Periop Pulse Intermountain Health has revealed plans for a new Intermountain LDS Hospital in downtown Salt Lake City. The facility, which would be located on an approximately eight-acre site that had been the longtime home to a Sears store that closed in 2018, would “anchor a major downtown development and provide a…
As autumn approaches, awareness about COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses is on the rise. With some medical professionals and patients concerned about a lack of direction from the federal government on vaccines, the American Medical Association (AMA) has announced that it has collaborated with the Vaccine Integrity Project to complete…
Last winter, UCI Health — Irvine America became America’s first all-electric acute care hospital. Fierce Healthcare notes that the health system described the project as a deliberate sustainability choice and moral obligation, rather than just a cost play. Now, the outlet reports, other health systems such as Kaiser Permanente, Henry…
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…
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…
