Clinical trials for the injectable HIV prevention drug lenacapavir have yielded significant results, with the drug proving 89% more effective than daily oral pre-exposure prophylaxis among gay, bisexual and transgender individuals, NBC News reported Sept. 13. 

The hospital workforce is critical to the care process and is most often the largest expense on a hospital or health system's balance sheet. Even before the pandemic, labor expenses — which include costs associated with recruitment and retention, employee benefits and incentives — accounted for more than 50 percent of hospitals' total expenses, according to the American Hospital Association. 

At the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on Sept. 11, Rep. Morgan Griffith, chair of the subcommittee, called the United Network for Organ Sharing's 38-year operation of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network a "monopoly."

CommonSpirit Health, a Chicago-based system with more than 2,200 care sites in 24 states, has made several executive changes at the market and regional levels and within its hospitals this year.

Oswego (N.Y.) Health has promoted Kathryn Pagliaroli, BSN, RN, to serve as chief operating officer.

An overinterpretation of state and federal regulations often creates unnecessary work for physicians, according to the American Medical Association. 

Many hospitals and emergency departments have been forced to close in 2024 due to circumstances like high costs and shifts in care needs. 

The FDA issued a warning regarding the potential risk of a rare but serious liver injury associated with the drug Veozah, a medication approved in May 2023 to treat moderate to severe hot flashes. 

Over the last few months, Dallas-based Steward Health Care has been subject to increased scrutiny regarding the health system's troubled finances and the status of its more than 30 hospitals across eight states. 

The following hospital and health system CFO moves have been shared with or reported by Becker's this year:

From Community Health Systems looking to exit Pennsylvania, to HCA seeking to acquire a New Hampshire health system, here are five deals involving publicly traded for-profit health systems that have yet to close: 

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.