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Meditech inks 100th partnership for new system

Meditech has recently signed its 100th customer to the Meditech as a Service (MaaS) platform, a cloud-based, full-service EHR subscription model.

Minnesota hospital transitions clinics to Epic

Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health is transitioning its Mid Dakota Clinics in Bismarck, N.D., to an Epic EHR system. 

New York hospital CEO ousted

The board that oversees Nassau University Medical Center, a 530-bed tertiary care teaching hospital in East Meadow, N.Y., ousted Anthony Boutin, MD, as the hospital’s president and CEO, Newsday reported.

CEOs' corporate jet use climbs

Executives’ use of corporate jets for personal travel has skyrocketed since the pandemic’s onset, The Wall Street Journal reported Jan. 16.

Indiana system converts outpatient facility into hospital

Parkview Warsaw (Ind.), an outpatient medical facility with an emergency room, has completed its transition to Parkview Kosciusko Hospital, a full-service hospital providing inpatient and outpatient services. 

70% of physicians work during vacations: 6 notes

About 20% of physicians took less than one week of vacation in the previous year and 70% reported working on their days off, a study found.

Northwell names 1st chief digital officer

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health is getting its first chief digital officer. 

Dips in COVID, flu metrics may not signal peak, experts say: 8 virus updates

After weeks of rising cases of flu and COVID-19, hospitalizations and positive tests have slightly declined, according to CDC data. However, other respiratory viruses continue to climb nationally.

The healthcare AI work making Dr. Giovanni Piedimonte think of Oppenheimer

Healthcare’s artificial intelligence advent is something that worries Giovanni Piedimonte, MD.

Burst pipes & delayed procedures: Hospitals grapple with frigid weather

An arctic blast has brought frigid temperatures to most of the U.S., leading some hospitals to postpone elective procedures.