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'Six-dimensional chess': Hospitals' statements on Israel show delicate nature of responding to tragedies

Some hospitals and health systems are being criticized for what they did — or didn’t say — about the conflict between Israel and Hamas, the Boston Globe reported.

Hospital exploring Pennsylvania alliance affiliation

Kittanning, Pa.-based Armstrong County Memorial Hospital is weighing whether to become part of DuBois-based Pennsylvania Mountains Care Alliance, a collaborative of independent community hospitals, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Oct. 26. 

Mercy Iowa City's sale delay harming community, orthopedic group says

Stalling by Mercy Iowa City hospital authorities over the facility’s sale is causing employees to leave and patients to cancel procedures, according to the orthopedic group operating at the bankrupt hospital in an Oct. 25 report from The Gazette.

MedStar researchers 'mine' for drug errors with machine learning

Most “close calls” of medication errors are not analyzed because most organizations manually review mistakes that lead to patient harm. Researchers at Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health used machine learning to fix this lack of insight. 

Sutter, AstraZeneca launch app for chemo management

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health and pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca will launch an app this winter to help cancer patients manage and track chemotherapy drugs more easily. 

UHS contract labor costs increase 15% in Q3

As for-profit system Universal Health Services seeks to return to pre-pandemic levels of operating performance, contract labor costs remain an issue.

UMMS does more than break even as net gain rises to $161M

Baltimore-based the University of Maryland Medical System barely broke even in fiscal 2022, reporting an operating income of $175,000.

Kaiser, Mayo, CVS back $30M round for AI clinical documentation company

Abridge, an artificial intelligence-powered clinical documentation company, raised $30 million in a series B financing round that saw participation from CVS Health Ventures, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Lifepoint Health and Mayo Clinic.

Exela, Civica recall 3 drugs sent to health systems

Exela Pharma Sciences is pulling three medications, including one Civica brand, because silicone was found in samples during routine inspection, the FDA said Oct. 25. 

New details emerge on Dana-Farber's hospital plans

New legal documents filed by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute delve further into the organization’s reasoning for its $1.68 billion endeavor to establish a standalone cancer hospital in partnership with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, The Boston Glob…