NATIONAL
- Approaching an EHR customization: Key thoughts from 3 clinical informatics execs
- AHA report: 3 shifts providers must make to embrace digital health
- 6 hospital mergers called off in past year
- Healthcare consultancy with offices in 10 states files for bankruptcy
- EHR-integrated patient texting helps clinic boost patient capacity 68% to 89%
- Report: 3 in 4 hospital markets are now ‘highly concentrated’
- How medical schools are putting high-value care in the spotlight
- Hospital M&A update: 10 latest deals
- Hospitals face potential communications gap between providers, billing departments, healthcare leadership organization says
- Hospitals are some of America’s toughest debt collectors
- CMS mandatory radiation oncology model should be scaled back, industry argues
- PhRMA Names Lori Reilly Chief Operating Officer
- Hospitals Retain 91% of Profit from Physician-Administered Drugs
- Survey: Hospital, health system leaders slow to adopt risk-based payment arrangements
- CEOs dissect strategic partnerships: 3 don’ts
- Hospitals score victory as judge tosses CMS site neutral rule
- CMS blasted for nearly 2-year delay in payout of Medicare performance bonuses
- HHS expands health security-focused network of innovation accelerators
- How potential changes to Stark Law could help or hurt ASCs — 3 insights
- Nursing homes, administration reach deal over federal arbitration rule
- CPT code changes in 2020: What hospital revenue cycle staff should know before Jan. 1
- CMS urged to delay new radiation payment model, make it voluntary
- Stakeholders Pick Apart Bundled Payments for Radiation Oncology
- On same day of hospital concentration study, AMA says payers are the ones with less competition
- Nonprofit hospitals and antitrust enforcement: Should FTC have jurisdiction?
- A Maturing Field: Age-Friendly Health Care
- Telehealth is booming, but who are the power users?
- HHS Issues Millions in Funding for Patient Access to Care
- Drug companies seek removal of judge in landmark opioid case
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- A Patient Transition
- Expanding Reach Across US, Three New Members Join the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions
- Eleven Specialists Join Stamford Health Network
- Nursing home vacancies test Lamont’s relationship with labor
MAINE
- Health care’s next frontiers are knocking at the door
- Maine hospital files for bankruptcy with $25M in debt
- A new urgent care treatment in Lewiston promises to lower costs for the community
- Jeff Brickman, CEO of Central Maine Healthcare, says its prognosis is improving
- Prescription for Maine’s health: It’s all about access
MASSACHUSETTS
- Massachusetts hospital president: BCBS putting profits over patients
- Around the nation: Why Massachusetts residents are spending more on health, despite lower volumes
- Beth Israel, Dana-Farber leaders offer a prescription for better digital health: Actionable data at the point of care
- Covenant Health hires Stephen Forney as CFO
- Heywood Hospital in Gardner is first hospital in Massachusetts to receive Gold Level Go Clear Award
- Price hikes, upcoding drive Massachusetts inpatient spending
- Health system president calls out BCBS of Massachusetts amid reimbursement squabble
- North Shore Medical celebrates Salem Hospital expansion
- North Shore Medical Center’s Expansion Underway
- Partners HealthCare opens new Partners Urgent Care Center in Westwood
- Partners HealthCare surveys employees on new name as some question cost
- Better tech needed to improve access to health care in MetroWest
- Operator of six Central Mass. nursing homes settles patient allegations
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- New Hampshire Hospitals Announce New Opportunity To Find Value & Savings
- Held For 20 Days: How N.H.’s Shortage Of Mental Health Beds Erodes Patients’ Rights
- Skyrocketing insulin costs hinder patient treatment, N.H. health care provider says
NEW YORK
- Nursing home operator ordered to pay $261K in back wages, penalties
- McTernan settles in for new CEO role at WCCHS
- Federal court clears post-acute provider of two False Claims allegations
- $216K grant funding leads to “patient-centered” St. Lawrence clinical research
- St. Lawrence Health System awarded $216,359 for clinical research
- Meridian’s $241M Portfolio Deal in the Northeast
- Wyoming County Community Health System appoints CEO
- 4 indicted in $99M pharmacy fraud scheme
