Category: ROOT

80% of Atlanta hospitals hit capacity following Wellstar ED closure

Since Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center closed its emergency department on Oct. 14, nearby hospitals have taken on its patients. An Oct. 25 report from 11Alive gave numbers to that toll: eight in 10 Fulton County, Ga. hospitals are listed as busy or at c…

Miami Mount Sinai cancer center to open 2025

Miami, Fla.-based Mount Sinai Medical Center’s Irma and Norman Braman Cancer Center is on schedule to open in September 2025, Miami Today News reported Oct. 25.

Hospital Sisters Health System reports $67M loss from operations in FY 2022

Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System reported a slight revenue increase and a multimillion-dollar loss from operations for the 2022 fiscal year’s end on June 30.

Where health IT salaries rank compared to other industries

Healthcare ranks 14th for IT pay, with an average North American salary of $113,758, out of 23 industries analyzed in a recent report on tech employment from educational company Skillsoft.

Michigan outpatient clinic to serve 5,000 veterans

The Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor (Mich.) Healthcare System is opening an outpatient clinic in Howell, Mich., Livingston Daily reported Oct. 25.

WHO identifies 19 fungal ‘priority pathogens’

For the first time, the World Health Organization released a list of fungal “priority pathogens” that have emerged as significant public health threats. The list can be found here.

Oracle to integrate datasets into clinical trials

Oracle partnered with virtual research organization ObvioHealth to integrate diverse datasets into clinical trials. 

4 United Digestive moves in 2022

Here are four moves from gastroenterology-focused practice management company, United Digestive that Becker’s has reported on since April 15:

Hospitals on track for worst financial year in decades

Healthcare systems in the U.S. have had a challenging year, and they are on track for their worst financial year in decades, according to an Oct. 25 report from Health Affairs.

6 updates on ‘escape variants’ BQ.1 and BQ.1.1

Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 — dubbed “escape variants” for their immune evasiveness — are steadily gaining prevalence in the U.S. and now account for more than 16 percent of all COVID-19 cases confirmed nationwide, CDC data shows.