Development of postoperative delirium remains the strongest predictor of long-term cognitive decline, according to a new study from researchers at Mass General Brigham, Hebrew SeniorLife and Brown University. The cohort study of 560 older adults, “Rehospitalization and the Association of Postoperative Delirium With Cognitive Decline in Older Adults,” was published…
Nonprofit health system Ascension announced that it has officially completed its long-anticipated acquisition of ASC management, development and operation company AMSURG. Ascension’s ASC network now expands to 300 facilities nationwide. “This is a critical step in Ascension’s growth strategy, directly responding to the national shift toward the outpatient setting,” stated…
According to local newspaper The Herald, Novant Health will build a medical campus on the site of a failed plan to build a headquarters and practice facility for the NFL’s Carolina Panthers. Plans call for the 25-acre campus in Rock Hill, S.C., about 25 miles south of Charlotte, N.C., to host…
Independent nonprofit Nebraska newsroom The Flatwater Free Press has published an extensive article about a gastroenterologist who made nearly $5 million and a surgeon who made nearly $4 million in 2024 while working at nonprofit health system Faith Health, making them “the two highest-paid nonprofit employees in the state.” The…
Allegheny Health Network (AHN) and “blended health organization” Highmark Health, which describes itself as both a Blue Cross Blue Shield insurer and a regional hospital and physician network, announced plans to build a full-service hospital in Canonsburg, Cecil Township, Pa., southwest of Pittsburgh. The 150,000-square-foot facility, to be located on…
The Health Sector Coordinating Council (HSCC) Cybersecurity Working Group, “a platform for collaboration among healthcare industry leaders and the government for more than a decade to address the most pressing security and resiliency challenges to the healthcare sector,” has published its Health Industry AI Cybersecurity Governance Framework Implementation Guide. HSCC…
A new study evaluates the formation, implementation, and outcomes of the Musculoskeletal Quality Collaborative (MSKQC) across a Massachusetts hospital system. The study, published in The American Journal of Managed Care, states that the MSKQC, established in 2019, “comprises physician, quality, and nursing leaders from 14 hospitals” focused on value-based health…
Academic health system Cooper University Health Care, which serves southern New Jersey, announced plans for a “transformative” $300 million multispecialty outpatient campus in Gloucester Township that it states will “expand access to advanced specialty care services” across the region. The planned five-story, nearly 184,000-square-foot campus will become Cooper’s largest ambulatory…
Ascension announced that it has “received approval” from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to move forward with its acquisition of AMSURG’s ASC business. “This regulatory milestone is a significant step toward our expected official closing in the near future,” stated the nonprofit health system, which anticipates adding more than 250 ASCs…
San Juan Regional Medical Center, a 198-bed community hospital in Farmington, N.M., that serves the Four Corners region where Utah, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico meet, strives to provide the members of its sprawling rural community with access to the surgical services they deserve. But it faced a critical challenge.…
