to reverberate in our organizations. What have we accomplished during the year, and what has been learned about the wor…
10 states with the least healthy (and healthiest) populations
West Virginia topped Forbes Advisor’s list of states with the least healthy populations, while Hawaii ranked as the state with the healthiest residents.
