Category: ROOT

Foundation files petition to block Prospect from closing Pennsylvania hospital

A community foundation filed a petition Sept. 28 to block Prospect Medical Holdings from closing Delaware County Memorial Hospital, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. 

1 person killed in shooting at Arkansas hospital

One person is dead and another has been taken into custody after an active shooter event at CHI St. Vincent North Hospital in Sherwood, Ark., according to KARK. 

NewYork-Presbyterian CXO Rick Evans: Improving healthcare access is really about culture change and trust

Last week, I had the opportunity to speak at the Dreamforce Conference in San Francisco. It was a valuable chance to learn about what organizations are doing across the country to improve the experience for their customers. I shared the journey that Ne…

Voters to decide on $25/hour minimum wage for some healthcare workers in 2 California cities

Measures establishing a $25 minimum hourly wage for workers at private healthcare facilities will be placed before voters in two California cities.

4 nurses making headlines on and off the job

Here are four nurses who have made headlines for their leadership efforts on and off the job since Sept. 19: 

FDA clears Medtronic gastrointestinal bleeding solution

Medtronic received FDA clearance for its gastrointestinal bleeding solution, Nexpowder. 

Lawmakers to OU Health: $39M contingent on gender health cuts

Oklahoma City-based OU Health will cut “some” gender medicine services after state lawmakers threatened to withhold funding, ABC affiliate KOCO reported Sept. 27. 

Peer comparison linked to increased physician burnout: study

Physicians who are compared to one another report lower job satisfaction and higher levels of burnout, according to a Sept. 28 research brief in UCLA’s Anderson Review. 

3 top execs out at Olive

Three top executives are out at healthcare automation firm Olive, a company spokesperson told Becker’s.

AdventHealth using ‘mission control’ center to improve care coordination metrics

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth is using a command center it calls “mission control” to improve its care coordination metrics, according to a Sept. 19 article from the health system.