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Dr. Anthony Andrews to join Eye Care Specialists

Anthony Andrews, MD, is joining the team at Berwick, Pa.-based Eye Care Specialists, Times Leader reported Feb. 1. 

Maine hospital ends maternity services after 97 years

Rumford (Maine) Hospital is closing its maternity program March 31 after 97 years in service.

Yale AI predicted physician turnover with 97% accuracy: study

Yale researchers found a machine-learning program could predict which physicians would leave the job and identified four variables that lead to high departure risk.

11 hospitals, health systems seeking EHR talent

Three of the top vendors hospitals use to participate in the Medicare EHR incentive program are Oracle Cerner, Epic and Meditech, according to ONC data. Here are 11 hospitals and health systems that have posted job listings seeking EHR and IT expertise…

Hospitals seeking CIOs, chief nursing informatics officers, IT talent

Below are six hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking CIOs, cybersecurity specialists and IT talent. 

Bausch & Lomb, Modulight earn FDA approval for photodynamic laser

Bausch & Lomb and Modulight Corporation, a biomedical laser company, have received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its ML6710i photodynamic laser. 

Norton Healthcare expanding financial assistance program

Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare is expanding its financial assistance program to those with a household income equal to or less than 350 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. 

CVS, Amazon, Optum: Health system CIOs on who will be the biggest disrupter of '23

As Amazon, CVS and Optum continue to utilize upstart companies that provide primary care, virtual care and in-home care to try to buy their way into the healthcare industry, health system CIOs told Becker’s that they’re betting on CVS and Optum to make…

Northern Light hospital, physician ordered to pay $6.5M in wrongful death suit

Portland, Maine-based Northern Light Mercy Hospital and one of its physicians, John Henson, MD, has been ordered by a jury to pay $6.5 million to the parents of a man who died from Lyme disease, Bangor Daily News reported Feb. 2.

Indiana health system rolls out cardiac remote monitoring platform

South Bend, Ind.-based Beacon Health System is partnering with digital care company Biofourmis to roll out a cardiac post-discharge remote monitoring program.