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Hackensack Meridian Health workers approve contract, staffing ratios

Health Professionals & Allied Employees members have approved a new labor contract with Hackensack Meridian Health to establish the first staffing ratios in the history of the system’s North Bergen, N.J.-based Palisades Medical Center, according to a J…

RWJBarnabas New Jersey hospital names COO

Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville, N.J., part of West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health, has named Jordan Solop COO, effective immediately.

10 numbers on prescription drug costs: GoodRx

Between 2014 and 2024, prescription medication prices have increased 37%, according to a GoodRx, which launched a prescription cost tracker June 26. 

Georgia hospital CEO resigns after 4 months

Terrell Neal, BSN, has resigned as CEO of Monroe County Hospital in Forsyth, Ga., after less than four months. 

6 big issues facing CIOs in the next 6 months

The first half of 2024 has already been a busy one for health system CIOs, with cyberattacks disrupting large swaths of the healthcare industry and an increased focus on artificial intelligence.

RCM company raises $31M in Series B funding

Revenue intelligence and automation company Adonis raised $31 million in Series B funding led by Point72 Private Investments.

AWS pledges $3M to pediatric healthcare

Amazon Web Services has pledged to commit $3 million to three different healthcare organizations in a bid to advance pediatric and children’s healthcare. 

No issue more important than workforce, Ochsner CFO says

It has been just over a year since Jim Molloy took over as executive vice president, CFO and treasurer at New Orleans-based Ochsner Health. Since then, the 46-hospital health system has shifted its focus from external to internal growth in an effort to…

Why a Florida system places sensors in patients' shoes

After patients undergo foot surgery at the University of Florida Health, they’re given a Bluetooth device to wear their body or in their shoes. If people put too much weight on their recovering feet, the sensor immediately alerts patients and their phy…

Northwell program saves $200M in 10 years

A New York City-based Northwell Health staff program that started to hire medical assistants in ambulatory practices has expanded to a pipeline that has saved the system $200 million and brought in thousands of employees in the last 10 years.