St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.- has named Sarah Currie,MSN, RN, as its new senior vice president and chief nursing executive, according to an Aug. 7 news release.
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Pipeline Health opens inpatient behavioral health unit in LA area
El Segundo, Calif.-based Pipeline Health is welcoming its first patients to a new inpatient behavioral health unit at its Coast Plaza Hospital in Norwalk in Los Angeles county.
Patient rooms at Arkansas hospital reach uncomfortable temperatures amid heat wave
HVAC units at Hot Springs, Ark.-based National Park Medical Center are working overtime amid an ongoing heat wave, leading to uncomfortable temperatures in some areas of the facility. In response, the hospital has had to move some patients to cooler ro…
12 recent RCM mergers and acquisitions
Here are 12 revenue cycle management mergers, acquisitions and partnerships reported by or shared with Becker’s in 2023:
Cincinnati Children's CEO on the hospital's 'relentless' pursuit to improve
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center’s No. 1 spot on a national ranking doesn’t mean the work is done, according to its leader.
Healthcare spending per capita in all 50 states
New York and Alaska residents spend the most on healthcare per capita, according to 2020 data from CMS.
Intermountain combines chief analytics officer role
Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health has combined its chief analytics officer position with the vice president of data services position as Albert Marinez, the health system’s current chief analytics officer, leaves the role for Cleveland Clinic.
Incompatible systems hindering health systems from being more data-driven
Forty-three percent of healthcare workers say that the biggest challenges in becoming more data-driven are disconnected or incompatible systems, according to an Aug. 8 report from Harvard Business Review Analytic Services.
AI may predict COVID-19's pressure on hospitals, researchers find
Wastewater surveillance combined with artificial intelligence modeling may serve as a tool to help hospitals predict COVID-19 admissions, new research shows.
HHS sounds alarm on new ransomware group targeting healthcare
A new ransomware group called Rhysida has been recently targeting healthcare by breaching networks and demanding a ransom, according to an Aug. 4 alert from HHS’s Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center.
