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Maryland hospital CEO on leave amid threat allegations

Scott Moran, MD, CEO of Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center, a maximum-security forensic psychiatric hospital in Jessup, Md., is on leave amid allegations he bullied and threatened staff, The Washington Post reported Feb. 15. 

IU Health names new regional president

Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health has named Denzil Ross president of its South Central region, effective Feb. 19.

Cleveland Clinic turns to tech to transform operations

Cleveland Clinic has implemented the Virtual Command Center, an AI-based tool that is allowing the organization to automate and optimize critical decisions.

Oracle Health EHR turns VA medical centers 'upside down'

U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale of Montana, chair of the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, said VA medical centers running on the Oracle Health EHR system have been turned “upside down.”

Leaders keep kicking the same healthcare cans down the road

Healthcare is stuck in a rut, with many of the same daily events and problems stemming from long-standing systemic issues that are sorely in need of urgency, attention and insistence for improvement.

Kentucky hospital taps CEO

Frankfort (Ky.) Regional Medical Center has named John Ballard, PhD, its CEO. 

9 health systems newly approved for 'hospital at home'

While some health systems have been apprehensive about setting up hospital-at-home programs because of reimbursement uncertainty, hospitals continue to seek CMS approval to provide acute care in the home.

'It comes down to trust': 1 oncology leader on keeping providers happy

Oncologists are reporting slightly higher rates of burnout at a time when other specialties have seen a decline. Leaders have offered reasons for the increase, but for Kettering Health, burnout has not been much of an issue.

HCA taps CEO for Missouri Hospital

John McDonald was named CEO of Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence, Mo., part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare. 

Wellstar plans to up Georgia hospital capacity by 50%

Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System is planning a $304 million, eight-story tower at Hiram, Ga.-based Paulding Medical Center, the Atlanta Business Chronicle reported Feb. 13.