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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 …
Vidant Health announces 191 layoffs, citing budget shortfallRead More
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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 …
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“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 …
Premier: Statement on Presidential Executive Order making general use respirators availableRead More
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As COVID-19 strains medical professionals on the front lines, our supplier community must provide the enabling equipment, products & services and support required to serve this patient population.
While hospitals operate in a world of quality, safety & infection prevention each day, our success in impacting the spread of communicable diseases is largely dependent on…
National Account Executives’ Role in Responding to the COVID-19 OutbreakRead More
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Premier, Inc. CEO Susan DeVore provides insights on behalf of Premier’s members about how COVID-19 will affect the healthcare supply chain.
Premier CEO Susan DeVore on COVID-19 & its effect on the Healthcare Supply MarketRead More
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When: August 4, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. ET About: During this interactive session, Adrian Wengert, Vice President of Supply Chain at St. Luke’s Health System, will share insights into the priorities of his IDN as well as specific ways that ANAE members can develop more successful relationships with supply chain executives. Attendees will be able …
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My compliments to Kerry Price and the Federation of American Hospitals (FAH) team for a great conference in Washington, D.C.! Each year, the Federation of American Hospitals Conference is at the top of my list of industry events to attend, and this year did not disappoint! I was excited to get up to the conference, …
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Our next Supply Chain Leader webinar is March 5, featuring special guest Ed Hisscock, SVP of supply chain for Trinity Health.
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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 …
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According to the annual Benchmarking Report from the Urgent Care Association (UCA), the total number of urgent care centers in the U.S. reached 9,616 as of November 2019, representing growth of 9.6% from the prior year. The report also indicates that almost 97% of urgent care patient encounters lasted one hour or less, demonstrating the …
Urgent Care Industry Grows to More than 9,000 Centers NationwideRead More
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The Cleveland Clinic saw its operating income spike 47% to $390 million, according to numbers released Wednesday during the annual State of the Clinic address. The system’s revenue rose 18% last year to just shy of $11 billion. That marks a significant change from 2018 when the Clinic’s operating income fell 19% and revenue rose …
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Having trouble getting hold of medical masks? China is the world’s largest producer of them, with a reported daily capacity of 20 million pieces, but by the estimate of its manufacturers domestic demand alone is around 50 to 60 million per day. Chinese mask makers were only operating at 76 per cent capacity in mid-Feb. …
There Aren’t Enough Medical Masks to Fight CoronavirusRead More
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Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic eclipsed $1 billion in net operating income in 2019, the not-for-profit health system reported Tuesday. Mayo reported net operating income of $1.06 billion on revenue of $13.82 billion, up 72% from $617 million of net operating income on $12.6 billion of revenue in 2018. More than 1.2 million patients—from every state …
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With the booming app economy, which analytics-firm App Annie has predicted will eclipse $6.3 trillion by 2021, users have integrated their devices into everyday tasks, including visits to the doctor. Reports show that the majority of patients consider convenience and access to care the most important factors when selecting where to get care. Convenience shapes …
Physician Sees Telehealth as The Netflix of MedicineRead More