Durham, N.C.-Duke Health is creating the Algorithim-Based Clinical Decision Support Oversight Committee to provide guidance and overview of predictive artificial intelligence algorithms in healthcare, WRAL TechWire reported Feb. 2.
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Weill Cornell to create organ groupings dataset
New York City-based Weill Cornell Medicine is partnering with life sciences technology company NanoString Technologies to create multicellular, single-cell and sub-cellular datasets and maps of 30 non-diseased organs.
OCLI Vision acquires Bausch Eye Associates
OCLI Vision, an ophthalmology provider backed by management organization Spectrum Vision Partners, has acquired Bausch Eye Associates in Allentown, Pa.
CMS grants Laguna Honda hospital extended patient discharge grace period
CMS agreed to let Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center hold off on patient discharges until May 19 after San Francisco city officials advocated for the extension, radio station KQED reported Feb. 1.
TriHealth leases property across from new Mercy Health hospital
Cincinnati-based TriHealth is leasing a 6,400-square-foot property right across from a planned Mercy Health hospital, according to a Feb. 2 Cincinnati Business Courier report.
Corewell Health names chief government affairs officer
Corewell Health, with dual headquarters in Grand Rapids and Southfield, Mich., has named Kristina Ko chief government affairs officer and vice president, government relations and public policy.
Bellin and Gundersen tap former Mayo Clinic executive
Bellin Health and Gundersen Health System — which completed their “merger of equals” and combined operations in November — have named a human resources executive to their joint system, dual headquartered in Green Bay, Wis. and La Crosse, Wis.
Tennessee hospital, CEO receive AHA's rural leadership award
Bolivar (Tenn.) General Hospital and its CEO Ruby Kirby have received the American Hospital Association’s Rural Hospital Leadership Team Award.
Tennessee hospital CEO to retire
Paul Korth will retire as CEO of Cookeville (Tenn.) Regional Medical Center after serving a decade in the role.
Minnesota nurses push hospital merger oversight bill
The Minnesota Nurses Association is encouraging legislators to pass a bill which would give the state’s health department power to approve or deny hospital mergers based on how they can affect patients and communities.
