So far in 2023, Becker’s has reported on hospitals in Texas, Vermont, Ohio, Nebraska, Illinois, New Jersey and Minnesota switching to Meditech.
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ED boarding's effect on clinician well-being: Joint Commission
Caring for patients in the emergency department when there are not enough inpatient beds — ED boarding — is a long-standing practice in hospitals that are over capacity. Not only does it risk patient safety, but clinicians say it’s burning them out, to…
Georgia looks to South Carolina in certificate of need repeal fight
In its decision to recommend the repeal of certificate of need laws, a Georgia Senate committee made up of lawmakers, healthcare executives, and an insurance industry representative is looking to South Carolina, which signed its certificate of need rep…
Trump renews push to replace Affordable Care Act
Former President Donald Trump is taking to social media to renew calls for the replacement of the Affordable Care Act after a stretch of time in which the healthcare law was not a central issue in U.S. political campaigns.
Georgia health system implements Meditech
Savannah, Ga.-based St. Joseph’s/Candler Health System has brought the Meditech Expanse EHR system to 100 primary care and specialty physicians.
CISA warned Ardent of cyber threat day before ransomware discovery
On Nov. 22, officials from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency alerted Ardent Health Services about malicious cyber activity impacting its computer systems the day before the organization identified a ransomware attack on its facilitie…
Oregon hospital sued over alleged illegal debt collection practices
A lawsuit has been filed against Klamath Falls, Ore.-based Sky Lakes Medical Center alleging the hospital violated charity care requirements, The Lund Report reported Nov. 28.
12 recent hospital, health system executive retirements
The following hospital and health system executive retirements have been shared with or reported by Becker’s since Oct. 1:
Optum now has 90,000 physicians
Optum added nearly 20,000 physicians in 2023, Optum Health CEO Amar Desai, MD, said.
1 'key assumption' in lean management, per UI Hospitals' new CEO
When it comes to lean management, Bradley Haws, the new CEO of the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics and associate vice president of UI Health Care, offers a “key assumption”: don’t assume.
