NATIONAL
- 10 digital health tools driving the biggest ROI for hospitals
- AMA Reviews Patient Data Access Under HIPAA Regulations
- Amazon most mentioned among emerging health IT companies, KLAS finds
- C.D.C. Officials Warn of Coronavirus Outbreaks in the U.S.
- CMS pitches expanding bundled payments for joint replacements
- CMS Seeks Extension for Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement
- Drug lobby’s power fading in Washington
- FDA tracking 20 drugs for shortages caused by coronavirus
- More than $2 billion in fraud recoveries collected from healthcare companies last year
- Most large hospitals embrace patient-facing digital tools despite cost concerns
- Now more than 9,000 urgent care centers in the U.S., industry report says
- Physicians, Hospitals Meet Their New Competitor: Insurer-Owned Clinics
- VA Urged to Use More Telehealth to Meet Vets’ Long-Term Care Needs
- Verma: CMS’s Nursing Home Oversight Push More ‘Internal’ Amid PDPM Shift
- ‘We simply don’t have enough’: Hospitals turn to temporary doctors to cover physician shortage
- Where have the many hospital inpatients gone?
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
MAINE
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- Lawsuit seeking to halt Mayo-Northern Light merger headed to court
- King gets sneak peek at CMH Lewiston urgent care site
- After uptick in patient complaints, St. Joseph Hospital says its billing systems are improving
- New mental health practice is first of its kind for Maine’s LGBTQ community
- Big changes for Knox Center, Quarry Hill, with new senior care home proposed for Rockland
- Bill could invest millions in Maine mental health crisis services
- Maine’s rate for newborns exposed to opioids is five times U.S. average
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Boston Medical Center’s EHR-based screening tool identifies 16% of patients’ social determinant needs
- Dana-Farber sees 49% drop in annual net income
- Jury clears hospital in controversial medical abuse case
- Northside hospital leaves void in neighborhood
- LUK gets grant to implement telehealth in North County
- Insurers sign $1M settlement with Healey over mental health parity
- SJC says relatives cannot sue nursing homes for wrongful death of loved one if they sign arbitration agreements
- This Boston Startup Provides Vision Care Out of an RV
- Man on mission to alert public to sepsis dangers
- MCLA launching a new health sciences degree
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW YORK
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- New York hospital plans $132M in upgrades
- New York hospitals, providers face billions in Medicaid cuts
- New York state health system has nearly 200 job openings
- Nursing home association sues county over Ruthie’s Law
- ‘We felt we had to take a stand’: New York providers fight redundant abuse-reporting law
- Trump administration denies Cuomo’s request for $8B in Medicaid waiver funds
- Governor Cuomo Releases List of Healthcare Networks That Will Be Impacted by Trump Administration’s $8 Billion in Cuts to New York State Healthcare System
- Providers tout teleheath, robotic surgery as big advances
- Violence Toward E.R. Nurses and Doctors Is the ‘Dirty Little Secret’ of Health Care
- Excellus awards CNY hospitals $6 million for quality improvements in 2019
- Ti Campus hospital OKs new director
- New York removed questions about mental health from the bar so law students will no longer suffer in silence
RHODE ISLAND
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- Care New England to Replace 421 Beds at Women & Infants & Kent Hospitals
- RI tackling health equity with a new initiative
- Bill would ban use of animals in medical training
- Coronavirus preparedness and coordination ongoing in Rhode Island
- Lifespan creates emergency task force as coronavirus fears heighten
VERMONT
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- Hospital plan for new psychiatric facility hits financial snag
- OneCare reports $12.4M Medicaid shortfall
- Lawmakers look to acknowledge Vermont’s role in eugenics research
- Vermont patients to be automatically enrolled in health record database
- Vt. to submit prescription drug importation plan by summer
- Faced with $35M in shortfalls, UVM Medical Center plans to cut costs, boost efficiencies
- Nursing Home Conglomerate Settles Vermont Neglect Allegations for $740,000
- Vermont Reaches Settlement with Nursing Homes After Fatality
MID-ATLANTIC/EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
MARYLAND
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- State proposes cutting $600K for Frederick hospital project; Krimm vows to fight for funds
- Accountability board for new Johns Hopkins police force moving forward in Maryland Senate
- Johns Hopkins MBA program receives $25M to enhance healthcare innovation focus
- United Therapeutics gets good news — and stock boost — from drug candidate
NEW JERSEY
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- Jefferson Hospital holds topping off ceremony for new $184M patient tower
- New Brunswick school board approves plan to build cancer hospital on Lincoln Annex site
