Category: ROOT

Weill Cornell Medicine executive vice provost retires

Stephen Cohen retired as executive vice provost of New York City-based Weill Cornell Medicine on Sept. 30. He spent 16 years in the role. 

General Catalyst adds UC Davis Health to list of health system partners

UC Davis Health has joined the growing list of healthcare systems to partner with venture capital firm General Catalyst to focus on digital medicine transformation strategy.

$30M in ASC transactions in 15 days

Here are three ASC transactions since Nov. 1 totaling more than $30 million:

Tenet CEO dies & more leadership news

Here are three news stories about ASC leaders to know since Oct. 4:

National Spine and Pain Centers opens Florida ASC

Frederick, Md.-based National Spine and Pain Centers has opened a new surgery center in Fort Myers, Fla. 

6 ASCs, clinics relocating to larger facilities this year

From an ASC relocation in Iowa to a South Carolina eye center expanding, here are six ASCs and clinics relocating that Becker’s has reported on this year. 

Patient codes of conduct should be the norm, says hospital quality veteran

Amid the threat of workplace violence, hospitals must take further actions to protect employees, like instituting a patient code of conduct, a former UF Health-Jacksonville (Fla.) leader argues in a letter published Nov. 12. 

$1B Hoag expansion will add 2 hospitals, up to 1,500 staff

Newport Beach, Calif.-based Hoag is spending $1 billion on a project that will add two specialty hospitals and expand its Sand Canyon Medical Center in Irvine, The Orange County Register reported Nov. 14.

Mass General Brigham lowers breast density scan wait times with AI imaging tool

Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham is among the first health systems to use a new artificial intelligence-powered medical imaging platform from Nuance Communications and Nvidia.

Google Cloud, Epic partner; Hackensack first health system to migrate EHR

Google Cloud and Epic have reached an agreement to enable health systems to migrate their EHRs to the cloud, while Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health will be the first organization to do so.