The Indian Health Services, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that provides healthcare to federally recognized tribes, tapped General Dynamics Information Technology to build the agency a new EHR using Oracle Cerner.
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NYU Langone completes world's 1st whole eye transplant
New York City-based NYU Langone physicians successfully completed the world’s first whole eye transplant for a survivor of a 7,200-volt electrical accident.
Epic expands reach among payers, retail disruptors
Despite Epic’s dominance in the hospital market, a recent series of moves from the EHR giant indicates that it is also trying to expand its reach among the top payers and retail disruptors in healthcare.
5 hospitals partnering with Best Buy
Retail giant Best Buy has created a sizable healthcare presence through its remote patient monitoring partnerships with hospitals and other digital health services. The company has partnered with large health systems in Massachusetts, Illinois, Pennsyl…
New York system fined $925K over bed closures
State officials have fined Rochester (N.Y.) Regional Health $925,000 claiming it failed to comply with an executive order requiring hospitals to reopen hundreds of psychiatric beds that shut down during the pandemic, Politico reported Nov. 9.
ECU Health's CFO on embracing 'building a new plane while we're in the air'
The last year has been a bit of a blur for Andy Zukowski, who started his role as CFO of Greensville, N.C.-based ECU Health on Nov. 28.
Is it time to move on in a 'post-pandemic' 4th quarter?
Most health systems and their executives continue to look, publicly at least, at an uncertain future persistently clouded by the lingering effects of the pandemic.
Man killed by police outside North Carolina hospital
A North Carolina man was shot outside a hospital after telling staff members he planned to harm himself and was seen pocketing a gun, ABC affiliate WSOC reported Nov. 8.
Is a holiday quitting spree on the horizon?
Christmas vacation might turn permanent for a certain group of employees, according to a November report from management consulting firm Korn Ferry.
Getting COVID-19, flu shots together or separate yields similar effectiveness
Getting both a COVID-19 vaccine and the flu shot in one fell swoop is just as effective as getting the two jabs separately, a study published Nov. 8 in JAMA has determined.
