St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Johns Hopkins All Children’s filed a motion on Jan. 25 that aims to let the hospital hold off on a payment for its civil case that was made famous by a Netflix documentary, ABC7 reported Jan. 26.
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1st patient gets brain chip implant from Elon Musk's Neuralink
Elon Musk’s neurotechnology company, Neuralink, has implanted a chip into a human brain for the first time.
Kentucky hospital gets new CIO
Murray (Ky.) Calloway County Hospital has named Aaron Rucker as its new CIO.
Payer-backed health tech unicorn cuts dozens of jobs
DispatchHealth, a tech-based home healthcare company valued at more than a billion dollars, has cut dozens of jobs, the Denver Business Journal reported.
Top 5 IT investments for health systems
Hospital and health system C-suite leaders are focusing their technology strategy more on the basics — EHRs and people — than the latest digital tools, a new report found.
Layoffs hit remote workers harder, analysis finds
A new analysis suggests managers are more likely to lay off remote workers compared to employees who work from an office or have a hybrid role, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Best EHRs in 53 specialties
Black Book Research surveyed thousands of providers to rank the top EHR in each of 53 medical specialties.
'Shrinking margin for error' in healthcare M&A: Bain
Healthcare mergers and acquisitions face a number of rising threats: high interest rates, regulatory probes and “macroeconomic uncertainty,” to name a few. That means deals will need to be more thoughtful in 2024, according to a Jan. 30 article on Bain…
Contaminated medical products tied to cases of early Alzheimer's
Researchers in the U.K. may have uncovered evidence that Alzheimer’s disease can be transmitted via some medical procedures.
Northwest Texas Healthcare System to conduct layoffs
Amarillo-based Northwest Texas Healthcare System is laying off a “limited number of positions” due to the restructuring of certain areas and departments to increase operational efficiencies and reduce cost.
