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4 hospital bankruptcies this year

Bankruptcies have risen this year as staffing shortages and climbing interest rates continue to challenge hospitals, health systems, physician staffing groups and other healthcare companies.

How Baptist is using Microsoft's AI tools to fight burnout

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health clinicians are using the Dax app from Nuance, a software company owned by Microsoft, to generate clinical notes and save time charting, CNBC reported Aug. 7.

Minnesota health system to switch to Epic

Staples, Minn.-based Lakewood Health System will go live with its Epic EHR system on Aug. 13,  Brainerd Dispatch reported Aug. 5. 

3 more cancer drugs in shortage

Three more cancer drugs are in short supply, according to the FDA and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.

Florida ER shuts down for hours after patient injures nurse, destroys hospital property

Naples, Fla.-based NCH Northeast Emergency Department shut down for nearly 6 hours after a man allegedly battered a nurse and destroyed over a thousand dollars’ worth of property, NBC reported Aug. 6.

The names behind Epic's products

Epic gives its products short, fun names that make it simple to understand what they do, founder and CEO Judy Faulkner wrote Aug. 7.

Top 5 EHRs for academic hospitals, per Black Book Research

Black Book Research ranked the top hospital EHRs for academic medical centers and their regional networks based on surveys of 18 performance indicators conducted between the second quarter of 2022 and the third quarter of 2023.

Reopening of Massachusetts hospital damaged by fire delayed until 2024

Inpatient care and emergency department services at Brockton (Mass.) Hospital are not expected to fully reopen until 2024, months later than officials first anticipated, according to an Aug. 6 report from The Enterprise.

3 health systems closing emergency departments

In the last two months, Becker’s has reported on one health system that closed a hospital emergency department and two more that will soon follow suit:

Labor costs easing but supply expenses among 'relentless' hospital challenges

Labor costs linked to contract labor may be easing slightly for hospitals and health systems, but supply costs remain a key challenge well into 2023, according to an Aug. 3 report from Syntellis.