The Department of Veterans Affairs has reassigned two top healthcare leaders in Colorado amid an internal investigation into concerns about oversight and workplace culture, The Denver Post reported.
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Texas hospitals swap executives
The CEO of Doctors Hospital of Laredo (Texas) is leaving to helm South Texas Health System McAllen. The latter’s COO will then become the former’s new CEO, Laredo Morning Times reported Nov. 2
New York system needs county to repay $5M to reopen maternity ward
Lowville, N.Y.-based Lewis County Health System CEO Jerry Cayer is hoping Lewis County will pay back a more than $5 million loan to help reopen a maternity ward, WWNY TV reported Nov. 1.
Parkview Health to join UCHealth Dec. 1
Pueblo, Colo.-based Parkview Health and Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth have completed all their necessary regulatory processes and will be joining forces Dec. 1, the two systems said Nov. 2.
How NYC health officials plan to reverse declining life expectancy
Life expectancy for New York City residents dropped by nearly five years between 2019 and 2020, and now, the health department is launching a campaign to target the contributing factors that led to the decline.
Genetic mutation diminishes drug response in some cancer patients
Researchers at Boston-based Mass General Brigham have discovered a key mutation that may be a driving factor in resistance to certain drugs used to treat breast cancer patients, according to a Nov. 2 news release.
R1 RCM expands Microsoft partnership for AI
R1 RCM is expanding its partnership with Microsoft to accelerate the development and integration of generative AI in the company’s revenue cycle management platform.
Alabama system joins Ochsner ACO to improve senior health outcomes
Mobile, Ala.-based Infirmary Health, the largest nonprofit private healthcare provider in the state, is teaming up with New Orleans-based Ochsner Health by joining its accountable care organization, the two systems said Nov. 2.
The value of the second opinion
Earlier this year, researchers published results from the first study to quantify the burden of misdiagnoses in the U.S., which found nearly 800,000 people are permanently disabled or die from diagnostic errors.
Legacy Health physicians to vote on unionizing
Hospitalists at all eight Legacy Health hospitals in Oregon and Washington will vote on whether to unionize.
