New York and Alaska residents spend the most on healthcare per capita, according to 2020 data from CMS.
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Intermountain combines chief analytics officer role
Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health has combined its chief analytics officer position with the vice president of data services position as Albert Marinez, the health system’s current chief analytics officer, leaves the role for Cleveland Clinic.
Incompatible systems hindering health systems from being more data-driven
Forty-three percent of healthcare workers say that the biggest challenges in becoming more data-driven are disconnected or incompatible systems, according to an Aug. 8 report from Harvard Business Review Analytic Services.
AI may predict COVID-19's pressure on hospitals, researchers find
Wastewater surveillance combined with artificial intelligence modeling may serve as a tool to help hospitals predict COVID-19 admissions, new research shows.
HHS sounds alarm on new ransomware group targeting healthcare
A new ransomware group called Rhysida has been recently targeting healthcare by breaching networks and demanding a ransom, according to an Aug. 4 alert from HHS’s Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center.
VillageMD's new ad compares healthcare system to a 'factory'
VillageMD launched the “New Way to Well” campaign, which aims to portray its Village Medical clinics’ holistic way of providing care as a contrast to the mainstream healthcare industry that “can feel like a factory,” according to an Aug 7 report from M…
Inaugural Cancer Moonshot Scholars to 'fight to end cancer as we know it'
Eleven newly named researchers will be the first group to embark on President Joe Biden’s Cancer Moonshot, sharing $5.4 million in scholarships to “fight to end cancer as we know it,” according to an Aug. 3 White House news release.
Meet the leaders at ECRI's top 12 hospital supply teams
The Emergency Care Research Institute recently named 12 health systems as recipients of its supply chain award.
Altru Health cuts nursing contract labor costs by more than half
Grand Forks, N.D.-based Altru Health, which trimmed its executive numbers to save costs earlier this year, reported significantly lower non-physician contract labor costs Aug. 8.
7 health IT job salaries, vacancies
Health systems in New York, Colorado and California have IT job vacancies that could pay more than $100,000 per year.
