Periop Pulse Novant Health Scotts Hill Medical Center is scheduled to fully open to patients on June 16 in Wilmington, N.C. The 250,000-square-foot, $294 million facility is described as New Hanover County’s first hospital opening in nearly 60 years. The hospital will feature eight ORs, a 29-bed pre-op/post-op unit, and a 12-bed…
A new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine finds that intraoperative tranexamic acid reduced red-cell transfusions across major noncardiac surgeries without increasing the risk of dangerous blood clots. The study was sponsored and coordinated by the University of Manitoba (UM) and co-led by researchers at UM and…
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…
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…
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…
NYU Langone Health announced that it plans to build an academic medical center in the Long Island hamlet of Melville, part of the Town of Huntington, N.Y., near the border of Nassau and Suffolk Counties. The medical center’s campus will include a hospital with more than 500 inpatient beds, 70…
Global consulting firm AlixPartners has released its inaugural U.S. Healthcare & Life Sciences Distress Test Survey of 200 U.S.-based operators, investors, and advisors. The survey report, available for free viewing here, “digs into what’s behind this elevated distress and, more importantly, how industry leaders are responding.” While the numbers won’t…
Hip fracture surgery delays put vulnerable seniors at risk, according to a new article by a Canadian public health expert published in Hospital News. The article, written by Jason M. Sutherland, PhD, MSc, BA, professor of health services and policy and director of the Centre for Health Services and Policy…
