Nearly seven years ago, when Johnson City, Tenn.-based Ballad Health was formed through the merger of Mountain States Health Alliance and Wellmont Health System, Amit Vashist, MD, a dual-boarded internist and psychiatrist, found himself contemplating a…
Epic and some big health systems are pushing back against an HHS proposal to require health IT vendors to create hyperlinks to access medical images electronically.
Here are 20 new drug shortages to know, according to databases compiled by the FDA and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
Portland-based Legacy Health reported an operating loss of $3 million (-0.4% margin) in the second quarter of fiscal year 2025, ended Sept. 30, 2024, up from an $11.9 million operating loss (-1.8% margin) during the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2023, accord…
Ann Madden Rice has been appointed the new interim CEO of Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University.
Maria Megdal has been appointed executive vice president and chief administrative officer of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.
Advanced practice providers at the University of Illinois Health system, part of the University of Illinois Chicago, are seeking to unionize.
Fortified Health Security, a provider of cybersecurity services specializing in healthcare, has established a new cybersecurity advisory group made up of executive IT leaders, including healthcare executives.
Lexington-based University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy has begun integrating the use of AI into its classes. The technology is being used not only to streamline administrative tasks, but to foster student engagement and strengthen problem-solving s…
Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai is taking a novel approach to addressing an acute, nationwide shortage of allied health workers through its newly established Chuck Lorre Allied Health School.
