Despite the post-COVID-19 financial strain on hospitals, Pittsburgh-based UPMC is still investing in its long-term priorities, CFO Edward Karlovich told Lehigh Valley Business July 10.
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'Using the blue': How U of Kentucky helped boost a rural health system
The closure of Ashland, Ky.-based Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in April 2020 left the city with only one health system — King’s Daughters — but the University of Kentucky stepped in to help boost the hospital, Politico reported July 10.
Johns Hopkins sued by patient for data breach
Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University and Health System are facing a patient-led lawsuit that alleges the health system failed to protect patients’ health information when it was compromised due to a ransomware attack on a software vulnerability cal…
Alaska system acquires nursing home
Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau, Alaska, has completed the acquisition of Wildflower Court, a nursing home that has served the community since 1977.
Northwell food goes from 'disgusting' to delicious, patient satisfaction rises from 9th to 90th percentile
Hospital food has been the butt of jokes forever — at a significant cost to healthcare systems. Long after patients are discharged, they remember their poor experiences three meals a day, often just in time for the Press Ganey survey to arrive in their…
Cleveland Clinic opens 23rd hospital
Cleveland Clinic Mentor (Ohio) Hospital opened on July 11, becoming the city of Mentor’s first hospital and the health system’s first in Lake County.
UCSF Health digital chief departs for healthcare AI company
Aaron Neinstein, MD, the former vice president of digital health at San Francisco-based UCSF Health, has left the health system to join healthcare artificial intelligence company Notable.
'Like the system on steroids': Private equity's hold on the healthcare market
The American Antitrust Institute found that in 2021, a single private equity firm owned more than half of practices in 13 percent of urban markets, while in 28 percent of the market, a single firm held 30 percent of practices.
Dr. Melissa Austin sworn in as new Walter Reed president
U.S. Navy Capt. Melissa Austin, MD, was sworn in as the new director of Bethesda, Md.-based Walter Reed National Military Medical Center July 5.
The CEO in favor of nurse staffing legislation
In a break from most hospitals’ stance on mandating staffing standards, Penn Medicine is urging state legislators to pass a bill that would require hospitals to follow minimum nurse-to-patient ratios.
