Tanya Townsend was named chief information and digital officer of Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Medicine Children’s Health. She will join the health system in September.
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Intermountain to lead national consortium exploring how AI can improve outcomes of critically ill patients
Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health researchers have been selected to lead a national consortium of health systems and hospitals that will explore how to use AI and machine learning to enhance treatment for patients with acute respiratory distres…
Oregon system in 'financial crisis' to offload labs
Portland, Ore.-based Legacy Health has inked a tentative deal to sell its lab operations to Labcorp in a restructuring move that aims to improve its financial health.
Florida woman charged with practicing without license after performing 'live blood analysis'
A Florida woman was arrested and charged for practicing medicine without a license, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office said.
9 recent health system downgrades and outlook revisions
Here is a summary of recent credit downgrades and outlook revisions for hospitals and health systems.
Where Epic wants to streamline communication, workflows
Epic Systems is working on streamlining communications between healthcare providers and insurance companies, as the vendor says the process is time-consuming, Wisconsin Public Radio reported July 12.
UnityPoint hospital CEO to step down
Chad Wolbers will resign from his role as president and CEO of UnityPoint Health–Finley Hospital in Dubuque, Iowa, the hospital confirmed in a statement shared with Becker’s July 12.
Maine to investigate, publicly report hospital facility fees under new law
A new law in main requires hospitals and providers to report facility fees, which will be published online, according to the Portland Press Herald.
Risant Health's future CEO on where his work begins
Jaewon Ryu, MD, CEO of Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health, is set to become the CEO of the newly formed Risant Health when Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente’s acquisition of the health system is expected to close next year.
40% of patients say healthcare wait times are 'unreasonable': Survey
While timely access to care is important when it comes to outcomes and patient satisfaction, findings from an April national survey released July 11 by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners show 40 percent of 1,029 respondents said they have …
