Mercy Health-Youngstown (Ohio) will build a 241-bed hospital and medical office complex next to Kent State University's Trumbull Campus in Warren, Ohio.

Alexandria, La.-based Christus St. Frances Cabrini Health System launched an on-demand virtual visit service that allows patients to meet with Christus Health caregivers through live video from their smartphone, tablet or computer. 

Below are 17 hospitals, health systems and hospital operators that recently posted job listings seeking chief nursing officers. 

William Farrar, MD, is retiring as CEO of The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute in Columbus.

Futura Healthcare, a trusted industry partner delivering end-to-end healthcare advisory, consulting, and technology solutions, announced today their acquisition of Winola Lake Health IT.

Greenwood (Miss.) Leflore Hospital will lay off 30 employees to help offset continued losses, the Greenwood Commonwealth reported May 18. 

The U.S. could run out of several key COVID-19 medications this summer if more emergency funding is not secured to replenish supplies, Bloomberg reported May 17. 

Amwell reached an agreement May 17 to reduce the earnout period associated with its acquisition of digital mental health platform SilverCloud Health.

Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health's app, which offers patients struggling with opioid addiction easy access to providers and other forms of support, kept most patients engaged in their treatment recovery programs. 

While the healthcare industry has faced unprecedented operational constraints in recent years, including limited physical capacity, vulnerable patients, loss of revenue, and shortages of staff, it has also reaped opportunities to adapt and excel.

Healthcare is delivered by an entire ecosystem of players in a highly heterogeneous environment.

Madison, Wis.-based UW Health, the integrated health system of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is beginning construction on the first center in the world to offer upright proton beam cancer therapy, it said in an email to Becker's on May 17.

Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center has initiated a drug repository program providing orally administered drugs used in cancer treatment at no charge to eligible patients. 

The pandemic has brought the need to address health inequities into stark focus. The digital health sector, with its ability to expand access to convenient care and spot patient patterns, has an opportunity to reduce those disparities.

Microsoft’s chief executive told employees the company would boost pay amid U.S. inflation reaching a four-decade high.

Steve Johnson is retiring as president of UPMC in North Central Pennsylvania, effective Dec. 31.

Healthcare providers across the U.S. are leveraging technology to better care for patients and tackle population health issues.

Although a digital front door in healthcare may imply only activities such as care inquiry or appointment scheduling, it is really about using technology to improve all touchpoints throughout the patient and partner journey.

More than 25 percent of finance leaders reported needing to hire more than 20 employees to fully staff their revenue cycle departments, a survey published May 18 found.

Six merger and acquisition deals involving hospitals and health systems have been announced, completed or called off so far this month: