Dignity Health
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CommonSpirit, Dignity Health Team Up to Launch Nurse Retention Program
CommonSpirit Health has co-developed a nurse residency program with Dignity Health Global Education. The program, which is designed to increase nurse retention, comes at a time when turnover rates for newly graduated nurses are at an all-time high. Through the program, the partners are aiming to increase newly graduated nurse retention by at least 20% at CommonSpirit.
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CommonSpirit Health sees $145 million operating loss at outset of Covid-19 pandemic
Nonprofit health system CommonSpirit health reported a $145 million operating loss in the quarter ending on March 31. The system faced decreased patient volumes and investment losses as a result of the pandemic.
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Here’s what hospitals got in the first round of CARES Act payments
Congress approved $175 billion in emergency funding for hospitals, facing the costs of treating Covid-19 patients and cancelled procedures. The Department of Health and Human Services released new data on how the first set of payments was allocated.
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Shuttered Los Angeles hospital begins seeing coronavirus patients
After closing in January, one of Los Angeles’ oldest hospitals is being used to treat Covid-19 patients. St. Vincent Medical Center reopened as a surge hospital on Monday, taking in diagnosed patients from other hospitals.
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Newly merged Dignity-CHI health system offers patients home recovery care services
CommonSpirit Health has partnered with a company called Contessa to introduce a new home care option, which offers patients virtual physician visits and remote monitoring, among other features.
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Dignity Health and CHI merge to form new $29B system
Dubbed CommonSpirit Health, the new nonprofit system operates 142 hospitals and more than 700 care sites in 21 states.
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Health IT, Hospitals, Startups
Dignity Health’s innovation chief on healthcare’s “membership culture” shift
Rich Roth, Dignity Health’s chief strategic innovation officer, shares his thoughts on where healthcare is going and advice on how entrepreneurs can be successful in scaling up their businesses.
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Venture-backed Medicaid entrepreneurs launch advocacy group to better drive innovation
A new national nonprofit called HealthTech4Medicaid (HT4M) is being created with the mission to improve quality and access for Medicaid recipients by helping to support new ideas in the space.
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Trayt Health Seeks to Increase Access to Diagnoses and Treatments
CEO Malekeh Amini explains how Trayt Health can bridge the gap for patients seeking neurological care.
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What are the key elements of digital patient engagement?
At MedCity ENGAGE on November 7, leaders from Dignity Health and UC San Diego Health discussed challenges to IT adoption as well as how technology can benefit patients and clinicians.
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Why Dignity Health joined the Apple Health Records initiative
Ahead of speaking at MedCity ENGAGE next month, Kelly Summers, Dignity Health’s senior director of digital care transformation, discussed her organization’s participation in the Apple Health Records program.
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OODA Health gets $40.5M Series A round to remake healthcare payments
The fundraising round was led by Oak HC/FT and DFJ and also included support from healthcare organization parnters like Dignity Health and Blue Shield of California.
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Andy Slavitt and AVIA oversee the Medicaid Transformation Project
A total of 17 health systems will take part in the effort, which is co-led by Slavitt, who was the acting administrator of CMS under the Obama administration, and AVIA, an innovation network for hospitals and health systems.
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Dignity Health, UCSF Health team on digital patient engagement tool
The two San Francisco-based entities have collaborated to create a digital platform aimed at helping patients navigate their care journey and connect with providers.
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Google Glass gains headway in healthcare
Google Glass is back, and systems like Dignity Health and Sutter Health are making use of it to help providers save valuable time.