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From expanding connections to the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement to new health system EHR go-lives, here are 11 updates on Epic’s operations, software products, and partnerships repor ...
Cleveland-based University Hospitals built capabilities into Epic to detect an underdiagnosed form of arthritis. The 20-plus hospital system’s IT team developed an application in the EHR to identify ...
The FDA has barred the import of multiple medical devices manufactured by Olympus Medical Systems and its subsidiaries in Japan, citing ongoing violations of federal quality system regulations.
Lita Kapuscinski has been appointed senior vice president of strategy and development at Dallas-based Medical City Healthcare. In the role, Ms. Kapuscinski will oversee strategic growth initiatives, ...
General Hospital after more than a decade of leadership. During his tenure, Mr. Allen led the hospital through a financial and strategic turnaround, established partnerships with Pittsburgh-based ...
Don Kline, COO of Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health, has shared plans to retire at the end of 2025 after serving 30 years in healthcare, 17 of them at BSMH. Wael Haidar, MD, has been named ...
Lawmakers sparred June 26 over how to pay for digital health tools during a House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee hearing, Politico reported. Here are four things to know: ...
Westchester Medical Center Health Network, a nine-hospital system headquartered in Valhalla, N.Y., has appointed Andrew Pickens, MD, executive director of its western region hospitals, effective June ...
A 119-bed hospital in Smyrna, Tenn., named David Geckle, MD, as its assistant chief medical officer, according to a news release. Dr. Geckle is a neurosurgeon with nearly 30 years of clinical and ...
The U.S. heart attack mortality rate has dropped by 89% in the past 50 years, according to data published June 25 in the Journal of the American Heart Association.  At the same time, death rates from ...
Caregivers at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, Ore., voted June 25 to join SEIU Local 49. The vote covers about 1,100 employees — including certified nursing assistants, cooks, lab ...
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local Union 30 has filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to become the union representation for a group of workers at Allegheny Health ...