- Bedbugs found at New York hospital’s cancer center
- NYU Langone Health is replacing the hub-and-spokes model of innovation with a ‘neural network’ of interdepartmental collaboration
- How NYU Langone Health improved operations using a tactic from Amazon, Google
- New York-Presbyterian, WorkFusion, And The Intelligent Automation Of Health Care Administration
- NYC Health + Hospitals reports improvements
- Catholic Health freezes hiring as losses continue
- Pharmacy startup Capsule clinches $200 million in funding
- New York Home Care Agency Allegedly Threatened Workers with Deportation
- Medicaid waiver extension could bring millions in new funding
RHODE ISLAND
- Raimondo letter: Care New England demand for CEO’s job scuttled effort to combine with Lifespan and Brown
- Former CVS head’s gift will bolster neuroscience research at University of Rhode Island
- Care New England Adds 3 Doctors to Pulmonary & Sleep Services Team
- Oak Street Health in Blue Cross partnership to deliver primary care to Medicare patients
VERMONT
- Vermont hospitals expected to see nearly $3B in revenue under 2020 budgets
- Steven R. Gordon: BMH initiatives continue to address financial challenges
- Regulators allow 2020 hospital budgets to exceed growth target
- Steven Gordon: Mounting pressures on Vermont’s hospitals
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
- Christiana Care Health System, state’s largest private employer, to offer paid parental leave
- Stopping the flow of opioids in Delaware
- AG Jennings files suit against family behind Purdue Pharma
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- Washington Adventist Hospital Has a New Name and a New Home
- Providence’s ‘healthy village’ is now live with its next service
- Meritus Health selects new CEO: He ‘brings a unique skill set’
- Washington Adventist Hospital Has a New Name and a New Home
- MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center Hosting Ceremonial Groundbreaking New Emergency Department and Front Entrance Expansion
- AAMC and Prince George’s hospital announce new health system name, Luminis Health
- Maryland hospitals merge, unveil name for combined system
- AAMC forms Luminis Health
- Maryland health system to cut 83 jobs
- Combined Anne Arundel, Doctors Community health system has a name
NEW JERSEY
- SDOH: Horizon BCBS New Jersey, RWJBarnabas Health and state partner on value-based model
- Hospital rideshare program helps patients keep appointments
- Approaching an EHR customization: Key thoughts from 3 clinical informatics execs
- New Jersey physician charged in $1.2B fraud scheme pleads guilty
- Hackensack University Medical Center Officially Breaks Ground on New Jersey’s Largest Health Care Expansion Project
- New Jersey Urology Partners with Premier Urology Group
- Atlantic Health System Buys N.J. Health Pavilion
- Luke’s partners with New Jersey-based health network
- Hackensack Meridian Health, USPI partner with New Jersey surgery center
- 4 indicted in $99M pharmacy fraud scheme
- Hackensack Meridian Health breaks ground on $714M expansion
PENNSYLVANIA
- More than half of Luzerne County nursing homes rated ‘below’ or ‘much below average’
- Hershey Medical Center and Penn State College of Medicine see growth, change
- Hackers disrupt email, scheduling systems at Temple University Health System
- Pennsylvania health system partners with GI practice to improve colonoscopy access
- New UPMC Hospital Opens Doors In Keystone State
- Reading Hospital to start offering kidney & liver transplants after recruiting Hahnemann team
- Competing bids expected as Philly healthcare giants eye children’s hospital auction
- NextUp: The Local Company Making Clinical Trials More Accessible
- Journalist delves into ‘mystery’ of drug prices
- Penn State Health seeks CIO to spearhead EHR, IT operations
- ‘Philadelphia Is On The Front Line For Health’: Jefferson Health CEO Dr. Stephen Klasko at Bisnow’s Philadelphia Healthcare Summit
- New $14 million WVU Medicine outpatient clinic opens in Waynesburg, PA
- Auction for St. Chris children’s hospital morphs into a battle for Philly health-care market
- Pennsylvania healthcare titans expected to battle for children’s hospital
- Another ASC under construction in Pennsylvania
- Appellate court revives whistleblower lawsuit against UPMC, neurosurgeons
- Nonprofit, university make joint bid for children’s hospital
- Luke’s partners with New Jersey-based health network
- UPMC appeals vote blocking new hospital 1 mile from Allegheny Health rival
