MARYLAND HEIGHTS — A 47-year-old man is accused of stabbing his girlfriend to death this week at a Maryland Heights Motel 6, according to charges filed Friday.
Keno King, of Berkeley, is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the death of Taniesha M. Givens, 44, also of Berkeley.
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Keno King. Photo via St. Louis County
Maryland Heights police were called about 10:30 a.m. Thursday when housekeepers discovered Givens’ body in a room in the motel at 12330 Dorsett Road, according to police and court documents.
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The body appeared to have 44 stab wounds, a probable cause statement says.
Police saw on surveillance video that Givens’ boyfriend, King, was filmed entering the room on Tuesday with Givens before exiting on Wednesday alone, court documents say. The video showed no one else entering the room during that time, according to the documents.
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Givens’ vehicle was missing from the motel by the time her body was found Thursday. Maryland Heights police tracked down her car less than five hours later to the 6900 block of North Hanley Road in Hazelwood and found King inside, according to a statement from the department.
Investigators found bloody clothes inside the car and signs that King had a hand injury, charging documents say.
King was held Friday on a $750,000, cash-only bond.
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System’s Gallion Proprietary Digital Solution Developed at its iHarbor Innovation Center
BALTIMORE, January 07, 2025–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) has been selected as a finalist in the Gartner Power of the Profession Supply Chain Awards 2025, in the Process or Technology Innovation of the Year category. UMMS is included for Transforming Bill-Only Product Management in Healthcare Supply Chain; the System’s Gallion is a digital technology cutting-edge solution designed to optimize supply chain efficiency that was developed by UMMS’ iHarbor Innovation Center.
“We believe that being included as a finalist in the Gartner awards underscores the critical impact that UMMS has demonstrated so far in optimizing health care bill-only supply chain management and that it could have in the future on patient care,” said Warren D’Souza, PhD, MBA, the System’s Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer. “In our opinion, this recognition validates our focus on streamlining processes and empowering health systems with innovative, integrated solutions.”
Gallion’s innovative solution redefines the management of bill-only transactions by digitizing and standardizing workflows, enhancing accuracy, compliance, and efficiency. The platform seamlessly integrates with electronic health record (EHR) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, automating critical tasks such as consumption tracking, charges and contract compliance. Before Gallion’s implementation in 2021 automated these processes, UMMS relied on a manual labor-intensive paper-based process that had the potential for errors and inefficiencies. Data from the deployment of Gallion across UMMS’ 11 hospitals shows significant operational improvements; completion time has been reduced by 75% and the defect/error rate has lowered from 18% to just 3%.
“At UMMS, part of what we pride ourselves on is innovation and being at the forefront of transformative change in health care,” said Mohan Suntha, MD, MBA, the System’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “We believe this recognition underscores Gallion’s impact as a pioneering solution in health care supply chain innovation.”
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Gallion was developed in iHarbor, a wholly-owned subsidiary and the innovation center of UMMS. iHarbor is now bringing Gallion to the market, enabling other hospitals and health systems to realize similar benefits. The enterprise platform offers robust analytics, giving supply chain teams unparalleled insight into cost management, contract competitiveness and compliance, and clinical quality outcomes.
“We are extremely proud of the innovative and transformative solutions that the iHarbor Innovation Center is pioneering within the University of Maryland Medical System and bringing to the broader healthcare market,” said Guy Henggeler, Vice President, iHarbor Strategy and Operations.
“Gallion has fundamentally transformed our supply chain operations, enhancing collaboration among clinical staff, administrative personnel, and vendors,” added Patrick Vizzard, Vice President of Supply Chain Management for UMMS. “We’ve seen tremendous gains in compliance, efficiency, and cost savings.”
Gartner Awards, Power of the Profession™ Supply Chain Awards
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About the University of Maryland Medical System
The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is an academic private health system, focused on delivering compassionate, high-quality care and putting discovery and innovation into practice at the bedside. Partnering with the University of Maryland School of Medicine and University of Maryland, Baltimore who educate the state’s future health care professionals, UMMS is an integrated network of care, delivering 25 percent of all hospital care in urban, suburban, and rural communities across the state of Maryland. UMMS puts academic medicine within reach through primary and specialty care delivered at 11 hospitals, including the flagship University of Maryland Medical Center, the System’s anchor institution in downtown Baltimore, as well as through a network of University of Maryland Urgent Care centers and more than 150 other locations in 13 counties. For more information, visit www.umms.org.
About iHarbor
The iHarbor Innovation Center at the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) focuses on solving complex but common problems in health care. iHarbor is reimagining health care delivery, operations and administration — developing transformational products and solutions that dramatically improve health care outcomes, efficiency, quality and value. These solutions revolutionize treatment and bring superior experiences to patients, clinicians and administrators alike.
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Contacts
Media Contact for UMMS: Michael Schwartzberg – Senior Media Relations Director, UMMS Email: MichaelSchwartzberg@umm.edu | Phone: 410-804-1767
Contact for Gallion: Guy Henggeler – Vice President, iHarbor Business Strategy & Operations Email: Guy.Henggeler@umm.edu | Phone: 443-610-9125
