Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare has reserved $47 million to settle a kickback lawsuit filed by a former member of its executive team, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Sept. 29.
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Hospital 'labordemic,' weak margins to extend past 2024: Fitch
Clinical and nonclinical staffing shortages are likely to persist for nonprofit hospitals through 2024, and longer for some markets, according to an Oct. 2 report from Fitch.
Only 14% of hospitals are prepared to treat children: 7 notes
Only 14 percent of emergency departments nationwide are certified as ready to treat children or are children’s hospitals designed to care for young people, The Wall Street Journal reported Oct. 1.
These 4 groups face longer ED wait times
A study by researchers at New Haven, Conn.-based Yale University found four groups of people were more likely to be skipped over in emergency room lines.
How 1 health system CEO is cutting down wait times
Scott Wester, CEO of Hollywood, Fla.-based Memorial Healthcare System said he has hired more physicians and has turned to technology to discharge patients in order to cut down wait times, Sun Sentinel reported Oct. 2.
NYC Health + Hospitals to offer telehealth abortion care
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and NYC Health + Hospitals have launched telehealth abortion access, becoming the first public health system in the nation to do so.
The most common degrees for healthcare CEOs
Half of CEOs at top-performing healthcare companies hold an MBA as their terminal degree, according to a recent report from Crist Kolder Associates.
Walgreens CIO latest to leave in exec reshuffling
Walgreens CIO Hsiao Wang is leaving the company just a year after being appointed to the role, Bloomberg reported Oct. 2.
New York health system names CFO
Hugh Chisholm is the new executive vice president and CFO of Kaleida Health, based in Buffalo, N.Y.
Healthcare AI company raises $31M
Health Data Analytics Institute, a healthcare company using artificial intelligence tosupport clinical decisions, raised $31 million in series C financing.
