Leadership

Three Michigan medical practices are suing the state over an executive order that banned nonessential procedures in the state, local radio station WKZO reports.

Sixty-three percent of physicians who responded to the "91st Annual Medical Economics Physician Report" said their practice does not employ IT staff.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Envision Healthcare created a wellness initiative to help its more than 40,000 clinicians and employees adjust to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sarasota (Fla.) Plastic Surgery Center added Sally Gruters as its director of marketing, Sarasota reports.

Artificial intelligence company Caresyntax launched Restart, a software program surgical leaders and hospital executives can use to restart elective surgical procedures.

Ambulatory Surgery Center of Niagara used downtime during pandemic-related shutdowns as an opportunity to improve its branding, according to Kathleen Otto, the ASC's marketing director.

Independent medical practices haven't reached a consensus on when patient volumes will return to normal, according to a new survey conducted by Kareo.

Suffering blows to their finances, staffing and normal business models, ASCs are preparing to reopen for patients as nearly two dozen states ease restrictions on elective surgeries.

Tenet Healthcare is furloughing nurses on a voluntary basis at St. Vincent's Hospital in Worcester, Mass., according to Boston broadcasting station WGBH.

Tom Hui is founder and CEO of ASC software company HST Pathways, which has been addressing surgery centers' unique needs for 15 years.