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What Mass General Hospital is learning about patients through AI blood tests

Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital used the artificial intelligence-powered HART blood test platform on 1,250 patients undergoing coronary or peripheral angiography to assess their risk for cardiac diseases.

No agreement reached in lawsuit against HCA hospital, after employee posted picture of dying man

No agreement has been reached between Miami-based HCA Kendall Hospital and a plaintiff who sued the hospital, after an employee posted them online.

American Physician Partners' looming closure leaves hospitals scrambling

American Physician Partners’ planned closure on July 31 has left more than 150 hospitals and health systems with just two weeks to secure new emergency or hospital medicine services. 

3 ways to advance toward The Joint Commission's new equity certification

Not even one month since it launched a new voluntary Health Care Equity Certification Program, The Joint Commission is seeing vast interest in it and has received multiple applications since its July 1 announcement.

10 hospitals seeking CFOs

Following are 10 hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking CFOs.

Why the pandemic-era acceleration of health tech isn't going away

The COVID-19 pandemic intensified the need for new healthcare technology adoption at hospitals and health systems, and CIOs predict that this accelerated pace is likely to continue as organizations look for ways to optimize workflows, operations and in…

Fastest growing C-suite role screeches to a halt

Chief diversity officers rapidly gained prevalence in 2020. Now, the role is being vacated in droves — a decision driven not only by employers, but by diversity leaders themselves, The Wall Street Journal reported July 21. 

Systems experiment with new drug shortage strategies

As the U.S. drug industry waits to see how a Pfizer plant damaged by a tornado in North Carolina will affect their pharmaceutical supply, hospital pharmacy leaders have been experimenting with new ways to mitigate drug shortages. 

Johns Hopkins facility reopens after battery explosion risk

Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in Tampa, Fla., reopened July 24 after a temporary shutdown because of an explosion risk from ruptured lithium-ion batteries. 

Nurses strike set at New Jersey hospital

Members of United Steelworkers Local 4-200 are set to strike Aug. 4 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J.