Category: ROOT

DISC Surgery Center names administrator

Andre Schotte has taken on the role of administrator at DISC Surgery Center at Newport Beach in California.

WakeMed labor expenses jump by 33 percentage points in 2 years

Raleigh, N.C.-based WakeMed Health revealed its labor expenses surged approximately 33 percentage points in the period from Sept. 30, 2020, to Sept. 30, 2022.

Samaritan makes it out of 2022 with small profit

Moses Lake, Wash.-based Samaritan Healthcare finished 2022 with a net income of $799,000, the Columbia Basin Herald reported Feb. 22. 

Former Mayo Clinic, Mount Sinai CEOs join mobile care company

The former CEO of Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic, Denis Cortese, MD, and former CEO of New York City-based Mount Sinai Hospital, John Rowe, MD, are joining digital caregiver support company eFamilyCare as advisers.

A top-secret project at Apple: A noninvasive glucose monitoring device

Apple is close to perfecting a device that would monitor people’s glucose levels without pricking the skin for blood, Bloomberg reported Feb. 22.

What does Gen Z consider a high starting salary?: 6 hallmarks of their job search

Generation Z is beginning to enter the workforce — and as staffing shortages persist in healthcare, it becomes increasingly important to know how to attract new talent. 

Amwell retains Northwell Health, Elevance Health; health system contracts rise 13%

Amwell retained key clients including New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health and payer giant Elevance Health and grew its health system contracts by 13 percent in 2022, the telehealth company said in a fourth-quarter earnings report and call.

Moderna teams up with gene-editing company in search of new mRNA treatments

Moderna and Life Edit Therapeutics are combining resources to develop new in vivo mRNA gene editing therapies in an effort to treat — and possibly cure — rare genetic diseases.

Viewpoint: Don't take trauma caregivers for granted

After a Feb. 13 deadly shooting at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Sparrow Hospital’s trauma team sprang into action, providing individualized care for each of the five victims — showcasing the critical role of trauma care.

Stamford Health's latest nurse training ground: The Metaverse

Stamford (Conn.) Health launched a program through which nurses can train with virtual reality patients in the Metaverse, the Stamford Advocate reported Feb. 22.