Five U.S. hospitals are among the first to receive verification under the new American College of Surgeons’ Emergency General Surgery Verification Program, which was first implemented in September 2022, according to a July 10 news release.
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California health system installs digital health platform spun out of Providence
Monterey, Calif.-based Montage Health is installing Xealth, a digital health platform spun out of Renton, Wash.-based Providence.
Digital health funding slump continues
Digital health funding continues to slip, with the industry bringing in $2.5 billion in funding in the second quarter, putting 2023 on track to be the lowest funding year since 2019, according to data released July 10 by Rock Health.
Epic, HCA, Optum back new health data initiative
EHR vendor Epic Systems, Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare and Optum have pledged their support for the Sequoia Project’s new health data initiative that aims to make healthcare data more useful.
Generative AI, virtual nursing, remote monitoring: What hospital innovation leaders expect for rest of '23
From hospitals and health systems tapping into generative artificial intelligence platforms like ChatGPT to rolling out large-scale virtual nursing programs, 2023 has been a busy year for healthcare innovation already.
'Advocate for yourself,' Encompass pharmacy leader tells others with disabilities
When an illness paralyzed Renee Tyree, PharmD, at 19 years old, she was told she wouldn’t become a doctor after she became a wheelchair user.
From support to scorn, opinions differ on whether coding is healthcare's enemy
It is safe to say that opinions on whether coding “destroys everything” in healthcare vary from complete support of that position to robust defense of the coding industry and the workers employed in it, according to LinkedIn comments in the wake of a J…
New Jersey hospital nurses move toward strike
Nurses at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J., have voted to authorize a strike, according to a hospital statement shared with Becker’s July 11.
Pennsylvania hospital CEOs at odds over nurse staffing legislation
Two Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke’s University Health Network leaders slammed the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Act in a July 10 op-ed in The Morning Call.
UVA Health gaining 5% ownership stake in Riverside Health System as part of new alliance
Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health and Newport News, Va.-based Riverside Health System are forming an alliance to increase access to innovative care for complex medical conditions and clinical trials.
