Most healthcare executives believe burnout is negatively impacting their organization and don't think enough is being done about it, according to a Witt/Kieffer survey.
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Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group's Optum division is suing former IT executive David Smith for allegedly stealing trade secrets and taking them to Amazon's health venture with Berkshire Hathaway and J.P. Morgan Chase, CNBC reports.
An electronic device was reportedly stolen from Irving, Texas-based Las Colinas Orthopedic Surgery & Sports Medicine, compromising 76,000 patient records.
Lincoln, Neb.-based Bryan Health's $25 million ASC opened in March 2018, and has benefited the community ever since, local ABC affiliate KLKN TV reports.
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Higher outpatient service demand has caused Charleston, N.C.-area hospitals to adjust their strategies, The Post and Courier reports.
Aspen (Colo.) Valley Hospital is executing its ”Population Health Innovation" initiative, expanding care options to serve more Aspen residents, the Aspen Times reports.
Former Santa Barbara (Calif.) Surgery Center employees who filed a lawsuit against the center retracted their claims, according to court documents.
Patients at an Iowa-based hospital's surgical center were transferred after a fire broke out in the facility, according to the Sioux City Journal.
Morehead City, N.C.-based Carolinas Center for Surgery is collecting items for Coast Guard members working without pay during the government shutdown, according to WNCT9.