On Tenet Healthcare’s third-quarter earnings call, CEO Saum Sutaria, MD, said the Dallas-based system is concerned about the degree of denial activity it is seeing from some health plans.
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Avera Health plans to expand virtual nursing to 37 hospitals
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health has launched virtual nursing at two hospitals with plans to expand it across the system.
Johns Hopkins hospital's potential financial fallout from $261M Netflix case verdict
Attorneys for St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital said they plan to appeal the verdict that requires the hospital to pay $261 million in damages to the family of 17-year-old Maya Kowalski, whose case was made famous by a Ne…
2 physicians accused of trying to share patient records with Russia face retrial
Two Maryland physicians accused of attempting to help Russia by sharing patient medical records are set for retrial Nov. 27, CBS News reported Nov. 13.
HCA to invest $5B to help build market share
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare may be coy about giving guidance for 2024 but it has big plans for the next few years as it seeks to build its market share to 29% by 2030.
'Shrinkflation' hits healthcare
Healthcare is kind of like cereal, according to a Nov. 13 LinkedIn article by Robert Pearl, MD.
Hackensack, Amazon's latest One Medical partner
Amazon’s One Medical is collaborating with Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health, allowing specialists from the health system to deliver care to the primary care patients of the tech company.
Sterilization issues pause surgeries at Mass General Brigham hospital
Elective surgeries at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, Mass., have been on pause since Nov. 6 amid problems with the equipment used to sterilize medical instruments and devices, according to a Nov. 13 report from The Boston Globe.
Beyond dashboards: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta's approach to analytics
According to a report from Arcadia, hospitals generate an average of 50 petabytes of data annually, and a substantial portion, up to 97%, remains untapped or unused. But one CIO and his organization are stepping beyond dashboards to turn data into acti…
Flu, prescription activity on the rise: 4 notes
Flu cases are increasing steadily while antiviral prescriptions increase only slightly, according to the latest CDC data.
