Today's Top 20 Healthcare News Articles
  1. CEO exits Utah hospital amid license sanction

    Jim Hess is no longer CEO of Midvale, Utah-based Highland Ridge Hospital as the psychiatric facility risks losing its license.
  2. County health rankings lose their order

    The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute in Madison released their 2024 county health assessments — but this time, without an ordinal ranking. 
  3. Providence taps philanthropy CFO for South division

    Renton, Wash.-based Providence has named Alice Galstian CFO for philanthropy in its South division, effective March 25.

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  1. Minnesota county pitches healthcare improvements through ballpark tax

    Hennepin County (Minn.) leaders seek to repurpose ballpark tax money to fund healthcare improvements.
  2. HCA Midwest Health appoints VP of graduate medical education

    Eric Quirion was named vice president of graduate medical education at Overland Park, Kan.-based HCA Midwest Health.
  3. 5 California hospitals, health systems cutting jobs

    Hospitals and health systems are reducing their workforces or jobs due to restructuring strategies or financial and operational challenges. 
  4. 54% of meds at 'high risk,' military says

    More than half of pharmaceuticals in the United States have a dependency on manufacturers not compliant to the Trade Agreements Act, which the Department of Defense defines as high- and very high-risk medications. 

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  1. Medication abortions now account for 6 in 10 US abortions

    In 2023, 63% of abortions were performed with abortion pills — an increase from 2020, when the figure was 53%, according to the Guttmacher Institute. 
  2. First responders worry over decrease in beds at UC Davis Medical Center amid construction

    First responders are concerned about how a major expansion project at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento may affect ambulance wait times, according to a March 19 CBS News Sacramento report. 
  3. Funding stream boosts efforts to reopen Georgia hospital

    A Georgia hospital that closed in 2020 could get a boost toward reopening after receiving $6.3 million in federal funding, ABC affiliate WVTM reported March 20. 
  4. COVID vaccines cut heart failure, clotting after infection: Study

    A recent study conducted by researchers in the U.K. found COVID-19 vaccines can reduce heart failure by up to 55% and blood clots by up to 78% after an infection.

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  1. ChatGPT helps diagnose rare diabetes case

    A 24-year-old man used ChatGPT to help him get a rare diabetes diagnosis, NBC affiliate KXAN reported March 20.
  2. NYU Langone Health receives $15M gift

    New York City-based NYU Langone Health has received a $15 million gift from Wayne Holman, MD, and his wife, Wendy Holman to further the treatment and research of endocrine disorders in the Holman Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.
  3. MRI damaged after fire at Boston VA hospital

    A fire at Boston-based Jamaica Plain VA Medical Center damaged the MRI suite and could impact MRI patient care for the foreseeable future, CBS News reported March 19.
  4. 10 best, worst states for medical environment for physicians

    Nebraska is the top state for best medical environment for physicians, while Illinois is the worst, according to WalletHub's 2024 ranking published March 18. 
  5. US expands 1st-of-kind supply chain initiative

    The White House is expanding a data partnership with numerous U.S. companies and logistics providers to track supply chain operations in real time.
  6. Steward Texas hospital denies closure despite paused construction on new facility

    Texarkana, Texas-based Wadley Regional Medical Center, part of Dallas-based Steward Health Care, has denied rumors that the facility is closing its doors. 
  7. AstraZeneca to expand cancer pipeline with $2.4B acquisition

    Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca plans to acquire biotech company Fusion Pharmaceuticals for up to $2.4 billion, Investopedia reported March 19. 
  8. US residents report falling happiness — except those in this age group

    The U.S. dropped from 15th to 23rd in Gallup's latest "World Happiness Report," marking the first time the nation has fallen out of the top 20 since the report was first published in 2012. But researchers point to their separate rankings by age group, which indicate generational divides. 
  9. Health system C-suites crave 'smart risk takers' to lead next

    Health system executives are making strategic pivots in response to increasing costs, staffing shortages, emerging technology, competition for patients and a trend toward consumerism.

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