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Florida city seeks to demolish old Baptist Health hospital

The city of Pensacola, Fla., hopes to acquire and demolish the old Baptist Hospital once its operations are transferred to a new facility, Pensacola News Journal reported July 17.

What’s going on at the VA? 48 Oracle Cerner implementation updates from this year

In 2018, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs tapped Cerner to overhaul its EHR system. Recently, a series of slowdowns, legislative spats and open letters have again turned attention to the VA’s EHR overhaul process.

Hybrid work here to stay: Report

Hybrid work is not going away anytime soon, with office attendance stabilizing at 30 percent below pre-pandemic norms, according to a report from McKinsey Global Institute.

Health Systems lose $3.1B a year to physical therapy leakage, report finds

Health systems lost an estimated $3.1 billion in revenue from physical therapy leakage in 2022, according to a report published by Luna, an on-demand physical therapy provider..

Eli Lilly reports Alzheimer's drug candidate slows decline by 60%

A phase 3 trial for donanemab, Eli Lilly’s Alzheimer’s drug candidate, showed significant progress in slowing down cognitive and functional decline in people who are in early stages of the disease’s progression, according to a July 17 news release.&nbs…

Massachusetts nursing program avoids shut down for now, pending corrections

The state of Massachusetts will allow Milton-based Labouré College of Healthcare to remain operational under warning status after initially deciding to shut down the program at the private college.

Why Mayo, Cleveland Clinic + Mount Sinai joined Threads

Health systems that have signed up for Threads, the new Twitter competitor from Instagram, told Becker’s they were excited to have a new way to reach consumers and are pleased with the early results.

Keck Medicine's pharmacy chief begins climbing learning curve

Krist Azizian, PharmD, wants to standardize 80 percent of pharmacy procedures across multiple ambulatory clinics and a small hospital, a cancer center, a specialty surgery hospital and a large community hospital. 

Loss of smell, taste no longer common COVID-19 symptoms

VCU researchers found that loss of smell and taste are no longer common symptoms of COVID-19.

UAMS Health taps chief administrative officer

Little Rock, Ark.-based UAMS Health has named Harrison Reed chief administrative officer and associate vice chancellor for clinical finance and strategy.