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. 

K. Scott Wester has resigned as president and CEO of Memorial Healthcare System, effective Sept. 11, following a vote by the system's board of commissioners to terminate his contract, according to a report in the South Florida Sun Sentinel.  

Officials are preparing for increased risks of the H5N1 bird flu virus rising this autumn and trying to stop it before it can become a pandemic, CNN reported Sept. 12.

Kelly Corbi was appointed executive vice president and COO of Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health, effective Nov. 4.

Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital's CEO is shedding more light on the hospital's plans to invest $162 million next year to support greater integration with USF Health, its university affiliate. 

Traditionally, S&P 500 CEOs have risen from finance, strategy or technology backgrounds, but a growing number are emerging from high-level supply chain management roles, Harvard Business Review reported Sept. 12. 

Here are 14 rehabilitation hospital CEO, president and administrator appointments from the past 12 months, including from Cincinnati-based Mercy Health and Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health:

The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center is planning to expand the use of an AI-powered clinical documentation tool to its emergency rooms and inpatient environments after seeing success with staff using the tool.

Karim Ghanem has been named market COO of Naples, Fla.-based Physicians Regional Healthcare System.