Good Samaritan

Fierce Healthcare | June 28, 2018

The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society's members approved a plan to merge with Sanford Health this week, folding its long-term care services into Sanford's portfolio. Good Samaritan operates more than 200 senior care facilities—including skilled nursing, home health, and senior living—across 24 states and has nearly 20,000 employees. Those facilities would join Sanford's 44 hospitals and close to 300 clinics across nine states under the health system....

WellSpan Health | July 18, 2016

The Lebanon School District announced today that WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital has provided the district with a “Healthy Students, Healthy Community” Grant, which will be used to support the district’s goal of providing additional nursing services to students at the Lebanon Middle School. “The district has many funding challenges, and we have been in need of more staff to provide support for our students in areas of instruction, administration and also in nursing,&rdqu...

EHRIntelligence | January 16, 2020

Eighty-four percent of EHR users are dissatisfied with the technical service and basic software account support from current EHR and HIT vendors, according to a 2020 Black Book Research survey. Since the HITECH Act was signed into law in 2009, EHRs have not only been more prevalent, but they have continued to change and evolve. However, technical service from EHR vendors hasn’t kept up with the constant change, according to high-level hospital tech managers. Healthcare software support is ...

Managed Healthcare Executive | January 15, 2020

Ride Health, providing smarter transportation for every patient need, announced they raised $6.2 million in a funding round led by Activate Venture Partners. The capital raise is joined by Newark Venture Partners, Anthro Ventures, BioAdvance, Leading Edge Ventures and Startup Health, according to a news release from Cision PR Newswire. Ride Health will use the funds in an initiative of ensuring every patient, everywhere, has access to the care and resources they need to ensure good health. Ride ...