- New Jersey pharmacy owner admits role in kickback scheme
- Union City pharmacy co-owner pleads guilty to bribery scheme, evading taxes on nearly $34M
- Washington Twp. hospital holds topping off ceremony for $222M expansion project
PENNSYLVANIA
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- Allegheny Health releases patient recovery management app
- AMA-brokered deal poised to cover residents affected by Hahnemann closure
- Delco hospital gets the green light for $327 million expansion and upgrades project
- Fight Over Medical Malpractice in PA Rages As Report Fails To Settle Dispute
- Hahnemann owners ask bankruptcy court for permission to purchase liability insurance for residents and attending physicians
- Jefferson’s $184M South Jersey expansion project achieves key milestone
- Nursing home company in Bethlehem and Quakertown pays $15.5 million to settle claims over unnecessary therapy
- Pa. elder care chain to pay $15 million settlement
- Penn State Health names hospital planned for Lancaster County; here’s what it will be called
- Penn State Health’s new acute care hospital one step closer to groundbreaking
- Penn State Health’s 129-bed hospital plan advances
- Pennsylvania hospital’s $327M modernization project OK’d
- Temple University Health System reports positive swing from $26M operating loss
- Trinity opens $2 million health center for seniors in West Philadelphia
- UHS sees profit jump to $815M in 2019
VIRGINIA
WEST VIRGINIA
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- 3 WVa hospitals align for enhanced cardiology services
- ER, advocates argue over liability
- Fairmont Regional Medical Center to close
- Fairmont Regional’s closing has trickle-down effect felt in Northern Panhandle
- Hospital’s closing to create short-term gloom
- Mon Health Medical Center in Morgantown, WV, honored for knee, hip replacement services
- Two WVU Medicine hospitals operating in Cumberland area earn five-star ratings
- West Virginia hospital hosts open house for upcoming $3M ASC
- Wheeling Hospital calls off acquisition of West Virginia hospital
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
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- Sheldon hospital offering 3D mammograms
- Top Iowa health official knew of plans for ‘sexual preoccupation’ study at state-run institution for Iowans with disabilities, emails show
- ‘I am disfigured for life’: Man claims hospital didn’t get him help fast enough
- Iowa City woman charged with assault on healthcare providers
- Miracle Riders unveil new equipment at UnityPoint Health St. Luke’s
KANSAS
MINNESOTA
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- Mayo Clinic’s annual operating income tops $1B for first time
- Minnesota Children’s Launches Telehealth Partnership With 6 Hospitals
- Mayo Clinic posts new records in income, revenue
- ‘Good Morning America’ anchor Robin Roberts joins Mayo board
- $670,000 gene therapy partnership grant for The Hormel Institute
- Agiliti picks up surgical repair company with over 400 employees
- Minnesota’s Medicaid program made up to $29 million in improper payments for duplicate accounts
- Blue-collar barrier: Union carpenters strive for infection-free hospital construction zones in Duluth
- New Twin Cities partnership aims to improve cardiac arrest patients’ chances
- UnitedHealth stock has worst day in almost 9 years
- New HCMC program helps reduce return visits to hospital for homeless folks
MISSOURI
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- BJC HealthCare’s operating income quadruples in 2019
- CEO resigns at one of St. Louis’ biggest hospitals
- Fulton Medical Center brings in new administrators
- Memorial Regional Health Services Inc. announces new president
- Mo HealthNet receives funds to support electronic records programs
- St. Luke’s Hospital CEO Christine Candio resigns
- Missouri hospital appoints new CEO, CFO
- Ascension reaches agreement on sale of 3 Wisconsin facilities
- Troubled St. Louis hospital has new operator: ‘We need to investigate’
- MO HealthNet receives $9.3 million to help hospitals and providers electronically connect patient information
- Family thought they bought insurance to cover their son’s birth. Then they got a bill for more than $150,000
NEBRASKA
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- NRC Health recovering from ransomware attack
- National experts urging disaster preparedness point to UNMC efforts as examples
- Nebraska health system relocates joint-venture ASC — 3 details
- Creighton and ASU join forces to advance healthcare education
- UNK Morality of Capitalism Symposium focuses on rural health care
- New System Training for Healthcare and Emergency Personnel in The Panhandle
NORTH DAKOTA
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- Surgeon sues Sanford Health for firing him, claims it was done to secure merger
- Senators defeat proposed ban on commercial surrogacy in South Dakota
- Bill prohibiting vaccination requirements in South Dakota killed in committee
- South Dakota bill limiting access to student medical records fails in House
- Sioux Empire Triage Center seeking partner to handle day-to-day operations
