Thousand Oaks, Calif.-based Los Robles Health System, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, was among the top 10 sites for patient enrollment in a clinical trial aimed at assessing the safety ...

A group of House Democrats is seeking answers from CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, regarding a new initiative that will add prior authorization for some traditional fee-for-service Medicare services.

Cleveland Clinic is partnering with San Francisco-based Piramidal to test the world’s first artificial intelligence model trained to read brainwaves. The AI tool can scan a day’s worth of ...

Epic has designated NESA’s virtual care platform as the first inpatient virtual care solution in its toolbox, effective Aug. 11. The platform has met Epic’s standards for inpatient integration and ...

Tracy Griffin has been named chief information security officer at Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health. In this role, Ms. Griffin will oversee the health system’s vision and strategy to ensure ...

The top hospitals in the U.S. are focused on utilizing technology to identify safety risks early and fostering a culture where patient safety is a shared responsibility. Among more than 4,000 U.S.

Mark Gregson has been appointed interim CEO of Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles, Wash. Mr. Gregson brings a strong understanding of rural healthcare and experience in financial turnaround, ...

July, Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health named Jeff Bross chief managed care officer. Mr. Bross joined the system from Hollywood, Fla.-based Memorial Healthcare System, where he served as ...

Memorial Hospital Biloxi (Miss.) will end its obstetrics services and transfer them to Memorial Hospital Gulfport (Miss.) on Sept. 1. The hospitals are part of Memorial Hospital System in Gulfport.

Chapel Hill-based University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center has been awarded up to $28 million to develop an adaptive clinical trial targeting metastatic breast cancer.  The ...

On Sept. 1, Ascension Wisconsin will contract with critical care physicians from TeamHealth, a national staffing company. The move may reduce physician levels in some ICUs, the Milwaukee Journal ...

An NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst (N.Y). team recently performed the system’s first stereotactic radiosurgery treatment using Varian’s TrueBeam linear accelerator.  The hospital’s linear accelerator ...