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Tennessee health system expands hospital-at-home program

Knoxville, Tenn.-based Covenant Health has expanded its hospital-at-home program to an additional facility in order to serve patients at home who require high-acuity care, WATE-TV reported Aug. 29. 

What defines a CEO's legacy?

CEO exits at hospitals are up year over year, and CEOs’ tenures are shrinking at S&P 500 companies. However, some of healthcare’s longest-tenured CEOs told Becker’s they remain at their organizations and focused on how their teams are helping to ensure…

Isolation in healthcare

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, labeled the nation’s loneliness and isolation issue as an epidemic in May, and the healthcare industry lacks immunity to it, hospital leaders told Becker’s. 

Isolation in healthcare

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, labeled the nation’s loneliness and isolation issue as an epidemic in May, and the healthcare industry lacks immunity to it, hospital leaders told Becker’s. 

Duke Health's 1st chief data scientist to focus on AI

Michael Pencina, PhD, has been named the inaugural chief data scientist of Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health.

Fighting back is the 'hospital job of the moment,' Kaufman Hall says

Culture may eat strategy for breakfast, as per management consultant Peter Drucker, but that may not be the case for now in healthcare, where leaders should be looking for planning aligned with vision issues, according to an Aug. 30 Kaufman Hall blog p…

Alabama hospital names Dr. Amy Holland as pharmacy director

D.W. McMillan Memorial Hospital in Brewton, Ala., chose Amy Holland, PharmD, as its pharmacy director, according to an Aug. 28 news release.

Altru Health may raise $150M to help finance new hospital

Grand Forks, N.D.-based Altru Health is looking at raising up to $150 million in a future bond issuance to help finance its expansion project, according to an Aug. 30 filing.

Altru Health may raise $150M to help finance new hospital

Grand Forks, N.D.-based Altru Health is looking at raising up to $150 million in a future bond issuance to help finance its expansion project, according to an Aug. 30 filing.

Florida hospital leader aims for 1 consolidated EHR

Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health and Naples Community Hospital are hoping to have all electronic health records on one software platform in the coming years, GulfShore Business reported Aug. 30.