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- 6 Chicago hospitals, AMA to invest $6M in local businesses
- Amita Health names new CFO
- Former employees at Crystal Lake health care provider file police reports for unpaid wages
- Hospital, college in Springfield team up on nursing shortage
- Lincoln Land, Memorial Health System announce plans to address nursing shortage
- Michael McManus named president of Memorial Regional Health Services
- New bill would let a state board set prescription costs
- Southern Illinois schools and employers combating nursing shortage in the region
- Supreme Court lifts injunction on ‘public charge’ rule in Illinois
INDIANA
- 7 rural Hoosier hospitals named to top 100 list
- Ambulance services could face emergency of their own
- CEO: New Hospital to Address Growing Need
- Independent providers acquire Mishawaka hospital
- New Behavioral Health Hospital in Plainfield
- Park Center Looks to Expand Services in Lafayette Medical Center
- Some doctors worried by Indiana ‘surprise’ billing proposal
KENTUCKY
- Baptist Health Lexington opens new heart care facilities
- Baptist Health plans $5.8 million in improvements at local hospital
- Bill to assist rural Kentucky hospitals clears House panel
- Bill would protect doctors, health care workers who deny care because it violates their conscience
- Clark Regional among top 100 rural hospitals
- Fort Logan, Ky. Health Collaborative hospitals join forces to decrease lung cancer mortality rates
- Funeral directors voice concerns with UK Hospital relations
- Hospital closing sparks legislation to help financially-troubled rural hospitals in Ky.
- Top Humana exec offloads $10.5M in shares; price dips to lowest point in 2020
- Kentucky bill would allow healthcare providers to deny treatment that violates their beliefs
- Kentucky health system opens specialty pharmacy
- Kentucky hospital to close in April
- New Trilogy partnership tackles workforce turnover, stability
- Norton Healthcare celebrates major gift, upcoming expansion of heart services
- Norton Healthcare receives $1.5M gift to help expand heart services
- Norton Healthcare to operate lab in former Louisville Kmart site
- UofL School of Nursing, Trilogy Health Services dedicate simulation lab, announce collaboration
MICHIGAN
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- As U.S. braces for coronavirus, Detroit hospital sets up 5 patient rooms
- Beaumont Health bumps pay of nearly 1,000 employees
- Beaumont Health’s net income increases in 2019 compared to 2018
- Detroit Medical Center CEO Dr. Audrey Gregory on the perspective she brings to her role
- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer asks U.S. District Court to throw out Michigan’s Medicaid work requirements
- McLaren earns distinction for total joint replacement
- Michigan doctor charged in $120 million healthcare fraud scheme
- Michigan health system developing $21M ASC
- ProMedica delays building Michigan hospital
OHIO
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- Akron Children’s Hospital adds East Liverpool practice
- Ambulatory Surgery Center holds open house, nearing completion
- Cincinnati Children’s gets record $36M donation
- Cincinnati doctor’s concept expands to another city
- Cleveland Clinic’s annual operating income jumps 47% as patient volume hits record high
- County files complaint against Ohio hospital board for ‘plotting behind closed doors’
- Dayton Children’s expands care services south of Dayton
- Federal report details lapses at Ohio VA hospital where patient died in 2017
- Lima Memorial Health System providing community care since 1899
- Mercy Health-St. Rita’s future of healthcare rooted in past
- Nationwide Children’s among hospitals leading the way in gene therapy
- OhioHealth plans standalone ER in Worthington
- Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center ready to build Dublin, west campus outpatient complexes
- Pharmacies need to put value over volume, Cleveland Clinic’s chief pharmacy officer says
- Piqua Urgent Care Center announces opening
WISCONSIN
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- Landmark Recovery plans inpatient treatment facility at former Post Acute Specialty Hospital
- Gundersen Health System, Wabasha medical center exploring possible affiliation
- SSM Health St. Mary’s earns Five-Star rating
- Advocate Aurora’s HR system breached in email phishing campaign
- Medical College of Wisconsin receives $2 million in gifts for Parkinson’s research
SOUTH/SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
FLORIDA
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- Florida nursing homes would see less inspections, fines under proposed bills
- Florida’s strategy for tackling its top 5 health concerns
- Golisano Children’s Hospital raising money for new eye institute for children
- HCA reverses decision to close Florida hospital
- Jackson Health’s new rehabilitation hospital will include $400K cat sculpture
- Jupiter Medical announces new ties to Miami’s Sylvester cancer center
- Orlando Internal Medicine deploys clinical communication system for patient data sharing
- West Florida Hospital Breaks Ground On Nine Mile Road ER
GEORGIA
