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Mount Sinai nursing school appoints new dean

Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing has appointed Kimberly Glassman, PhD, RN, as the new dean, effective Dec. 29. She was also named vice president for nursing academic affairs at New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System. 

20 best places to live, per US News

Of the top 20 American cities to call home, 20% are located in Florida, according to a recent ranking fromU.S. News & World Report. 

Remote patient monitoring improves costs, outcomes for hypertension patients: Study

Remote patient monitoring improved outcomes and decreased costs in more than 4,000 hypertension patients, new data shows.

Utah gets its 1st union tied to a health system

Healthcare workers within Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Health have formed a union.

Froedtert Health joins General Catalyst, Google Ventures to launch AI startup

Layer Health, an artificial intelligence startup that aims to organize healthcare data, launched Nov. 14 thanks to $4 million in funding from GV (Google Ventures), General Catalyst, and Inception Health, the innovation arm of Milwaukee-based Froedtert …

Mount Sinai Hospital downgraded to 'A-'

New York City-based Mount Sinai Hospital has been downgraded amid ongoing operating weaknesses, Fitch said Nov. 14.

U of Miami Health System deploys AI enterprise-wide

University of Miami Health System will implement AI from Aidoc to detect potential issues at the initial stages of care, streamline workflows and facilitate ongoing support throughout the post-diagnosis phase.

UCLA Health sues Barbie-maker over $49M donation pledge

Los Angeles-based UCLA Health is claiming that Mattel, the toy and entertainment company behind Barbie and Hot Wheels, never followed through with a pledged $49 million donation, the Los Angeles Times reported Nov. 14.

ER nurse who died by suicide addressed letter to healthcare system

Tristin Kate Smith, an emergency room nurse, was 28 years old when she died by suicide in August. Five months prior, she wrote a letter comparing the healthcare industry to an abusive partner that has grown to resonate with exhausted clinicians across …

Kansas City looks to solidify digital health presence

The University of Missouri-Kansas City has been awarded a total of $4 million to boost the area’s digital health presence.