- Opioid overdose hospitalizations decrease 24% in Pennsylvania: 5 report findings
- Philadelphia hospital receives 2 takeover bids
VIRGINIA
- UVA Health System announces revamp of collection practices after controversy
- UVa drops 14 medical debt lawsuits following report
- Envera Health Names David Cerino CEO
- Twin County Regional Healthcare names Greg Pearson CEO
WEST VIRGINIA
- WVU Medicine opening Greene clinic Monday
- Hospital officials aim to decrease ER wait times
- New $14 million WVU Medicine outpatient clinic opens in Waynesburg, PA
- West Virginia hospital lays off 25 employees
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
- MercyOne to Open Albert Lea Clinic in 2020
- UnityPoint Health hospital to go live on Epic EHR
- Iowa therapist sentenced for illegally viewing nearly 2,000 patients’ health records, stealing pain medication
- New short-term health plans coming for Iowans, more under consideration
KANSAS
- Kansas hospital CEO, CFO step down
- Kansas Offers Plenty Of Jobs, But Not Enough People To Take Them
- Tennessee company reveals plan for $100M proton therapy center, medical office building in JoCo
- Dr. Kristin Feeback appointed superintendent of state hospital
MINNESOTA
- Mayo Clinic taps Google for AI partnership
- Approaching an EHR customization: Key thoughts from 3 clinical informatics execs
- New Tri-County hospital expected to cost about $67 million
- MercyOne to Open Albert Lea Clinic in 2020
- St. Croix Hospice De Novo Expands Nebraska Footprint
- St. Luke’s nurses set to strike Oct. 3
- Whatever Minnesota’s health execs are nervous about, it’s not AI
- 3 months later, UnitedHealth confirms Equian deal
MISSOURI
- Missouri Hospital Selects Epic System for New EHR Implementation
- SSM Health SLU Hospital first in state to use new heart valve replacement technology
- SSM Health expands virtual visits in time for cold and flu season
- Metro East health system adding $22 million rehab hospital
- Phelps Health to implement Epic EHR
- Rural health grant largest in School of Medicine’s history
- Clarity Healthcare awarded $25K to provide dental care for some low income mothers
- HHS Issues Millions in Funding for Patient Access to Care
- Missouri Hospital Selects Epic System for New EHR Implementation
- Missouri’s CenterPointe Hospital Joins Hazelden Betty Ford Patient Care Network
NEBRASKA
- St. Croix Hospice De Novo Expands Nebraska Footprint
- $10.3 million federal grant is latest boost to UNO biomechanics program
- Nebraska nursing shortage expected to rise 34% by 2025. What hospitals are doing to keep up
NORTH DAKOTA
- Fargo area’s growing demand for affordable senior housing unlikely to ease in coming years
- North Dakota, South Dakota clinics to form $1.5M health data network for records sharing
- ND, SD clinics get wired for lower costs, better patient record access
- Altru’s recruitment on track to meet the hospital’s needs
SOUTH DAKOTA
- North Dakota, South Dakota clinics to form $1.5M health data network for records sharing
- ND, SD clinics get wired for lower costs, better patient record access
- Regional Health Rapid City Hospital opens new Heart and Vascular Unit
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- Illinois health clinics to share Epic EHR
- University of Illinois at Chicago opens three health care simulation centers
- Loyola Medicine Appoints Regional Chief Nursing Officer
- Former employees accuse Illinois hospital owner of failing to give lawful termination notice
- MetroSouth sued day before state regulators vote on its closure application
- Illinois health center uses robot for knee, hip replacements
- Illinois hospital will stay open — for now
- IL Review Board approves plan to relocate Blessing Health System surgery center
- University of Chicago Medical Center moves patients to other hospitals in anticipation for nurses’ strike
- Loyola Medicine appoints Dr. Richard Freeman regional chief clinical officer
- Carle taps Matthew Kolb as new COO
- U of Chicago makes final preparations for Sept. 20 strike
INDIANA
- Parkview Health launches Specialty Pharmacy program
- Manchester to Address Nursing Shortage
- Zimmer Biomet Device Receives FDA Clearance
- Medical Consulting Firm Opens Downtown Indy HQ
- Indy Biotech Firm Wants to Change Rx Delivery
- St. Vincent Launches Online Platform
- Federal Funding to Train Healthcare Workers in Geriatrics
KENTUCKY
- Forbes names Appalachian Regional Healthcare among top 10 employers in Ky.
