Sanford Health and North Memorial Health announced that they have finalized their partnership and are now one nonprofit integrated health system operating as Sanford Health. The combined organization will “preserve” North Memorial Health’s Robbinsdale Hospital and “its essential role as a Level I Trauma Center while making significant investments that…
A new systematic review published in Cureus examines the literature to determine how well artificial intelligence (AI) predicts (PONV) among surgical patients following general anesthesia. The researchers found that while AI offers promise in this area, it isn’t quite ready to replace conventional assessments. AI “may improve perioperative risk prediction…
In mid-August, the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) launched its 1095 Advance AI Governance Guide, an implementation resource designed to help ASCs “establish practical governance frameworks for the safe, effective, and responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI).” We’re excited to announce that leaders of ASCs and health systems attending Periop Leader…
Memorial Hospital Miramar, part of South Florida-based Memorial Healthcare System, has opened a new four-story outpatient facility that “brings together a broad range of outpatient services under one roof, including advanced imaging capabilities, laboratory services, infusion care, women's imaging and outpatient surgery.” Among the facility’s features: a 3T MRI and 256-slice…
Touro, a member organization of LCMC Health, last week opened its newly renovated, $7.5 million Touro Outpatient Surgery Center, which it states has doubled in size. The New Orleans facility now features six ORs and 15 pre-op and post-op bays, to accommodate more patients and offer a broader range of…
The Tennessee Health Facilities Commission has released an 80-page report that details its investigation into the medication errors at Nashville hospital Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown that impacted four surgical patients. It determined the mistakes were primarily caused by human error. According to local TV station WKRN, “at least four out…
Samaritan Health Services has received approval from the Oregon Health Authority for its proposed affiliation with MultiCare Health System, which was announced last year. The two Pacific Northwest nonprofit health systems can now move forward with remaining regulatory approvals and legal and administrative steps to complete the transaction. Samaritan Health…
When a hospital is deciding where to invest its capital dollars, every department competes for a slice of a finite pie. While ORs vie for new equipment, technology or renovations, the SPD needs a new sterilizer; radiology seeks a new C-arm, and other departments are looking for their own upgrades.…
University College London Hospitals (UCLH) has announced “the first use of artificial intelligence [AI] to support a neurosurgeon in real time during live surgery.” The procedure “protected the sight of a man having a brain tumor removed,” stated the institution. The operation was performed at the UCLH’s National Hospital for…
Medical device vendor Boston Scientific announced that it has “identified a cybersecurity incident affecting certain information technology systems that resulted in a network outage and disruption to the company’s operations.” It stated that it immediately activated incident response protocols and “began an investigation to assess and contain the threat with…
