From entering into an agreement with EHR vendor Epic to helping some of the biggest health systems improve health equity through data, Google is continuing its push into the healthcare industry.
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New York hospital network still recovering after a November cybersecurity incident
New York City-based One Brooklyn Health’s hospitals are still working to fully restore some of its IT and EHR systems after a November cybersecurity incident caused three of its hospitals to shut them down, GovInfoSecurity reported Dec. 8.
Cedars-Sinai workers to strike
Members of Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West are set to begin a five-day strike Dec. 12 at Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey (Calif.) Hospital.
$20M gift to support health tech innovation at Cornell
New York City-based Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell Tech have received a $20 million gift to collaborate on health tech innovation.
VillageMD, CareCentrix leader departs Walgreens board after tiff over independence
Steven Shulman, a healthcare executive with ties to VillageMD and CareCentrix, has resigned from Walgreens’ board after a spat with other members over whether he was an independent voice, according to a securities filing.
How private equity dug deeper into the ASC industry in 2022
Private equity has made a name for itself in the ASC industry in recent years, and ASC leaders expect to see the trend continue.
5 states cracking down on physician-patient sexual abuse
California has passed a law that will go into effect next month barring any physician who has engaged in sexual misconduct with a patient from practicing in the state, according to a Dec. 9 report from Medscape.
4 Vision Innovation Partners acquisitions in 2022
Private equity-backed ophthalmology services provider Vision Innovation Partners has completed four practice acquisitions in 2022, bringing its total number of practices to 24.
Top 10 negative, positive words in patient EHR messages
Patients sending negative words in EHR messages isn’t associated with provider burnout, a study in JAMA Network Open found, but natural language processing may identify ways to filter them out and otherwise improve the patient experience.
Trinity Health issues $50M in bonds to finance new and existing projects
Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health, one of the largest nonprofit hospital groups in the country, is issuing $50 million of new bonds both to finance new projects and to help refinance existing ones.
