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The center will provide services including preventive and primary care, onsite pharmacy dispensing and mental health services.
The health system says it will create a new model of care and build a center of mental health excellence as part of its effort.
The health system is focused on automation, such as having virtual nurse models to help overextended bedside nurses, says CIO Myra Davis.
Other challenges for healthcare executives include staffing shortages, budget changes and cost increases, says attorney Chris Dunn.
Conway, who has been with Optum since 2020, formerly headed the CMS Innovation Center and BCBS of North Carolina.
The health system has also announced it is advancing surgical robotics through the co-acquisition of AquaBeam Robotic Systems.
For 2023, CMS has removed 10 procedures from the Inpatient Only list in its proposed rule, with comments due by September 13.
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Hospitals constructed now will have to accommodate technology coming in the next decade, according to Samantha Field, public health registrar at NHS.
The investments will be aided by a strong financial showing in 2021, with total operating revenue hitting $12.4 billion.
The Nashville-based health system has invested approximately $6.6 billion over the last five years, including other expansions currently in progress.