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- Aetna partners with Emory, Northside in Atlanta to boost insurance offerings
- Atlanta’s next big thing: world hub for health innovation, preparedness
- Bill proposes tough penalties for neglect at senior care homes
- Cartersville Medical Center proposes $30 million expansion
- Emory Healthcare, Verizon open first 5G-enabled innovation hub
- Georgia city sues drug company
- Georgia Senate passes bill to limit surprise medical bills
- Northeast Georgia Health System becomes official healthcare partner of UNG Athletics
- Patient volume at Walmart Health clinics in Georgia exceeding expectations, exec says
- Rural Georgia Hospital Is Reborn but Without Its Costly ER
- Wellstar Health to open facility on the Atlanta Beltline
MISSISSIPPI
NORTH CAROLINA
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- After Advent Health, Atrium Health to Replace Cerner with Epic EHR,
- Atrium Health to drop Cerner, move to Epic EHR system
- CHS gives COO major vote of confidence
- Cone Health Women and Children’s Center at Moses Cone admits its first patient
- Duke Health: Patients Rank Doctors Lower If They Experience Long Delays in Waiting Rooms
- Duke Raleigh Hospital opens eye surgery center
- Firms pay $6.1M for North Carolina building with surgery center
- How WakeMed’s unprecedented medical package drone delivery system looks to close the healthcare availability gap
- Independent monitor responds to concerns about HCA’s takeover of Mission Health
- Nash hospital recognized for joint replacement expertise
- New CEO of Dickson TriStar Horizon hospital is named
- New women’s hospital opens in Greensboro
- No pay raise for CHS CEO in 2020
- North Carolina AG demands answers from HCA after influx of complaints
- North Carolina hospital names interim replacement for departing CEO
- Onslow hospital plans $1 million labor, delivery renovation
- UNC Health rebrand cost nearly $1 million
- Wake Forest Baptist Health developing data integration tool to spur innovation
- When a rural maternity unit closes, alternatives are hard to come by
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- At the new MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital, the artwork is part of the healing
- Editorial: MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital, designed with patients in mind
- MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital opens. Here is what it takes to transport 200 patients
- MUSC opens $389M Charleston children’s hospital
- Road closures, new parking and other changes coming with MUSC’s new children’s hospital
- UofSC partners with Prisma Health to drive health-care innovation in S.C.
- USC, Prisma Health form new partnership
TENNESSEE
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- Atlanta firm buys Franklin health care company
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee opening four primary care medical centers in Memphis area
- Brookdale lays off 58
- CEO of one of Nashville’s biggest hospital operators to retire
- Cluster of heart surgery deaths spurs internal review at Ballad Health hospital
- East Tennessee health leaders staying prepared in case of new coronavirus spread
- HCA reverses decision to close Florida hospital
- Lagging adoption of telemedicine hurts Tennesseans with chronic conditions | Opinion
- Nashville health care firm names new CEO
- Two local medical device companies receive FDA clearances
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s operating income jumps nearly 35%
- Wage complaints filed against Tennessee hospital amid payroll problems
SOUTH-CENTRAL/SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
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- 9 Arkansas hospitals with top nurse-patient communication scores
- For rural Arkansas hospitals, healthcare is ‘shaky’
- Sanders Trust in $24 million Arkansas hospital project
- Arkansas Department of Health prepares for ‘likely’ coronavirus outbreak in US
- In-Home Care Cuts Reportedly Causing ‘Widespread Harm’ in Arkansas
ARIZONA
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- ‘Arizona model’ for behavioral health crisis care gains attention from other states
- Banner Health acquires Desert Vascular Specialists
- Banner Health seeks nurses and nursing assistants
- One of the Valley’s largest hospitals has a new CEO
- Valleywise Health breaks ground on $900M medical center in Phoenix
- Carondelet Health Network unveils new Marana Hospital
- Arizona’s bioscience and health communities jump in to eradicate coronavirus
- Health symposium sheds light on inclusivity in health care
- Gabrielle Finley-Hazle to lead 2 Dignity Health hospitals in Arizona
LOUISIANA
NEW MEXICO
OKLAHOMA
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- Sister M. Therese Gottschalk, former leader of Ascension St. John in Oklahoma, dies at 88
- VA Medical Center changes seen as ‘huge step forward’
- Oklahoma awarded $1.8 million for HIV programs
- Outlook 2020: Health clinics provide care to underserved Tulsans
- Okla. Representative Advocates For Mental Health Resources For 1st Responders
TEXAS
