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5 hospitals partnering with Best Buy

Retail giant Best Buy has created a sizable healthcare presence through its remote patient monitoring partnerships with hospitals and other digital health services. The company has partnered with large health systems in Massachusetts, Illinois, Pennsyl…

New York system fined $925K over bed closures

State officials have fined Rochester (N.Y.) Regional Health $925,000 claiming it failed to comply with an executive order requiring hospitals to reopen hundreds of psychiatric beds that shut down during the pandemic, Politico reported Nov. 9.

ECU Health's CFO on embracing 'building a new plane while we're in the air'

The last year has been a bit of a blur for Andy Zukowski, who started his role as CFO of Greensville, N.C.-based ECU Health on Nov. 28. 

Is it time to move on in a 'post-pandemic' 4th quarter?

Most health systems and their executives continue to look, publicly at least, at an uncertain future persistently clouded by the lingering effects of the pandemic.

Man killed by police outside North Carolina hospital

A North Carolina man was shot outside a hospital after telling staff members he planned to harm himself and was seen pocketing a gun, ABC affiliate WSOC reported Nov. 8.

Is a holiday quitting spree on the horizon?

Christmas vacation might turn permanent for a certain group of employees, according to a November report from management consulting firm Korn Ferry. 

Getting COVID-19, flu shots together or separate yields similar effectiveness

Getting both a COVID-19 vaccine and the flu shot in one fell swoop is just as effective as getting the two jabs separately, a study published Nov. 8 in JAMA has determined. 

Orlando Health appoints nurse leader for clinical integration in Puerto Rico

Orlando Health has named Minedy Laracuente, MSN, APRN, as the assistant vice president of clinical development and integration for operations in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.

Summa Health names chief medical officer

Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health has tapped Dean Frate, MD, as its new chief medical officer.

New Jersey hospital names COO

Anna Michelle Brandt was named COO of University Hospital in Newark, N.J.