A surge in norovirus infections this season has resulted in a 28% positivity rate, more than double 2024’s high, alarming health officials, CBS News reported Jan. 14.
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Tampa General's new behavioral health model: What to know
Tampa General is working to embed behavioral health services within each of its primary care practices by the end of 2025.
When Judy Faulkner met KLAS
In 1999, Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner got a call from Kent Gale from KLAS after the EHR vendor came in first in the health IT researcher’s survey of healthcare organizations, she recalled in a January blog post.
Why Sutter Health inked a $1B AI imaging deal
Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health furthered its collaboration with GE HealthCare by inking a seven-year deal Jan. 14, one of the health tech company’s largest-ever strategic partnerships with a health system.
Why Hospital for Special Surgery created a new C-suite tech role
New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery established a new C-suite role when it named Ashis Barad, MD, chief digital and technology officer in December.
6 health systems with lowered outlooks
Here are six health systems that had their outlooks downgraded by Fitch Ratings or Moody’s Investors Service since Nov. 5:
St. Luke's sues Idaho attorney general
Idaho’s abortion law conflicts with the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, according to a lawsuit filed Jan. 14 by St. Luke’s Health System.
Trinity outsourcing some physicians at Connecticut hospitals
Trinity Health of New England is transitioning the employment of more than 100 physicians at its Connecticut hospitals to Vituity, a physician-owned medical group headquartered in California.
Minnesota hospital regains critical access status
Ely (Minn.)-Bloomenson Community Hospital’s critical-access status has been restored after CMS ordered the hospital to reapply for the designation in mid-December due to county population changes.
Change Healthcare reaches milestone in breach response
Change Healthcare, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, said it has “substantially” completed identifying and notifying individuals affected by the Feb. 21 ransomware attack.
