With the coronavirus spreading across the U.S., some hospitals and health systems are canceling elective surgery to prevent the spread of coronavirus as well as dedicate resources to its coronavirus response. The American College of Surgeons recommended hospitals and health systems review scheduled elective procedures and plan to minimize, postpone or cancel them. U.S. Surgeon …
How the World of Health and Tech is Looking at the Coronavirus Outbreak
In an interview with the New York Times at the beginning of March, World Health Organization (WHO) official Dr Bruce Aylward said China first reorganized its medical response to the outbreak by moving half of all medical care online. In England, NHS bosses recently asked GP surgeries to start carrying out more remote consultations in …
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Trinity Health names new CEO of Mount Carmel Health System
Trinity Health named Lorraine Lutton as president and CEO of Mount Carmel Health System (Columbus, OH), effective April 6. Since 2016, Lutton has been president and CEO of Roper St. Francis Healthcare (RSFH) (Charleston, SC), where she led transformations in clinical quality, culture, governance and financial strength. She replaces Mike Englehart, who has served as interim CEO at Mount Carmel since …
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Your Colleagues Don’t Read Anything You Write. Here Are 8 Ways to Change That.
For over a decade, I taught college students how to communicate in professional settings. Every class began with a single, all-consuming thesis: “Nobody will ever want to read anything you write at work. Period.” That’s a harsh and, perhaps, disheartening warning. Particularly for bright-eyed, soon-to-be employees about to make their dent in the universe. The real …
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Cleveland Clinic named No. 2 Hospital in the World by Newsweek
Newsweek has ranked Cleveland Clinic the No. 2 hospital in the world, as part of its World’s Best Hospitals 2020 analysis. In the U.S., Cleveland Clinic again earned the No. 2 ranking, while four other Cleveland Clinic hospitals also were listed among the best hospitals nationwide: Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital Cleveland Clinic Florida-Weston Cleveland Clinic …
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Monday Sector Leaders: Healthcare, Services
In afternoon trading on Monday, Healthcare stocks were the best performing sector, losing just 6.5%. Within that group, AmerisourceBergen Corp. (Symbol: ABC) and Quest Diagnostics, Inc. (Symbol: DGX) were two large stocks leading the way, showing a loss of 1.4% and 2.1%, respectively. Among healthcare ETFs, one ETF following the sector was the Health Care …
Amazon bans 10,000 users for price gouging
Amazon has banned 10,000 users for price gouging and removed 1million products for making spurious health claims amid the global coronavirus outbreak. Unscrupulous online traders have tried to cash in on the health emergency as stocks of hand sanitizer and face masks have run low in stores amid panic-buying. Two-packs of Purrell hand sanitizer, which …
Mourning the loss of Tim Dungey
Tim Dungey, VP of health systems for McKesson Medical-Surgical, passed away on Feb. 22 as a result of cancer. He was 61. Dungey joined McKesson in September 1987, and held executive positions in its extended care, pharmaceutical and acute care businesses. He served as VP, West, for Owens & Minor after O&M acquired McKesson’s acute …
Vidant Health announces 191 layoffs, citing budget shortfall
Vidant Health is laying off nearly 200 workers across eastern North Carolina to address a budget shortfall, the health system’s CEO said Monday. Dr. Michael Waldrum said in an email that the first steps to eliminate the $18 million budget shortfall during the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 was “to reduce costs, implement operational efficiencies …
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Trump signs $8.3 billion coronavirus package
President Trump on Friday signed a bill providing $8.3 billion in emergency funding to combat the coronavirus outbreak. The bill provides $7.76 billion to federal, state and local agencies to combat the coronavirus and authorizes an additional $500 million in waivers for Medicare telehealth restrictions… The measure includes $2.2 billion for health agencies to prepare …
Premier: Statement on Presidential Executive Order making general use respirators available
“The Executive Order creates opportunity for the United States to increase domestic manufacturing quickly to protect the public in light of the global pandemic. Already, Premier has been working with domestic manufacturers to expand production capacity for respirators, such as N95 masks. In addition, we have also been in discussions with non-healthcare, ancillary manufacturers to …
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March 12, 2020
Premier CEO Susan DeVore on COVID-19 & its effect on the Healthcare Supply Market
Premier, Inc. CEO Susan DeVore provides insights on behalf of Premier’s members about how COVID-19 will affect the healthcare supply chain.
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March 5 — Ed Hisscock — Trinity Health
Our next Supply Chain Leader webinar is March 5, featuring special guest Ed Hisscock, SVP of supply chain for Trinity Health.
New Speakers & IDNs Added to IDN Insights: East!
Join us for the highly anticipated IDN Insights: East! This event will highlight some of the most progressive, large healthcare systems and GPOs in the Eastern U.S. Attendees will have the chance to network with their peers and customers, and learn about how large IDNs measure successful contracts, best practices to ensure long and lucrative relationships …