- Pineville Community Hospital names Coppock interim CEO
- Louisville Healthcare CEO Council appoints Kindred CEO to board chair
- LHC Group finalizes joint venture agreement with Louisville’s Norton Healthcare
- Powerful CEO council to establish investment fund
- Landmark Outpatient Services Opens in Louisville
- Pikeville Medical Center building Eastern Kentucky’s first children’s hospital
- PMC CEO: Children’s hospital inspiration hits close to home
- Ten quotes from Humana Co-founder David Jones Sr. that are worth repeating
- Danville hospital earns pediatric ER certification
- Kindred Healthcare and Anderson Healthcare receive state approval for inpatient rehabilitation hospital
MICHIGAN
- Meal breaks can’t be deducted automatically, Labor Department tells operator, which must pay $400,000
- Ascension Borgess buys first parcel in expanded WMU business park
- New cardiac rehab program helps patients after heart attack
- Optalis Healthcare Adds Five SNFs in Michigan
- Health system buys land from university
- Amid merger mania, this rural hospital kept its independence—by becoming a neurology hub
- McLaren Greater Lansing hires new chief operating officer
- MSU Health Care welcomes Seth Ciabotti as CEO
- Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital president to retire
- With Telehealth Success in Hand, a Hospital Reaches Out to Payers
- Beaumont Health sells home medical equipment business
- Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital President Dr. Bob Connors to retire, ending 14-year tenure
- 3 critical insights for EHR customization efforts: MidMichigan Health chief innovation officer
OHIO
- A driver intentionally drove his truck into an Ohio hospital ER, police say
- LCCC unveils new healthcare apprenticeship program
- Ohio hospital seeks financial support for surgery center
- Cincinnati health care firm named seed-stage startup of year
- Ohio hospital will keep Medicare contract after investigation into patient safety issues
- Top Columbus hospitals ranked by capacity
- Akron Children’s Hospital to open Boston Heights health center on Sept. 24
- Business services are as important as clinical: Why University Hospitals developed a patient financial bill of rights
- Former Nationwide Children’s Hospital researchers charged with stealing trade secrets
- Summa Health regains approval for ER residency program
WISCONSIN
- Aim to improve provider operations when customizing the EHR: Marshfield Clinic Health CMIO
- Hospitals awarded grants to fill positions in rural areas
- Wisconsin hospital, Ciox Health to pay $35M for medical records overcharges
- Medical College of Wisconsin and Froedtert Hospital name chief development officer
- Marshfield Clinic announces plans to build a new hospital in Wausau
- Series of inspections finds ongoing problems at Behavioral Health Division’s hospital in Wauwatosa
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
- Alabama hospitals file suit against opioid manufacturers and distributors
- University of Alabama creates pediatric fellowship for family medicine physicians
- Doctors in Alabama now required to report gunshot patients
FLORIDA
- Florida health care executive faces sentencing in $1B Medicare fraud
- Health care system hires new diversity director
- Nurses plan strikes at Tenet hospitals in 3 states
- The new CEO is a former nurse. Sharon Hayes predicts a turnaround at Bayfront Health St. Petersburg.
- Health First’s ‘scorched earth turf war’ at heart of physician privilege lawsuit, judge rules
- Memorial Hospital parent company buys land near Wildlight
- HCA buys 55-acre plot in Florida
- ‘Breakthrough’ diagnostics and research possible at Mayo Clinic’s new radiochemistry facility in Jacksonville
- Florida executive gets 20 years in prison for $1.3 billion Medicare fraud scheme
- Bayfront pays fine, takes corrective actions following alleged HIPAA violation
- Orlando Health opens $69M freestanding ER; new hospital in the works
- Bayfront opens $25 million renovated emergency room
- AdventHealth to partner with Moffitt on cancer research, facilities
- Baptist Health Care On Demand Ushers in a New Era in Digital Health
- Embattled guardian accused of improperly billing AdventHealth nearly $4M
GEORGIA
- Georgia Cancer Center receives $6 million grant to improve access to clinical trials
- Northeast Georgia Health System and Anthem are still arguing over these details as Sept. 30 deadline looms
- Parents worried after Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta announces changes to neighborhood branches
- Georgia financial disclosure law will create more expenses for hospitals, association says
- Northeast Georgia Health System settled with employees over meal break pay. This is how much the system is paying
- Northeast Georgia Medical Center credited with contributing more than $1.8 billion to local and state economy
- Piedmont Healthcare drops coded emergency announcements for plain language ones
- Encompass Health announces plans to bring rehabilitative services to Cumming, Georgia
MISSISSIPPI
- 2 Mississippi hospitals spend millions a year to avoid treating serious trauma patients
- Rush Health Systems announces technology partnership with Ochsner Health System
- Ochsner expanding partnership with Mississippi-based provider
NORTH CAROLINA
- C. efforts to reduce opioid dependency highlighted in national report
- Rural North Carolina hospital to close delivery unit in October
- Medical supply company to invest $65 million in Mebane
- Well Care Health CEO: We’re Pushing the Envelope of Care Innovation
- As NC inmate needs persist, a $6 million long-term care facility sits empty
- North Carolina HHS partners with Phreesia for social determinants program
- Group to hold rally against vote to explore selling New Hanover Regional Medical Center
- New Hanover to explore sale of county-owned hospital
- Atrium corrects patient’s bill after WBTV Investigates starts asking questions
- NC Chamber wants to support state’s push for “value-based health care”
- Atrium Health reports first-half net income of $764M
- Vidant Health comments on closing of Martin General Hospital’s obstetrics unit
- Officials take another step closer to potential sale of NC’s largest county-owned hospital
- $6M Long-Term Care Facility for Inmates Goes Vacant Amid Budget Standoff
- North Carolina hospital to explore sale
- UNC Children’s can resume complex heart surgeries, independent panel says
- Raleigh-based biotech startup Arrevus raises $150,000 in debt
- Columbus Regional reopens its orthopedic practice
- Case dismissed in Atrium Health dispute over employee benefits
- Angel Medical Center Organization asks for approval to spend extra $24M
- Martin General Hospital CEO Joanie White-Wagoner resigns
- 7 physicians to leave CaroMont Medical Group, join team that left Atrium
SOUTH CAROLINA
- MUSC hosts event at children’s hospital set to open next month
- MUSC’s $389 million children’s hospital is almost open. During Dorian, it started leaking.
