Corpus Christi, Texas-based Driscoll Health System named Justin Box vice president and CIO, according to KRIS-TV, an NBC affiliate.

Baton Rouge, La.-based Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System appointed Richard R. Vath, MD, president and CEO.

CognitiveRx, a supply chain solution co-developed with Pittsburgh-based UPMC has launched. It helps predict, manage and solve challenges related to drug shortages, inflation and declining reimbursements.

More providers are capable of taking on increased payment risk, according to a survey of 170 hospital and health system senior finance executives completed by Navigant/HFMA.   

Errant Gene Therapeutics, a biotech company based in Chicago, is suing a venture capital firm and BlueBird Bio's CEO, claiming the two parties worked to 'kill' a competing medical treatment, according to The Boston Business Journal.

Vertex's triple combination therapy for cystic fibrosis tops Evaluate Pharma's list of most valuable late-stage projects in the pharmaceutical industry pipeline.

UnitedHealth Group is fighting a request to retroactively review claim denials for mental health treatment in an ongoing legal case, according to MPR News.

A coalition of Baltimore citizens, backed by two unions, presented a letter and petition June 17 to Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Hospital President Redonda Miller, MD, calling on the hospital to drop medical debt lawsuits against patients.

Republican voters appear to have a better understanding of how single-payer health plans like "Medicare for All" would affect the healthcare system, according to the June Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll.

Digital Service Executive Director at HHS Shannon Sartin is among those in healthcare who believe the amount of technology is burdening patient care, according to Nextgov.

A new clinical decision support algorithm developed by Remedy, a company that connects employers, insurers and health systems, for patients being discharged could save hospital $860 per episode of care.

Hospitals across the country have seen on overwhelming influx of robocalls, including Tufts Medical Center, which registered more than 4,500 robocalls in two hours in April 2018, reports The Washington Post.

Allison Suttle, MD, knew at a young age that medicine was her calling.

A report from the oversight board of Detroit Medical Center raises concerns about quality and capital spending at the private for-profit system, as well as whether it is meeting its research obligations, according to the Detroit Free Press.

Duluth, Minn.-based St. Luke's Health Care System recently deployed a Meditech Expanse EHR.

Mount Sinai Health System has tapped Burlington, N.C.-based LabCorp to lead the integration of Philips' IntelliSite Pathology Solution into the New York City-based health system's hospitals.

HHS Secretary Alex Azar is dividing the agency's deputy chief of staff position into two roles and promoting Judy Stecker to fill one of them — deputy chief of staff for operations and strategy.

Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital opened a Muslim prayer room June 11, designed by two of its own physicians, the Houston Chronicle reports.

A new report from The Gainesville Times reveals Gainesville-based Northeast Georgia Health System is still not sure what caused the sudden departure of 12 cardiologists earlier this month.

A trio of physicians opened the first black-owned urgent care and occupational therapy center on Chicago's South Side, and they are reinvesting some of the profits into a program that addresses non-medical determinants of health, according to a report from the Chicago Sun-Times.