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The vanishing chief digital officer

Is the hospital chief digital officer vanishing almost as quickly as it appeared?

It's not just Epic: Mount Sinai deputy CIO clears up TEFCA misconceptions

While the understood goal of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement is to establish a nationwide EHR exchange, there have been misconceptions about how this will be executed.

UChicago Medicine names hospital president

UChicago Medicine has promoted Michael Antoniades to the helm of Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey, Ill. 

ChristianaCare's CFO on pouring a new financial foundation

ChristianaCare CFO Rob McMurray is focused on making sure the Wilmington, Del.-based system is standing on solid ground. 

The pharmacists who revealed the myth of 'decongestants'

Sixteen years after pharmacists from the University of Florida College of Pharmacy in Gainesville petitioned the FDA to require new efficacy studies of an ingredient in decongestants, their efforts came to fruition. In September, an FDA panel unanimous…

Kootenai Health on track for nonprofit conversion Jan. 1

Coeur d’Alene, Idaho-based Kootenai Health is set to complete its conversion from a publicly owned health system to a nonprofit one by Jan. 1.

82% of California hospitals didn't finish mandatory bias training: DOJ

The vast majority of California hospitals have not fully complied with a California law that requires implicit bias training for all perinatal care providers, according to an October report from the state’s Justice Department. 

Hospital profitability on the rise

As operating margins inch upward, hospitals are trending to profitability. But their performance still isn’t at pre-pandemic levels.

Missouri health system cuts jobs, services

Columbia, Mo.-based Boone Health is closing its home care and hospitals service lines, local news sites reported Nov. 2. 

Intermountain pushes into drone drug delivery

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health is one of the latest health systems to enter the emerging world of prescription delivery via drone.