GrowthCap is pleased to announce The Top Healthcare Investors of 2025. These investors stand out not only for their ability to identify and scale exceptional companies but also for their significant impact on the health and well-being of broad populations. Now in our fifth year of running this awards process, we are impressed by the depth and breadth of this year’s nominee pool. Investors are increasingly focusing on specific segments of healthcare while also refining the capabilities they offer to portfolio companies. This year’s awardees were selected for their deep sector expertise, leadership, and ability to navigate the ever-evolving healthcare…
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The plan was simple: acquire 18 nursing homes in Ohio. The private equity firm put together a 56-page proposal with bullish projections and minimal costs, including spending just $6 per day for food for each resident. The figure astounded Sam Brooks. “They were talking about cutting costs and saying, ‘We’ll feed them on $6 a day,’ if you can imagine that,” said Brooks, a national advocate for residents in long-term care. Brooks said he has watched as money has become the driving force at nursing homes, once largely run by small businesses, religious groups and nonprofits.Perhaps nowhere is that change…
ATLANTA – Emory Healthcare, a team member with 26,400 employees, is named one of America's best large employers, according to Forbes. The magazine ranked Emory Healthcare No. 124 out of 701 employers in 2025. “We are pleased to announce that we are committed to providing a range of services to our customers,” said Dr. Joon S. Lee, CEO of Emory Healthcare. “It's an honor to be recognized by Forbes, a global media company, which emphasizes the importance of employee voices as we continue to shape the future of healthcare together.”This perception is based on a survey of anonymous respondents who…
What’s in this article:During Donate Life Month, celebrated each April, we aim to educate others about organ, eye and tissue donation while also honoring donors and the countless lives they have saved and healed through this gift of life. Through HCA Healthcare’s nine transplant centers, we strive to increase access to life-saving transplants for patients in our communities and throughout the nation. Our skilled transplant teams performed more than 1,350 solid organ transplants in 2024.“Last year, the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN), which manages the national registry for organ transplants and is administered by the United Network of Organ…
Join our daily and weekly newsletter for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. learn more Whenever a patient undergoes a CT scan at the University of Texas Department of Medicine (UTMB), the resulting images are automatically sent to the Cardiac Disease Department, analyzed by AI, and assigned a cardiac risk score. In just a few months, thanks to simple algorithms, AI flagged multiple patients with high cardiovascular risk. A CT scan does not need to be heart-related. The patient does not need to have heart problems. All scans will automatically trigger an evaluation. This is a…
Rep. Jennifer McClellan is calling for a “full investigation” into reports of inadequate patient care at distressed health care centers caught up in an ongoing controversy over operations at colonial Heights nursing homes.”A disturbing report on conditions…answer to demand,” wrote McClellan of D-Virginia in a letter to Cara Evick, manager of the Colonial Heights Rehabilitation & Nursing Center. “Federal and state authorities must quickly secure colony height rehabilitation and nursing center relief, so nursing home residents can get the quality care they deserve.”The Easterrsley Avenue facility was scrutinized after an attack by local and state authorities last December arrested 18…
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It’s been called one of the worst nursing homes in New Jersey.For years it “siphoned” millions of dollars of Medicaid funds out of the home and to various side businesses, a state watchdog found, “leaving residents to live in a dismal, understaffed, and under-resourced facility.”And in December, acting State Comptroller Kevin Walsh moved to kick South Jersey Extended Care, its owner and those associated with its operations from the state’s Medicaid program. “This was a massive scam,” he said. “These individuals were able to amass a fortune by pretending to be independent parties. In reality, they operated as one unit,…
Patients who stay on hospital wards that are not properly staffed with nurses are more likely to die or be readmitted, a new study has claimed. The journal BMJ Quality & Safety has this week published a study into the impact of poor registered nurse or healthcare assistant staffing in hospitals. “Using agency staff to eliminate understaffing is less cost-effective and would save fewer lives than using permanent members of staff” BMJ study It analysed patient and staffing rosters across 185 acute healthcare wards in four English NHS trusts between April 2015 and March 2020. Researchers, led by Dr Christina…
The model's structure and implementation are different, but shares a common goal. It is about optimizing nursing care by nurses practicing at the top of their license. Importantly, nurse leaders have moved in the past towards implementing a rapid innovation cycle by asking for permission, working by achieving strong key performance indicators, and testing, improving and measuring what is measured. 5 Best Practices to Change 5 Best Practices 1. Cultivate a culture of change Transforming successful care models requires a culture of embracing change and innovation. Nursing leaders feel that experiments are encouraged, creating an environment in which failure is…