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IT job openings at the 5 largest health systems

HCA Healthcare has the most open IT-related positions of the five largest health systems.

Nurse staffing startup lays off 20% of workforce

Nurse staffing platform ConnectRN has laid off 20 percent of its staff, BostInno reported July 6.

Nurse staffing startup lays off 20% of workforce

Nurse staffing platform ConnectRN has laid off 20 percent of its staff, BostInno reported July 6.

Intermountain starts dispensing contraceptives via telehealth

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health is using telehealth to increase access to contraceptives after Utah pharmacists were allowed to prescribe and dispense hormonal contraceptives directly to adult women in the state, TownLift reported July 6.

5 hospitals with the shortest, longest ED visit times

Becker’s has compiled a list of hospitals and health systems with the longest and shortest emergency department visit times using data from CMS’ provider data catalog. 

Kootenai Health on track to complete nonprofit conversion by Dec. 31

Officials for Coeur d’Alene, Idaho-based Kootenai Health said the health system is on track to complete its conversion from a public health system to a private nonprofit entity by the end of the year, the Coeur d’Alene Press reported July 6. 

Amazon offers discounted One Medical memberships for Prime Day

Amazon is discounting memberships for its healthcare company One Medical as part of Prime Day, its annual sales event.

FDA fully approves Alzheimer's drug Leqembi

The FDA granted full approval to Leqembi (lecanemab) July 6, six months after handing Eisai and Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug an accelerated approval. 

1 healthcare leader's plea: 'We need better connection between generations'

Each generation views the world differently, and there are some communication gaps administrators and systems have not yet bridged with younger physicians, Doug Bruce, MD, chief clinical integration officer at Cleveland-based MetroHealth, recently told…

Healthcare may be entering a period of stabilization after crisis mode of recent years: Kaufman Hall

If 2022 was the worst year for hospitals and health systems since the start of the pandemic, 2023 is showing signs of growing stabilization as operating margins inch up.