St. Louis-based Mercy has finalized a lease agreement to operate and manage the county-owned Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville, Mo., effective Oct. 1.
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Tufts Medicine downgraded 2 notches as operating losses continue
“Significantly elevated” operating losses at Burlington, Mass.-based Tufts Medicine have resulted in the system having credit ratings downgraded two notches to “BBB-” from “BBB+,” S&P Global said Sept. 14.
You're nothing without community: MUSC shows the way with hospital years in the making
The recently opened Medical University of South Carolina Health Black River Medical Center came out of the ruins of two independent community hospitals in a rural part of the state.
Mount Sinai gets $13M to create next-gen coronavirus vaccines
The National Institutes of Health has awarded New York City-based Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai a five-year, $13 million grant to develop new coronavirus vaccines.
Children's Hospital Los Angeles names top pediatrician
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has appointed Alan Wayne, MD, as senior vice president of academic affairs and pediatrician-in-chief.
Most hospital employees can't define health equity: Study
Less than a quarter of hospital employees can correctly define health equity, according to a recent study out of Atlanta-based Grady Health System.
Geisinger streamlines ultrasound documentation
Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger is using workflow software from Exo to streamline ultrasound exam documentation, billing and quality assurance.
Feedback is out. 'Feedforward' is in
Companies, executive coaches and HR professionals have identified the word “feedback” as anxiety-producing. The new term is “feedforward,” The Wall Street Journal reported Sept. 13.
Healthcare AI adoption hindered by 'switchover disruptions'
The U.S. healthcare industry will struggle to adopt artificial intelligence due to “switchover disruptions,” the expensive implementation period for new technologies that can disrupt profitable operations, Harvard Business Review reported Sept. 14.&nbs…
Hospitals facing lawsuits for data breaches
Several hospitals and health systems across the U.S. are facing lawsuits regarding data breach incidents that involved patients’ protected health information.
