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May 2022 News

May is bringing May flowers, as the saying goes, but also Mother’s Day and graduations. Let’s celebrate mother’s and celebrate graduates that will be joining the field of healthcare bringing…

Sentara Healthcare, Cone Health plan to merge

The combined entities will have $11 billion in assets. Cone insists there will be a heavy corporate presence on the combined board.
By Rose Hoban

In a surprise to many people in the Piedmont Triad, Greensboro-based Cone Health announced its intent to merge with Norfolk, VA-based Sentara Healthcare early Wednesday morning.

New Hanover County commissioners OK sale of the county hospital

New Hanover Regional Medical Center will become part of Novant Health, the county board of commissioners decided this week.
By Liora Engel-Smith

The biggest county-owned hospital system in the state is about to change hands, pending review by North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein. If approved, the sale is expected to be finalized early next year, the hospital said in the statement.

Here are doctors’ 4 biggest needs, and how technology companies can address them

The COVID-19 pandemic has driven rapid adoption of digital health technologies, and doctors see the potential for innovations like augmented intelligence to play a bigger role in care delivery in the next five years.

But to ensure the digital health boom lasts beyond the pandemic, physicians say these technologies need to address their biggest needs around interoperability and improved workflow, according to a recent report from Deloitte.