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