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Amazon seeks healthcare strategy and transformation lead

Amazon is looking for a healthcare strategy and transformation lead for Amazon Web Services, a position it has had listed since November.

CEOs turn attention from recovery to growth

Hospital margins appear to be stabilizing as 2023 comes to a close and health systems continue working through their turnaround strategies. As hospital margins and overall finances eke back to a healthier footing, health system leaders will be able to …

Expert concerns grow over subscription style healthcare

A combination of the COVID-19 pandemic, physician shortages, and delays to receive in-person care have led to the boom of subscription-style healthcare services that promise a fast review of symptoms and streamlined ordering of prescriptions. But exper…

Virus ED visits jump 21%: 4 hospital trends to know

Heading into the week of Christmas, new hospitalizations and emergency department visits for respiratory viruses continued to rise nationwide. 

Emory Healthcare hospital reveals $11M in improvements

Stonecrest, Ga.-based Emory Hillandale Hospital, part of Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare, has announced $11 million in expansion and renovation updates to its Stonecrest facility, according to a Dec. 21 press release. 

A historically unproductive year in Congress

Congress passed just 31 bills that became law in 2023, a record low in modern times, Spectrum News reported Dec. 21. 

Northwell hospital taps executive director

Beata Mastalerz, DNP, RN, was appointed executive director of Phelps Hospital in Tarrytown, N.Y., succeeding Eileen Egan, RN, who has retired.

Automation has become 'imperative' for hospital revenue cycle

Most hospitals and health systems (74%) are actively automating some portion of their revenue cycle operations with 46% of organizations using some form of artificial intelligence, according to a Dec. 20 report from Akasa.

The 18 rural emergency hospitals, by state

Eighteen hospitals have converted to the rural emergency designation since the law that created the designation took effect in January, according to data from University of North Carolina’s Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research in Chapel H…

Atlanta hospital settles religious discrimination lawsuit over flu shot requirement

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is settling a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, according to an EEOC Dec. 22 press release.