Hospital officials told Becker’s they don’t view Costco’s entrance into healthcare as a threat to their business but as an opportunity for expanded care to reach new patients.
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Texas offering $4.5M for rural emergency hospitals
Texas has earmarked $4.5 million in grant opportunities for four hospitals in the state that converted to the new rural emergency hospital designation earlier this year.
Advocate hospital lowers 1st year nurse turnover to 10%
Nationally, 32.8 percent of first-year nurses leave hospitals within a year of employment, according to 2023 data from NSI Nursing Solutions. At an Advocate hospital in Oak Lawn, Ill., that rate is about 10 percent.
Texas nurses to rally over newborn, open-heart surgery staffing concerns
Nurses at the Ascension Seton Medical Center in Austin, Texas, announced they will rally Sept. 27 out of mounting concerns over the safety of newborn and open-heart surgery patients.
UPMC names senior medical quality officer
Pittsburgh-based UPMC has named Robert Strony, DO, as its senior medical quality officer, who will oversee practices in north central Pennsylvania, according to a Sept. 22 news release.
CDC recommends RSV shot for pregnant individuals
All individuals who are between 32 and 36 weeks pregnant should receive the respiratory syncytial virus vaccine this fall, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended Sept. 22 by an 11-1 vote.
Wellstar has former Augusta Health bonds upgraded multiple notches
Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health and Augusta (Ga.) University Health became one effective Aug. 30, and now some of the bonds previously owned by Augusta have been upgraded following the takeover, S&P said Sept. 22.
HCA Florida hospital names new CEO
Joe Rudisill is the new CEO of HCA Florida Englewood Hospital, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare.
The art of integrating AI into clinical practice
John Halamka, MD, president of the Mayo Clinic Platform unit, said artificial intelligence has to fit in physicians’ everyday practice in order for them to adopt the decision aids, The Wall Street Journal reported Sept. 24.
California hospital reports data breach
An unauthorized party accessed systems at Oakdale, Calif.-based Oak Valley Hospital District and was able to gain access to files that contained patient data.
