Category: Press Release

HHS’ Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy is offering $500,000 for health IT developers to turn raw EHR data into actionable insights for clinicians and patients. The EHIgnite Challenge, which launched Feb. 23, will grant $10,000 to each of nine winners for the first phase then prizes for finalists of $250,000, $100,000 and $50,000, with bonus […]

If Mark Cuban bought a hospital, he says he would run it like a startup: eliminate unnecessary overhead, prioritize radical transparency, pay physicians well and use AI to root out inefficiencies. Speaking on “The Healthcare Bridge” podcast with Nathan Kaufman, managing director and founder of Kaufman Strategic Advisors, Mr. Cuban — co-founder of Cost Plus […]

As members of one union prepare to end their four-week strike at Kaiser Permanente facilities in California and Hawaii, members of another have voted to authorize a strike by mental health professionals serving patients in the Bay Area, Central Valley and Sacramento, extending a wave of labor action across the health system. Six things to […]

Blizzard conditions are battering the Northeast U.S., complicating care delivery for many hospitals and health systems in the region. Three things to know about the snowstorm and its effects on health systems: 1. The storm. A powerful winter storm strengthened quickly off the Mid-Atlantic coast late on Feb. 22 and is now traveling north along […]

The FDA has approved Bracco’s gadopiclenol-based contrast agent, Vueway, for IV MRI imaging in neonates and infants. Vueway is a macrocyclic gadolinium-based contrast agent that delivers effective image enhancement at half the gadolinium dose used in other approved macrocyclic agents, according to a Feb. 23 news release. The approval follows pediatric data from a non-randomized […]

Joseph Marino was named CFO of Odessa (Texas) Regional Medical Center on Feb. 23, according to a Feb. 21 LinkedIn post. Prior to his new role, Mr. Marino served as CFO and vice president of finance for Lewiston, Maine-based St. Mary’s Health System, a member of Covenant Health in Knoxville, Tenn. He has more than […]

Health systems are responding to fragmented behavioral healthcare delivery in different ways: expanding telepsychiatry in rural states, building pediatric health hubs that integrate mental and physical health on one campus, launching behavioral health urgent cares, and investing in navigators and data infrastructure to keep patients connected after discharge. In West Virginia, the access challenge is […]

Houston-based St. Luke’s Health named Augusto “Gus” Sepulveda, MD, chief medical officer of its Houston market and Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center. Dr. Sepulveda, an internal medicine physician and clinical informatics specialist, will step into his new role March 2.  He joins from HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood, where he has served as CMO since May, […]

Medical experts believe measles-related hospitalizations in South Carolina are significantly higher than reported, since the state does not require hospitals to report admissions for the virus, ProPublica reported Feb. 20.  South Carolina is experiencing the nation’s largest measles outbreak since the virus was declared eliminated in 2000. More than 970 cases have been confirmed in […]

MultiCare Yakima (Wash.) Memorial Hospital has begun posting positions to replace Teamsters Local 760 members who have been on strike for more than a month, according to NBC affiliate KNDO and CBS affiliate KIMA.  In a statement shared with Becker’s, the hospital said it has “begun posting positions in departments that have the most critical […]