Epic Systems has committed to transitioning its entire community of hospitals and health systems to the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement by the end of 2025, with all organizations expected to be signed up by the end of 2024.
Leaders from two top-five cancer centers, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report, shared with Becker’s challenges they are facing this year and how they plan to address them.
U.S. hospitals reported a bump in average operating margins and patient volume to begin the third quarter, according to Strata’s Monthly Healthcare Industry Financial Benchmarks.
Georgia could see the largest shortage of registered nurses by 2036, with an estimated 34,800 vacancies, according to a March report from the Health Resources and Services Administration, a federal agency of HHS.
Albany, Ga.-based Phoebe Putney Health System has named Jacob Collins vice president of revenue cycle, a health system spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s.
St. Louis-based SSM Health, a 23-hospital faith-based system, reported an operating loss of $44.8 million (-1.6% margin) for the three months ending June 30, slipping from a $39.6 million loss (-1.5% margin) during the second quarter of 2023.