New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health appointed Sandra Lindsay, RN, as its vice president of public health advocacy, it said in an email to Becker’s Oct. 3.
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Health systems are continuing to shift and change. Get inspiration from Dr. Charles Powell’s tactic to grow in today’s environment
Charles Powell, MD, MBA, is the chief executive officer of New York-based Mount Sinai National Jewish Health Respiratory Institute, the system chief of the division of pulmonary and critical care & sleep medicine of New York-based Icahn School of Medic…
Mayo Clinic 1st in North America to install superfast PET/CT scanner
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is the first place in North America to install an ultrafast PET/CT scanner the health system says will greatly boost its imaging quality, particularly for cancer diagnosis and treatment.
50% of Americans know little or nothing about omicron boosters: KFF survey
Updated omicron boosters have been available since late August, though just 17 percent of Americans say they have heard “a lot” about the updated shots, according to Kaiser Family Foundation’s latest COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor survey.
Where telehealth use is up, down: 7 takeaways
Telehealth utilization grew in three of the four U.S. census regions with the greatest increase occurring in the West, according to FAIR Health’s Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker.
Kaleida Health reaches agreement covering 6,300 workers
Kaleida Health has reached a tentative agreement with the Communications Workers of America Local 1168 and 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East.
9 health systems installing new EHR systems
Here are nine health systems that have implemented new EHR systems since Sept. 9.
9 RCM headlines from September to know
From name changes to the introduction of new platforms, here are nine RCM stories Becker’s reported in September:
Prices for more than 1,200 drugs rose faster than inflation: HHS report
From July 2021 to July 2022, costs for 1,216 medications surpassed the 8.5 percent inflation rate, and the average spike in prices was 31.6 percent, an HHS report found.
11 universities that produce the wealthiest alumni
A fourth of the 400 wealthiest people in the U.S. in 2022 went to one of 11 universities, with the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) producing the highest number of wealthy alumni, according to an article published Oct. 2 by Forbes.
