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In an effort to streamline clinical workflows and better engage patients, Wolters Kluwer Health is bolstering its flagship decision support tool, UpToDate Enterprise Edition, with award-winning ...
Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham is investing nearly $400 million over five years into enhancing primary care. “Primary care is in crisis nationwide as physician shortages, rising ...
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health Cancer Institute has named Sang Sim, MD, as vice chair of brachytherapy with the department of radiation medicine.  Brachytherapy is a specialized form of ...
The global nursing shortage is expected to improve over the next five years, though significant regional disparities will remain, according to the World Heath Organization’s 2025 State of the Word’s ...
Allison Viramontes plans to exit her role as CFO of Mayo Clinic in Arizona, according to a May 10 LinkedIn post. Ms. Viramontes served in the health system’s Phoenix and Scottsdale area for five years ...
President Donald Trump said he plans to sign an executive order on May 12 aimed at reducing the cost of some medications, according to a May 11 Truth Social post. The order would direct HHS to align ...
Nine employees at One Medical, owned by Amazon, allegedly accessed the medical records of a deceased patient without authorization following the filing of a wrongful death lawsuit by the patient’s ...
A California court judge has rejected Providence St. Joseph Hospital’s attempt to dismiss a lawsuit alleging it unlawfully denied an emergency abortion to a woman with a life-threatening condition. On ...
CEOs expect CIOs to integrate AI into their organizations while boosting the customer experience, CIO reported May 12. The news outlet asked 906 IT leaders and 250 line-of-business professionals: ...
When Joon Lee, MD, became CEO of Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare two years ago, the system was in financial distress. It had a negative operating margin, legacy leadership structure and operating model ...
At Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger, around 90 registered nurses work full time at the bedside and part-time in adjunct faculty roles at local universities. Those 90 employees make up about 47% of all ...
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset (N.J.) opened a rapid decision unit, mycentraljersey.com reported May 11. The 18-room unit will care for emergency department patients who do not need ...