- Doctors Care, MUSC Health partner to facilitate health care access
- South Carolina hospital restructures nursing leadership
TENNESSEE
- Brentwood health care company to add 100 jobs
- Tennova CEO shares list of recent and future hospital improvements
- HCA buys 55-acre plot in Florida
- Saint Thomas Midtown names new CMO
- LifePoint, MultiCare, UW Medicine create clinically integrated network
- Prospero Health establishing operational HQ in Memphis
- Tennessee unveils $7.9B block grant proposal for Medicaid
- Lee’s health care plan could net Tennessee $1B a year
- Holston Valley recognized as ‘High Performing Hospital’
- CEO Wayne Smith ups investment in CHS by $2.4M
- Franklin health care firm names new CEO
- Tennessee unveils plan to change Medicaid funding to block grant program
- Erlanger board names new CEO, settles with Kevin Spiegel
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
- Sides agree to rule delay in nursing home fight
- Study: Arkansas amid states that could most benefit from healthcare reform
- Arkansas doctor plays crucial role in first-ever drone insulin delivery
ARIZONA
- Approaching an EHR customization: Key thoughts from 3 clinical informatics execs
- Arizona Heart Anesthesia partners with joint venture organization
- Tucson nurses strike for more nursing staff at St. Mary’s and St. Joseph’s hospitals
- Nearly 900 nurses at Tenet hospitals in Arizona prepare for strike
- U.S. census: Number of Arizonans without health insurance is rising
- Arizona Heart Anesthesia partners with joint venture organization — 3 highlights
- Occupational health firm expanding in Arizona, eyes other states
LOUISIANA
- LHC Group finalizes joint venture agreement with Louisville’s Norton Healthcare
- New medical complex opens on North Shore
- Former Lacombe Heart Hospital reincarnated by Ochsner, St. Tammany hospitals as post-acute care center
- Rush Health Systems announces technology partnership with Ochsner Health System
- Ochsner expanding partnership with Mississippi-based provider
- Ochsner and Statewide Partners Awarded $13.6 Million NCI Grant
- Franklin clinic to receive federal funds
- Physicians Are Supply Chain Champions at Ochsner Health System
- Former Lacombe Heart Hospital reincarnated by Ochsner, St. Tammany hospitals as post-acute care center
NEW MEXICO
- Report: New Mexico Needs to Boost Mental Health Services
- HHS Issues Millions in Funding for Patient Access to Care
- Stroke patients to benefit from new teleneurology equipment at New Mexico hospital
- HHS Urged to Make New Mexico’s Telestroke Program a National Model
- Report: More behavioral health services needed for rural areas in New Mexico
OKLAHOMA
- Oklahoma group demands answers regarding nursing home funds
- Oklahoma is a physician ‘desert,’ state medical leader says
- Norman Regional seeks council bond approval
- Oklahoma Opioid Ruling Offers Hope To Front-Lines LI
- Hospital Executives Tell Lawmakers They Must Bring Nine-to-One Medicaid Match to Oklahoma
- Former Tulsa County health director tapped for state health commissioner
TEXAS
- Longview nursing facility faces $21K fine after three residents with dementia leave locked unit
- Nurses plan strikes at Tenet hospitals in 3 states
- Baylor Scott & White granted $500K for veterans’ telehealth program
- Hospital operator closes 2 facilities after leadership exodus
- San Antonio Regional Hospital ousts CEO Harris Koenig
- Patients evacuated from Texas hospital due to flooding
- Ex-Texas Hospital Exec Gets 10 Years In $16M Medicare Fraud
- HHS Issues Millions in Funding for Patient Access to Care
- Texas Health Aetna to provide free virtual behavioral healthcare services
- Hunt Regional receives top marks for disaster, hospital preparedness
- AMN Healthcare Board Appoints Teri G. Fontenot as New Independent Director
- EYP Promotes Mark Vaughan to Director of Medical Planning
- Cuero hospital leadership recognized by statewide group
