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Optum now has 90,000 physicians

Optum added nearly 20,000 physicians in 2023, Optum Health CEO Amar Desai, MD, said. 

1 'key assumption' in lean management, per UI Hospitals' new CEO

When it comes to lean management, Bradley Haws, the new CEO of the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics and associate vice president of UI Health Care, offers a “key assumption”: don’t assume. 

Tennessee hospital CEO to resign

Harold Naramore, MD, CEO of Maryville, Tenn.-based Blount Memorial Hospital, is resigning, effective Jan. 1, a hospital spokesperson confirmed to multiple media outlets.

UW Medicine names CEO

Timothy Dellit, MD, was appointed to lead UW Medicine and the University of Washington School of Medicine, both based in Seattle.

Our healthcare industry must reach people before they need us

The health care industry has come to better understand and appreciate that no matter how advanced clinical care becomes, a person’s overall health has far more to do with social factors — what they eat, where they live, what they do for work, and so on…

Guthrie Clinic expands primary care, moving into shuttered hospital

Sayre, Pa.-based the Guthrie Clinic is moving to the previous Tyler Memorial Hospital location to ensure accessible outpatient health care services.

Kentucky ER wait times tied to 'acute' worker shortage, study finds

As long ER wait times loom across the U.S., Kentucky is facing an “acute shortage” of healthcare workers, a Kentucky Hospital Association report shows. 

Forbes honors '30 Under 30' in healthcare for '24

Forbes released its annual “30 Under 30 in Healthcare” list Nov. 28.

Nurses at Seattle Children's request management's help in quelling violence

Forty-four nurses on the psychiatry and behavioral medicine unit at Seattle Children’s Hospital signed a letter requesting management’s support in curbing violent incidents they say have increased over the past few weeks. 

Indiana system shuts down multiple urgent care clinics

Valparaiso, Ind.-based Northwest Health will close two of its urgent care clinics in Portage and Valparaiso on Dec. 1, Hometown News Now reported Nov. 28.