The world’s second patient transplanted with a genetically modified pig heart has died, the University of Maryland School of Medicine said Oct. 31.
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Texas health system lays off 288 workers
Southwestern Health Resources, a 31-hospital joint venture, will conduct a mass layoff affecting nearly 300 employees by year’s end.
Patient medical record access is surging: ONC report
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT reports that an increasing number of patients are using online patient portals or apps to access their medical records, and they are doing so more frequently compared to previous years.
Healthcare RCM unicorn to shut down
Olive AI, a healthcare RCM company, is selling off the last of its units to Waystar and Humata Health and shutting down.
Chicago system names interim CEO
Chicago-based Cook County Health has tapped its chief quality officer, Erik Mikaitis, MD, as interim CEO.
South Carolina hospital breaks ground on ER facility
Anderson, S.C.-based AnMed Health has broken ground on a 40,000-square-foot facility in Piedmont, S.C., that will provide emergency care and other services to one of the fastest-growing areas in the region.
Pfizer to close New Jersey site, relocate nearly 800 workers
Pfizer is shuttering its location in Gladstone, N.J., and the company is offering to relocate the current employees.
Hospitals report 7th straight month of positive margins
Hospitals nationwide reported a 1.6% median operating margin in September, the seventh straight positive monthly figure, according to data from Syntellis Performance Solutions.
Delaware system hits funding goal, raises objective
Lewes, Del.-based Beebe Healthcare has reached its original fundraising goal of $22.5 million and is increasing the objective to $30 million, the Cape Gazette reported Oct. 30.
Crozer Health raises pay for 730 workers
Members of the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals within Springfield, Pa.-based Crozer Health approved new one-year contract extension agreements.
