Washington state's behavioral health hospitals have reduced admitting time for mental health patients from jail to its facility, The Seattle Times reported Sept. 10.

Rushville, Ill.-based Sarah D. Culbertson Memorial Hospital is being accused of sharing patients' information with third parties, including Google, Microsoft and Facebook, the Journal-Courier reported Sept. 10.

As the demand for interoperability persists, health systems nationwide are turning to the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement to set new standards for interconnectedness and quality of care.

San Francisco is the most artificial intelligence-ready city of 2024, according to AI market research firm Avantis.

Dallas-based Steward Health Care filed a Sept. 10 stipulation that Pennsylvania will provide $1.5 million to the for-profit health system's Sharon (Pa.) Regional Medical Center for three months to keep it from closing.

AbbVie has filed a lawsuit against BeiGene, alleging the biotechnology company of stealing trade secrets to develop a competing cancer therapy.

In a phase 1/2 trial, researchers tested ATSN-101, a gene therapy for Leber congenital amaurosis 1, a rare genetic disorder that typically causes blindness in early childhood. 

Here is how much 10 hospitals and health systems are expected to pay or have paid for the cost of purchasing, installing and upgrading a new or current electronic health record system:

St. Louis-based Mercy has acquired Ascension's Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan.

The main drivers of diagnostic errors in 2023 were issues with processing medical tests, referrals and communication, according to the Emergency Care Research Institute. 

Camden, N.J.-based Cooper University Health Care is moving forward with a $3 billion expansion of its main campus, set to break ground this month.

Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health often hires physicians whose former employers were not willing to accommodate a transition to part time.

Modesto, Calif.-based Stanislaus Surgical Hospital will suspend operations indefinitely, effective Sept. 14, and lay off all 160 employees, a spokesperson for the hospital confirmed to Becker's.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic received a $50 million gift to expand access to cancer care and clinical trials.

Detroit-based Henry Ford Health has launched a campaign to raise $750 million by 2028 in philanthropic donations to invest in communities it serves, the largest one in the nonprofit health system's 109-year history.

Cancer continued to be underdiagnosed after the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published Sept. 6 in JAMA Network Open.

Seventy-seven percent of health system finance leaders surveyed said they are using some form of revenue cycle outsourcing, according to a Sept. 9 report from consulting company Guidehouse. 

Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health has entered into negotiations with Epic to switch to the EHR vendor.

A hacker accessed the IT network of a Baptist Health hospital in Arkansas and may have stolen patient data.

CIO pay continues to rise as IT chiefs move higher within their organizations and have to understand emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, CIO reported.