Data centers can be costly, requiring healthcare organizations to allocate funds toward investments in servers, routers, switches and various other infrastructure elements to sustain them, making CIOs want to get out of the business.
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73 patients sue California physician, hospital for assault
A California physician and Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach are facing a civil lawsuit from 73 former patients who allege they were sexual abused, NBC affiliate KNBC reported Jan. 25.
Hospital name sparks controversy
A new St. Louis-based hospital is sparking controversy after bearing the name of a prominent St. Louis lawyer and equal rights advocate, NBC affiliate KSD reported Jan. 25.
Mercy Hospital Southeast taps former Intermountain leader as chief medical officer
Mercy Hospital Southeast in Cape Girardeau, Mo., has selected a former Intermountain Health executive to become its new chief medical officer, the health system announced Jan. 25.
Public health clinicians earn almost 20% less than private-sector counterparts
Clinicians working in the public health sector earn between 10%-19% less than those working in private sector care, according to a new analysis of U.S. Labor Department data, published Jan. 25 in the American Journal of Public Health.
Inova vents prior authorization concerns to CMS chief
Listening to his colleagues discuss the challenges of prior authorization with CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure was “sobering and a little bit troubling,” Inova Health CEO J. Stephen Jones, MD, told Becker’s.
Surgical tech pay across states
Average annual wages for surgical technologists vary across states, with the national mean estimated at $57,500, according to the most recently available data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, released April 25.
Steward aims to offload 4 hospitals
Dallas-based Steward Health Care is looking to sell four of its 9 Massachusetts hospitals amid continued financial difficulties, WCVB reported Jan. 26.
The only US high school inside a hospital
Cleveland-based MetroHealth system touts the first and only high school to be located inside a hospital.
Beth Israel Lahey cuts annual operating loss by 34%
Cambridge, Mass.-based Beth Israel Lahey Health reported a $131.2 million operating loss for the year ended Sept. 30, a 34% improvement on the $199.5 million loss it recorded the previous year.
