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New York system puts a twist on root cause analysis

When it comes to quality and safety improvement, healthcare leaders spend plenty of time analyzing adverse events and what led up to an unfavorable outcome. At NYC Health + Hospitals, leaders are beginning to apply that same level of rigor when things …

Alabama hospital to cut labor, delivery services

Grove Hill (Ala.) Memorial Hospital has shared plans to discontinue its labor and delivery services, effective at the end of the business day on Aug. 16.

Hartford HealthCare promotes 2 executives

Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare has promoted two leaders to new positions on its executive team.

Pharmacists should get provider status: Northwell's pharmacy chief

Pharmacists are the most accessible healthcare professional in communities, literally standing among the patients, but they are not living up to the opportunity and responsibility they have to patients, Onisis Stefas, PharmD, CEO of Vivo Health, the ph…

How PAs feel about their relationships with physicians

More than half (57%) of physician assistants described their relationship with physicians as very good, but 43% said they are only somewhat satisfied with how physicians treat them, a Medscape report found.

Steward shelled out $1.6M to spy firm before bankruptcy

Dallas-based Steward Health Care made six payments totaling just under $1.6 million this year to London-based Audere International, a commercial intelligence, investigations and security company, prior to filing for bankruptcy on May 6.

Skilled nursing facility operator pays $21.3M to settle fraud allegations

Strauss Ventures, doing business as Grand Healthcare System, and 12 skilled nursing facilities will pay $21.3 million to settle allegations they billed federal healthcare programs for services that were unreasonable, unnecessary, unskilled or that did …

Carilion Clinic outsourcing 780 jobs in Ensemble deal

All 780 revenue cycle employees at Roanoke, Va.-based Carilion Clinic are being offered comparable positions at Ensemble Health Partners as the health system transfers RCM operations.

Hospitals balk at CMS' 'reckless' pay proposals

Hospitals groups are pushing back against CMS’ proposed 2.6% pay bump for 2025, arguing that the increase is inadequate as a large portion of the nonprofit hospital sector continue to see operating margins in the red or hover above zero. 

Why Stanford Health is beta testing a 'ChatGPT-like' model

Stanford (Calif.) Health is rolling out a swath of new artificial intelligence tools for clinicians across its hospitals, the system said in a July 9 press release.