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Mississippi system announces layoffs

Tupelo-based North Mississippi Health Services will eliminate some jobs, ask some team members to consider reassignment to a different job, and reduce hours in some jobs to improve the organization’s financial picture, according to a message sent to em…

10 recent hospital and health system M&A updates

From the delay of UCHealth and Parkview’s proposed combination, to Aspirus Health and St. Luke’s signing a letter of intent to affiliate, here are 10 hospital and health system mergers and acquisitions updates Becker’s reported since July 5:

How OSF is streamlining its digital marketing strategy

Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare is piloting a partnership with digital healthcare marketing company Abundant Healthcare Acquisition to use two of its software tools to aid patients seeking care.

CDC, HHS prep for commercialization of COVID vaccines

The CDC and HHS are gearing up for the transition of COVID-19 vaccinations into the commercial market and are urging providers to place their orders before the transition occurs on Aug. 3. 

Texas Children's Hospital moves business systems to Oracle's cloud

Houston-based Texas Children’s Hospital has moved seven of its business systems to Oracle’s Fusion Cloud Applications Suite.

Why prior cancer should not eliminate patients from clinical trials

A research letter spearheaded by an associate professor at the UT Health Houston School of Public Health argues that those who had cancer have similar survival rates as new cancer cases, and prior cancer should not be grounds to exclude a patient from …

Millions of personal records unprotected in flawed telemedicine application software

QuickBlox, a software development framework used in telemedicine and finance, was found to have several critical security flaws, according to a joint study from computer and network security research firms Check Point Research and Claroty Team82 publis…

Kaiser appoints Florida hospital physician-in-chief

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente appointed Patricia Hiserote, DO, physician-in-chief at its Milton, Fla.-based Santa Rosa Medical Center, the North Bay Business Journal reported July 12.

Power outage forces Florida hospital to reschedule surgeries

A power outage at Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Medical Center South forced the hospital to reschedule elective surgeries and procedures, CBS and ABC affiliate WJAX reported July 12.

MultiCare CIO receives healthcare CIO of the year award

Bradd Busick, senior vice president and chief information officer of Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System, was named CIO of the year by SeattleCIO at the 2023 Healthcare Orbie awards.