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Carleen Noreus, the Florida nursing school operator who pleaded guilty mid-trial in June to running a diploma-mill scheme, was sentenced Sept. 15 to 87 months in prison, according to a Sept. 16 report by the Miami Herald. The sentence, handed…

“Consumer” is a word some healthcare industry members resist, wary that it reduces patients to a transactional label. Heather Geisler, executive vice president and chief brand and experience officer of Henry Ford Health in Detroit, doesn’t share that hesitation.  “I…

The biggest transformation budgets rarely buy the biggest gains in physician and nurse retention. Often the change that lands hardest is small, cheap and unglamorous — the daily rock in the shoe. Consider Phoenix-based Banner Health. Chief Clinical Officer Marjorie…

Most health systems have a story about an AI pilot that never went anywhere. The tool was promising. The vendor was convincing. The proof of concept checked out. And then — nothing. The project lingered, the costs accumulated, and the…

Fitch revised Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health’s rating outlook to negative from stable on Sept. 16, while affirming the health system’s “A-” rating.  The revision follows CommonSpirit’s financial results through the quarter ended March 31, which fell short of management’s internal margin…

A surgical team at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital in St. Louis successfully separated 2-year-old twin girls who were born conjoined at the head. The procedure, performed Feb. 24-25, took more than 24 hours from prep to close and…