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- Children’s Health CXO on how an Amazon collab is making the patient experience ‘as seamless and compassionate as possible’
- Hospital appoints new CEO with $54M medical building, ASC underway
- Longview Regional Medical Center CEO leaving position
- Medical City Frisco names new CEO
- Parkland Hospital to hire, deploy community health workers in southern Dallas
- Tenet in the headlines — 7 latest stories
- Tenet Healthcare posts losses of $243M in 2019 despite ‘very strong’ Q4
- Tenet closes out 2019 at $243M loss
- Texas A&M announces $550M Texas Medical Center development project
- Waco: New behavioral health hospital to open in in March
- Tenet posts net income in Q4, but ends FY 2019 with a net loss
- Behavior hospital opening in Waco
- Thousands of uninsured kidney disease patients strain Texas emergency departments
- With new Conifer CEO, Tenet Healthcare says key element in place for spinoff
- North Texas Hospital Wants More Low-Income Moms To Connect With Nurses And Doctors
- Parkland Hospital Is Hiring Community Health Workers to Fix Health Disparities
- Texas Community HIE Awarded Contract to Remove Cost Barriers
- As demand spikes for medical equipment, this Texas manufacturer is caught in coronavirus’s supply chain panic
- U.S. News to Convene National Pediatric Leadership Summit at Texas Children’s Hospital
- Teladoc Health Appoints Health Care System Leader Catherine Jacobson to Board of Directors
- UTHealth Consortium On Aging leads movement to improve health care for older adults
- UNT’s million-dollar collaboration with Texas health and beauty company a boon for Frisco campus
- Nearly $1.4 Million Earmarked for Dallas County HIV Battle
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
IDAHO
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- As Idaho grows a new psychiatric hospital will open in Nampa
- Former employee sentenced for stealing $1.5 million from Saint Alphonsus
- Idaho House kills bill creating new health care directive registry
- Idaho panel trims behavioral health budget
- Idaho Patient Act goes to House floor after emotionally charged testimony from both sides
- Saint Alphonsus plans to build 50,000 square foot outpatient clinic in Caldwell
MONTANA
OREGON
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- Strategic Radiology Adds First Oregon Practice, Diagnostic Imaging Northwest
- Oregon Health Authority to give updates on coronavirus monitoring
- The 25 fullest hospitals in Oregon and SW Washington
- Resolution making health care a right in Oregon moves closer to ballot
- Philip S. Bentley Named Next CEO Of The Oregon Health Care Association
WASHINGTON
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- Checking In with Carole Peet, new Virginia Mason Memorial CEO
- EvergreenHealth Received Healthgrades 100 Best Hospitals Award
- Humidifier tied to deadly mold at Seattle Children’s, CDC says
- Long ER wait times pose problems for staff, patients at Spokane’s Sacred Heart
- Olympic Medical Center to update job description for new CEO
- Seattle Children’s sues to block release of health records; top official resigns
- UW Medicine faces class-action lawsuit following data breach that affected 974,000 patients
- UW Medicine Hit with Lawsuit for Breach Impacting 974K Patients
- Washington hospital makes first update to CEO job description in 10 years
- What it was like for doctors and nurses at an Everett hospital to treat the nation’s first novel coronavirus patient
WYOMING
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
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- 77% of California hospitals haven’t made safety updates after patient assault
- California hospital workers schedule strike for Feb. 28
- Keck CFO to join Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego
- New Cedars-Sinai app collects patient feedback in real time
- Rady Children’s notifies 2,360 patients of internet port that exposed their information
- San Diego children’s hospital names new CFO
- San Joaquin General Hospital RNs issue strike notice
- UC Davis Medical Center details $1.9B expansion
- Why registered nurses at a California hospital plan to hit the picket line in March
COLORADO
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- Appeal court rules against Colorado in-home health care worker seeking overtime pay
- Banner Health names new CEO for Northern Colorado
- Centura Health backs out of Southwest Colorado community health alliance
- Colorado at the center of national debate over controlling health care costs
- Colorado health care provider ends community alliance talks
- Neurosurgeon Agrees To $2.35 Million Settlement After Employee Reports Kickback Scheme
- No OT pay for Colorado home health aides employed by staffing firms- 10th Circuit
- Reunion Rehabilitation Hospital Denver Breaks Ground
HAWAII
NEVADA
UTAH
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- Intermountain Healthcare First Health System in Utah to Offer Formal Opioid-Free Surgery Program For Patients Wanting Alternative Pain Control Options
- New state rule will address CNA shortage at assisted living facilities
- Wearable AI could prevent 30% of heart failure readmissions: U of Utah Health study
