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Care coordination solutions company Dina raises $7M

Dina, a home-centered care coordination solutions company, recently secured a $7 million series B round led by venture capital investor First Analysis. 

2 hospitals probe papers from Columbia cancer surgery chief

Sam Yoon, MD, chief of the surgical oncology division at New York City-based Columbia University Irving Medical Center, is facing scrutiny after a blogger found concerns with the images and data published in many of his research papers, The New York Ti…

CommonSpirit revenue broken down by new operating structure

Chicago-based CommonSpirit, a 142-hospital system, recently reorganized its portfolio by consolidating its eight operating divisions into five regions. 

3 nurse degree scheme updates

Fallout from Operation Nightingale — a coordinated scheme to sell more than 7,600 fake diplomas and transcripts to aspiring nurses — continues to unfold more than a year after 25 people were charged for their roles in running the scheme. 

How the Washington hospital where a nurse called 911 built back its resilience

On an October day in 2022, Kelsay Irby, BSN, RN, then nurse at Silverdale, Wash.-based St. Michael Medical Center, called 911 for backup when the emergency department became overwhelmed with patient boarding. Now, after hospital leaders spent time craf…

1 HR leader's 'special sauce' for employee tenure

Companies and organizations across the U.S., including hospitals and health systems, consistently focus on retaining their workers.

Proposed bill could require the U of California to build medical school

If passed, a new bill dubbed the “Grown Our Own” bill would require the University of California to construct a medical school in Kern County should “certain funding thresholds” be met.

Bon Secours Mercy Health outsourcing home health, hospice

Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health will turn over operations of its home health and hospice operations across five states to home-based care company Compassus.

WellSpan looks to ramp up at-home care

York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health is partnering with virtual care provider Biofourmis to ramp up hospital-level and post-acute care at home.

24 most reputable US academic medical centers

Nearly one-fourth of the 100 most reputable academic medical centers in the world are located in the United States.