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Meet the CIOs of US News' top 22 hospitals

IT chiefs for U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-24 Best Hospitals Honor Roll have a range of backgrounds, with some coming from the clinical side and others having worked for EHR vendors like Cerner or tech companies such as Dell.

What health systems think of Meditech

Meditech clients are pleased with the vendor’s integrated platform and intuitive workflows, though customers would like to see improvements around reporting and product optimization, according to a 2023 performance report from KLAS Research. 

Epic sees in-person work as best way to serve physicians, nurses

Epic Systems has been requiring its workers to go back into the office every day since January 2022, with a company employee stating that the mandate is its “true North Star” in ensuring its team is helping physicians and nurses do their best work, Wis…

Ochsner resident arrested after video camera found in staff bathroom

An Ochsner resident is facing 10 counts of video voyeurism after a camera was found inside a hospital bathroom, NBC affiliate WDSU reported Aug. 3.

Physician-owned hospitals have worse readmission metrics: AHA

Physician-owned hospitals have worse readmission and Medicare quality measures than full-service community hospitals, a new analysis from the American Hospital Association found.

HCA facing new lawsuit related to data breach

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is facing the fifth lawsuit from patients relating to a July data breach that compromised the information of 11 million patients, law.com reported Aug. 4.

Troubled PeaceHealth reports $240.7M operating loss

Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth saw further losses in its fiscal year ending June 30 even as it reduced labor costs.

IU Health revenue broken down by payer

Indianapolis-based IU Health posted $2.2 billion in second-quarter revenue — up 9.2 percent year over year — and $4.3 billion in revenue for the first half of the year, according to financial documents published Aug. 3.

CHS revenue broken down by payer

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems reported $3.1 billion in net operating revenue in the second quarter, with managed care comprising nearly 48 percent of revenue, according to financial documents published Aug. 3.

Meet the chief medical officers at US News' 2023-24 honor roll hospitals

U.S. News & World Report named 22 hospitals to its 2023-24 Best Regional Hospitals Honor Roll Aug. 1.