Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare partners with 5 academic institutions to accelerate its innovation efforts. 

Flexibility has become a hallmark of many competitive workplaces, and the four-day workweek is gaining popularity among Americans. On a broader scale, such adjustments could impact health equity efforts — specifically by reducing stressors on working mothers, a recent report suggests. 

Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care said it has experienced a ransomware attack shortly after a ransomware gang took credit for it, The Record reported Sept. 29. 

Experts at Cleveland Clinic are hoping to rework the scoring equation that ranks patients awaiting lung transplants and improve overall outcomes.

Becker's has reported 283 CEO moves this year. Florida has seen the most, followed by California. 

In the past two days, two health systems have shared plans to build new children's hospitals. 

Bolivar, Mo.-based Citizens Memorial Hospital is planning a multimillion-dollar expansion that will add an emergency room and inpatient beds to the hospital, according to Ozarks First.

Becker's reported on four hospitals that announced bankruptcies or closure plans since Sept. 1: 

Here is a summary of recent credit downgrades and outlook revisions for hospitals and health systems.

The following hospital and health system executive moves have been shared with or reported by Becker's since June 30:

St. Louis-based SSM Health is building a new, state-of-the-art Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital. 

Milwaukee-based Froedtert Health's venture arm, Inception Health, and Johnson City, Tenn.-based Ballad Health's venture arm, Ballad Ventures, backed a $2.5 million funding round for a senior housing and care solution platform. 

Palantir, a U.S.-based data analytics company, had its software being used across England's National Health Service to track emergency room capacity and direct supplies of scarce equipment during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. This gave it huge gains in government health contracts, The Wall Street Journal reported Sept. 29.

Microsoft has forged two new strategic partnerships with leading health systems — Mayo Clinic and Mercy — as it aims to use the power of generative artificial intelligence to ease healthcare's administrative burdens. 

Here are five hospitals and health systems that launched, expanded or announced plans to launch a hospital-at-home program:

During the first two and half years of the pandemic, the COVID-19 virus accounted for 1 in 6 sepsis cases across Mass General Brigham hospitals, according to new research. 

Some executives are considering a new addition to the team, according to a recent poll from Deloitte. 

B. Braun Medical, a medical supply and pharmaceuticals company, is voluntarily recalling about 1.1 million syringes because of a possible sterility issue. 

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