The resignation of a CFO charged with driving the financials of a newly formed health system may not be ideal less than a year into its formation, but it won’t affect the trajectory of the Bellin Gundersen Health System.
Administrative burdens such as EHR documentation cost U.S. healthcare $1 trillion annually, leaving hospitals and health systems trying to find ways to automate these processes for their staff.
Twelve solutions made at Pfizer’s Rocky Mount, N.C., facility — which a tornado struck in July — must now be ordered directly from the drugmaker’s emergency ordering system, according to an Aug. 3 letter sent to customers.
Eight drugs were recently added to the hundreds-long, growing list of medications in short supply, according to the FDA and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
Becker’s has compiled a list of the hospitals patients are most likely to recommend in every state using Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems data from CMS.
Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health will use its new partnership with Microsoft to develop ways to apply AI to its research and operations and will start with optimizing clinic schedules, The News & Observer reported Aug. 2.
The top three states with the most hospitals with five CMS stars for quality and patient experience are Texas with nine, Wisconsin with eight and Oklahoma with five, according to recent data from CMS.