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Dolly Parton and Johnny Cash join Ballad's ranks — in the form of pharmacy robots

Pharmacy robots named after singer-songwriters Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash and June Carter-Cash now fill the hallways at Ballad Health’s Bristol (Tenn.) Regional Medical Center. 

Children's National develops AI tool to diagnose heart conditions

In Uganda, late-stage rheumatic heart disease is difficult to treat or detect, because the small number of Ugandan cardiologists can’t serve the entire population.

Firm returns stolen hospital data after lawsuit

A cloud-storage firm has returned stolen data to a New York health system that had sued to get it back, Information Security Media Group reported.

10 best, worst states to start a business

Utah is the best state to start a business in, a WalletHub report found.

15 top diagnoses for MyChart message bills

As more health systems bill for MyChart messages, the most common diagnoses for these charges include hypertension and sinus and other respiratory infections, a new study found.

City sounds alarms on cash-strapped Florida hospital

The city of Jacksonville, Fla., is reevaluating its agreement with UF Health Jacksonville after the hospital lost a significant amount of money in the last fiscal year. 

Meditech inks 100th partnership for new system

Meditech has recently signed its 100th customer to the Meditech as a Service (MaaS) platform, a cloud-based, full-service EHR subscription model.

Minnesota hospital transitions clinics to Epic

Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health is transitioning its Mid Dakota Clinics in Bismarck, N.D., to an Epic EHR system. 

New York hospital CEO ousted

The board that oversees Nassau University Medical Center, a 530-bed tertiary care teaching hospital in East Meadow, N.Y., ousted Anthony Boutin, MD, as the hospital’s president and CEO, Newsday reported.

CEOs' corporate jet use climbs

Executives’ use of corporate jets for personal travel has skyrocketed since the pandemic’s onset, The Wall Street Journal reported Jan. 16.