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An Innovation Challenge Worth Taking
The American Hospital Association is looking for your ideas to help shape the 2019 AHA Innovation Challenge.
CVS-Aetna Merger Strategy Comes into Focus
On the heels of New York's top financial watchdog expressing alarm over the proposed $69 billion merger between CVS and Aetna, the drug store chain's CEO has begun a more public campaign to lay out the company's strategy for achieving $750 million in savings.
Now You Can Share Fitbit Data to Save on Life Insurance
John Hancock, one of the nation's oldest and largest life insurers, will stop underwriting traditional life insurance and instead sell only what it's calling interactive policies in which individuals can regularly share their fitness and health data from wearable devices and smartphones.
Roxanna Gapstur, R.N., to become CEO of WellSpan Health in Pennsylvania
Also in this roundup of hospital and health system leadership changes: Jeffrey Welch appointed CEO of Florida Medical Center and Tenet’s Miami Dade Group; and Brad Simmons named interim CEO of UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento.
Open enrollment in 2019 exchange plans kicks off Nov. 1
Open enrollment in 2019 health plans through HealthCare.gov and most state exchanges begins Nov. 1 and runs through Dec. 15.
Health system reduces opioid prescribing through targeted interventions
Anne Arundel Medical Center in Maryland reduced opioid prescribing over a 16-month period by implementing interventions to educate prescribers, patients and the public about opioid risks and safety and promote clinician accountability.
New AONE CEO Robyn Begley discusses the organization’s top priorities
Also in this weekly roundup of nursing news: off-duty nurse saves choking woman during dinner, and another nurse works day and night to help those affected by Hurricane Florence.
Why SBH Health System addresses social needs: Because we must!
SBH Health System, Bronx, N.Y., serves a low income and ethnically diverse population, one which often changes as immigration changes. It's reinvesting in its community and betting on social determinants to alter its destiny.
Northwell Health names Nick Fitterman, M.D., executive director of Huntington Hospital in New York
Also in this roundup of hospital and health system leadership changes: New CEO of South Bay Hospital in Florida; new president of UPMC East and UPMC McKeesport in Pittsburgh; and new chief nursing officer of Parham Doctors’ Hospital in Virginia.
'Take Back Day' Saturday to safely dispose of prescription drugs
Oct. 27 is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, an opportunity for the public to safely dispose of unwanted or expired prescription pills at sites throughout the country.