While private equity and venture capital activity in health IT remained “muted” in the second quarter of 2023, VC funding picked up alongside health systems’ financial improvement, PitchBook reported.
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Top 6 health IT deals of Q2, per PitchBook
While private equity and venture capital activity in health IT remained “muted” in the second quarter of 2023, VC funding picked up alongside health systems’ financial improvement, PitchBook reported.
Physicians want higher pay in service line agreements
Physicians have seen reimbursement fall over the last few years and are looking for additional compensation from hospitals in service line agreements and call coverage contracts as a result, according to the VMG Health 2023 Physician Alignment: Tips an…
Former Stone Academy nursing students sue for $10.35M
Months after the closure of Stone Academy, a for-profit healthcare college in West Haven, Conn., former nursing students who were unable to finish their education are coming forward, suing the school for $10.35 million, Law360 reported Sept. 12.
Virginia Mason denies claims it shared patient data with Meta
Tacoma, Wash.-based Virginia Mason Francisian Health denies claims that it shared patients’ protected health information with third parties after a lawsuit claimed the health system used pixels on its website and patient portal, which allowed Meta to i…
130 hospital leaders lobby against nurse-patient ratios in Michigan
About 130 Michigan hospital leaders gathered to lobby against legislation that would require hospitals to meet nurse-patient staffing ratios, limit mandatory nurse overtime and require transparency about staffing, the Detroit Free Press reported Sept. …
130 hospital leaders lobby against nurse-patient ratios in Michigan
About 130 Michigan hospital leaders gathered to lobby against legislation that would require hospitals to meet nurse-patient staffing ratios, limit mandatory nurse overtime and require transparency about staffing, the Detroit Free Press reported Sept. …
Hospitals, health systems getting new EHRs
Here are six hospitals and health systems that have implemented new EHR systems or announced plans to do so since Aug. 30:
HCA opens one of several planned freestanding ERs in Florida
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has opened an 11,000-square-foot freestanding emergency room affiliated with HCA Florida Lake Monroe Hospital in Sanford, the Orlando Business Journal reported Sept. 13.
Northwell nurse leader 1st to get COVID-19 vaccine — again
Sandra Lindsay, RN, made history as the first American vaccinated against COVID-19 in 2020. Now, she’s among the first to get the new booster, ABC affiliate WABC-TV reported Sept. 13.
