More than 10,000 people in the U.S. were hospitalized with COVID-19 for the week ending Aug. 5, up 14.3 percent from the previous week and marking the fourth straight week of increase.
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Hackensack Meridian CEO to chair World Economic Forum panel
Robert Garrett, CEO of Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health, has been named chairman of the World Economic Forum’s Health and Healthcare Governor’s Community.
Memorial Healthcare's former chief medical officer joins startup
Marc Napp, MD, former chief medical officer of Memorial Healthcare System, has been named CEO of the Trajectories Company, a system and process design firm.
Former marketing director who allegedly hid guns at hospital enters diversion program
The former marketing director of a New Jersey hospital who was arrested last year after police found more than three dozen guns hidden inside an unlocked closet at the hospital has entered a pretrial diversion program, according to the Hudson County pr…
3 Epic, AI partnerships
Epic is now offering both voice assistant-based artificial intelligence and generative AI within its EHR offerings.
The next billion-dollar healthcare startups, per Forbes
Of the 50,000 venture capital-backed startups in the U.S., Forbes predicts that four specializing in healthcare will one day be valued at $1 billion or more.
Dignity Health hospital workers to receive 18% raises
Members of the Caregivers and Healthcare Employees Union have approved a new contract with Glendale (Calif.) Memorial Hospital and Health Center, part of San Francisco-based Dignity Health.
The rich are getting poorer
Global wealth has declined for the first time since 2008, causing millions to fall from “millionaire” status, according to this year’s “Global Wealth Report” from UBS and Credit Suisse economists.
Troubled Tennessee hospital selling assets for well below target price
Maryville, Tenn.-based Blount Memorial Hospital, which has been at the center of a long-running dispute with local government, now looks as if it will be selling some of its assets off for just $7.5 million, according to an Aug. 16 filing.
Illinois system includes valet workers in layoffs
Earlier this month, Springfield, Ill.-based Memorial Health announced layoffs of hundreds of employees, including 20 percent of leadership positions, citing “current national and statewide economic trends.” These cuts include the end of valet service, …
