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Baptist Health tries to clear the air after Drew Memorial layoffs

Following the more than 40 reported layoffs at Monticello, Ark.-based Drew Memorial Hospital in early November, Little Rock-based Baptist Health is looking to clear the air ahead of acquiring the hospital in December, the Advance-Monticellonian reporte…

Motive in New Hampshire hospital shooting still unclear

The motive behind the shooting that killed a New Hampshire hospital security guard Nov. 17 remains unknown days after the police identified the suspect, CBS News reports. 

Providence Group taking over 7 ProMedica-owned SNFs

Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica Health System is relinquishing control of seven skilled nursing facilities to Providence Group, a for-profit corporation, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Nov. 21.

How Prisma Health used digital tools to slash no-shows

Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health integrated Gozio Health’s engagement platform, the Artera patient communications platform, into a single app designed to reduce no-show appointments.

Northwell CISO optimistic about New York's cyber crackdown

New York is putting forth a series of fresh cybersecurity regulations aimed at the state’s hospitals, a move that New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health’s chief information security officer says is a positive step signaling recognition that additio…

UChicago names hospital president

UChicago Medicine has promoted Mike Antoniades to the permanent presidency at Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey, Ill. 

South Carolina hospital names CEO

Stephen Chandler is the new CEO of Summerville (S.C.) Medical Center, a member of Charleston, S.C.-based Trident Health under the umbrella of HCA Healthcare. 

2 years in, Omicron's mystery remains

Omicron is circumventing precedents set up by earlier COVID-19 strains, alpha and delta, and the two-year anniversary of its arrival is teaching a new lesson on why one mutation is continuing to dominate, The New York Times reported Nov. 21. 

AdventHealth doubles revenue in 7 years as a 'growth-oriented company'

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth has doubled its operating revenue in the last seven years, growing from a $9 billion organization into an $18 billion multistate health system.

McLeod Health resolves overtime dispute in $600K settlement

McLeod Health, based in Florence, S.C., has agreed to a $600,000 settlement in a lawsuit brought by employees who claimed that the network deducted pay for meal breaks they were unable to take due to a heavy workload.