Category: Press Release

A growing number of hospitals are going live on Epic, part of a broader shift that has made the company the dominant player in the U.S. hospital EHR market. Epic continued to lead the EHR market in 2024, posting its largest net gain on record as 10 major health systems selected the vendor for 108 […]

As healthcare drives U.S. job gains, not all roles within the industry are seeing increased demand. Demand for nonclinical roles within healthcare organizations is declining relative to demand for healthcare-specific roles, according to a March 3 report from Indeed, which draws on data from the platform’s job listings. Nonhealthcare-specific roles comprised about 35% of job […]

Samantha Smith of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, went into the operating room for emergency removal of an ectopic pregnancy. “I’m grateful I didn’t die,” she said, but she was shocked to see that the outpatient surgery was billed to her insurer for about $100,000. Jamie Estrada of Albuquerque, New Mexico, twice received injections of lidocaine in his […]

Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and require full names. We Have Invested Too Much To Let Research Programs Die Quietly I have dedicated my life to research, but now that work, along with the trust, data, and progress behind it, […]

Samantha Smith, de Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, entró al quirófano para la extracción de emergencia de un embarazo ectópico. “Estoy agradecida de no haber muerto”, dijo, pero se sorprendió al ver que la cirugía ambulatoria fue facturada a su aseguradora por unos $100.000. Jamie Estrada, de Albuquerque, Nuevo México, recibió en dos ocasiones inyecciones de lidocaína en […]

The University of California has offered American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees-represented employees pay increases totaling nearly 32.3% over five years under its proposed contract. AFSCME represents roughly 38,800 patient care technical and service employees across UC’s 10 campuses and five medical centers, as well as clinics, research laboratories and other facilities. Under […]

Health system leaders often think of the clinical laboratory as a cost center. Why, then, are commercial laboratories so eager to purchase laboratory operations? The truth is that fee-for-service testing contributes significantly to health system profit margins, and this business is what commercial labs are most interested in acquiring. Understanding the contribution of fee-for-service testing […]

Sunita Mishra, MD, the former chief medical officer of Amazon Health Services, has been named to the same position at Neko Health, the tech startup said March 2. Neko Health was co-founded by Daniel Ek, who started music streaming giant Spotify. The company has developed medical scanning technology that assesses risk for conditions like stroke […]

Brooks Rizzo, MSN, RN, has been appointed COO of North Sunflower Medical Center in Ruleville, Miss. Ms. Rizzo is also president-elect of the Medical Group Management Association of Mississippi, according to a Feb. 25 Facebook post from the hospital. She joined North Sunflower Medical Center in 2006 as a clinic registered nurse and has been […]