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How AdventHealth used AI to identify 23% more patients with cancer risk

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth has launched a pilot program designed to harness AI to assess a patient’s risk of developing breast cancer. 

Arkansas hospital dismisses CEO, nursing director

Eureka Springs (Ark.) Hospital CEO Angie Shaw was terminated following a unanimous vote by the hospital commission on Nov. 1, the Eureka Springs Times-Echo reported Nov. 7.

Texas sues another physician over gender-affirming care to minors

A third physician in Texas is facing legal action over a state law that restricts medical providers from providing gender transition-related care to minors. 

NLRB files complaint against post-acute care network

The National Labor Relations Board has filed a complaint against Cincinnati-based CommuniCare, a post-acute care network, for allegedly attempting to enforce stay-or-pay employment agreements.

Jefferson delays 3% pay raise for 42,000 workers

Jefferson Health is delaying a 3% pay increase for more than 42,000 employees from January to July as part of its plan to strengthen financial performance, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Nov. 8.

A Florida system's care coordination strategy, version 2.0

In launching its own care coordination center, Memorial Healthcare System set out to go beyond capacity management and centralized bed placement. Specifically, it combines human capital, data and IT, Chief Medical Officer Aharon Sareli, MD, told Becker…

Tenet CEO, other executives to be deposed in whistleblower suit

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare’s CEO and other executives are scheduled to be deposed in connection with a whistleblower lawsuit filed by two women who were contracted as housekeepers at Detroit’s Harper University Hospital and Hutzel Women’s Hospital, …

Moffitt Cancer Center exec heads to Christ Hospital

Joyce Oh has been named chief information and digital transformation officer of Cincinnati-based Christ Hospital Health Network.

Breast cancer vaccine produces immune response: Cleveland Clinic

A vaccine against triple-negative breast cancer was found to produce an immune response and was well tolerated by most patients during an ongoing clinical trial. 

The peer insights clinical executives seek

Peer collaboration is a must for clinical executives as they navigate the complex challenges of modern healthcare.