For nearly 3,400 patients with obesity, the average weight loss achieved with semaglutide (Wegovy and Ozempic) was more than twice that achieved with liraglutide (Saxenda and Victoza). 

Portland, Maine-based Saint Joseph's Rehabilitation and Residence, a post-acute facility and subsidiary of Portland-based MaineHealth Maine Medical Center, will close Sept. 20 to create a path for an updated facility to offer stronger long-term care amenities. 

Cambridge, Mass.-based Harvard University topped U.S. News & World Report's 2024 list of the best universities for radiology, nuclear medicine and medical imaging in the U.S.

James Ross, BSN, president and CEO of Jackson-based West Tennessee Healthcare, died Sept. 12. He had been with the system for nearly 40 years.

A number of hospitals and health systems are reducing their workforces or jobs due to financial and operational challenges. 

The Justice Department on Sept. 12 filed a complaint alleging Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Health System denied patients with disabilities the ability to be accompanied by a family member, personal aide or other support person when receiving care.

CommonSpirit Health at Home named a permanent president and CEO on Sept 13.

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health has built a 40,000-square-foot expansion of its supply chain warehouse in Midvale, Utah, ABC4 reported. 

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, has identified parental stress as an "urgent public health issue" in a 35-page advisory released Aug. 28.

Rural hospitals are being offered free and discounted cybersecurity assistance from tech companies such as Google and Microsoft, but many are slow to take advantage of it, GovInfoSecurity reported Sept. 12.

Eighty hospitals are seeking to have the Part C (Medicare Advantage) Days Final rule vacated, alleging that HHS unlawfully reduced disproportionate hospital share payments by an estimated $3 billion to $4 billion over a nine-year period.

Venture capital investment in health IT remained slow but steady in the second quarter of 2024, with clinical workflow automation and revenue cycle (particularly prior authorization) the two main focus areas, PitchBook reported Sept. 13.

Microsoft convened a meeting of cybersecurity professionals to discuss how to prevent a repeat of the July global IT outage that affected U.S. hospitals and health systems.

The EHR is down at an Oklahoma hospital but the facility said it's still able to fully provide patient care.

Dale Gold, MD, has been appointed chief medical informatics officer for CommonSpirit Health's Mountain Region, according to his LinkedIn. 

Adult obesity prevalence remains high in the U.S, according to the latest CDC data. 

Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health and the state department of health have asked the North Carolina Supreme Court to hear a yearslong case involving UNC's plan to build a 40-bed hospital in the Durham, N.C., portion of Research Triangle Park, according to The Carolina Journal. 

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente received approval from the San Jose (Calif.) planning commission during a Sept. 11 meeting to move forward with plans to demolish its existing San Jose Medical Center and build a new hospital.

Following its acquisition of Ascension's Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan., St. Louis-based Mercy is rolling out a new electronic health record system at the facility.

Nurses spend up to 41% of their workdays in electronic health records, according to a 2022 report from the Office of the U.S. Surgeon General.