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
- SVT receives federal health grant
- DOJ Outlines Efforts To Address Rural Safety Crisis In Alaska
- 10 states with the least competitive health insurance markets
IDAHO
- Mike Blauer – New Hospital CEO
- Guest column: Opposing Medicaid work requirements in Idaho
- Idaho dentists applaud Mike Simpson
MONTANA
- Partnership Health Clinic faces federal funding stoppage at month’s end
- St. Peters Health clinic coming to Townsend
- Ruby Valley Medical Center hopes to improve emergency services with new ambulance
- St. Patrick Hospital breaks ground on $126M outpatient building
- Missoula’s St. Patrick Hospital announces expansion plans
- Montana hospital erecting $126M outpatient building with ASC
OREGON
- Adventist names new president of Tillamook operations
- Springfield hospital strike called off after deal with union
- OHSU receives $6M NIH grant to enhance high-resolution imaging
- Oregon hospital enters 3rd day of precautionary lockdown
- Early palliative care linked to better survival in patients with advanced lung cancer
- Local health plan provider PrimaryHealth passed over for state contract
- Oregon Medical Association, OHA Partner Against Type 2 Diabetes
- Washington CISO to Head Cybersecurity for Health-Care System
WASHINGTON
- Where physician salaries are growing the fastest — Seattle is No. 1
- EHR-integrated patient texting helps clinic boost patient capacity 68% to 89%
- UW Medicine, MultiCare, LifePoint Health create network
- LifePoint, MultiCare, UW Medicine create clinically integrated network
- Kadlec to consolidate billing, affecting 20 employees
- Washington CISO to Head Cybersecurity for Health-Care System
WYOMING
- Wyoming hospital develops lifestyle medicine program
- Gift of $1M Honors Retiring UW Dean, Supports Statewide Mental Health
- App boosts wellness tracking for Wyoming families
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
- Director of California’s Department of Health Care Services Resigns
- Digital health records are bringing better care and less cost to California consumers
- Bill to allow stand-alone ER in Paradise passes both Houses, heads to Governor Newsom
- Nurses plan strikes at Tenet hospitals in 3 states
- New law meant to help regulators approve, deny operating licenses
- Healthcare consultancy with offices in 10 states files for bankruptcy
- California hospital calls police on union workers seeking CEO meeting amid negotiations
- Transgender California man can sue Catholic hospital over hysterectomy
- California biotech files for bankruptcy
- Stanford, Lucile Packard hospitals out of network with Anthem
COLORADO
- Rocky Mountain Hospital For Children Doctors Use 3D Model Heart For Complex Surgery
- Ribbon Cutting for expansion of local hospital
- Denver-area hospitals made a record $2 billion in profits in 2018, according to a new report
- Colorado Canyons opens $8 million medical center
- Colorado hospital moves procedure center
- New Colorado City medical facility awarded $650K to subsidize operations, increase patient benefits
- UCHealth Dedicates More Than $100 Million for Behavioral Health
- Kaiser Permanente Colorado says service won’t be disrupted if strike occurs in mid-October
- Denver Foundation awards $8M for behavioral health services in Colorado
- Northwest Colorado Health: The Haven Assisted Living welcomes new director
- Skills Training Startup Launches in Colorado to Close Health Care Industry Skills Gaps
HAWAII
- Maui County’s doctor shortage grows
- Hawaii State Hospital now under new leadership
- DOH awarded $4 million for opioid prevention in Hawaii
NEVADA
- Specialty courts contend with shortfalls in state mental health system
- Nurses Picket in Union Contract Dispute at Reno Hospital
- ‘Paperwork’ cited in Northern Nevada Veterans Home certification failure
- National OB-GYN shortage affects Nevada; Las Vegas is at highest risk
UTAH
