The Institute for Healthcare Improvement has partnered with the American Medical Association and others to create Rise to Health: a National Coalition for Equity in Healthcare, which launched Dec. 6.

Columbus-based Ohio State University's Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital is the first in the world to study the clinical benefits of a device used to treat diastolic heart failure.

Advocate Health, a newly combined system resulting from the merger of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health, has named its executive leadership team.

A difficult year for hospital and health system finances brought with it renewed attention to expenditures. Scrutinizing costs is a job that should be done with the same amount of precision and care as your top surgeons in the OR, because one mistaken move can cause several complications and long-term damage.

As a physician executive, Deepa Kumaraiah, MD, is constantly thinking about ways to protect her clinicians time.  

Private equity firm Ascend Capital Partners made an investment in a large value-based care physician group.

Twelve chief medical and nursing officer moves Becker's has covered since Nov. 18: 

The demise of Haven — a coalition of three big employers aiming to lower the cost of healthcare for their workers — was met with a surprising reaction from Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase: "We want to do this again." 

Tim Moore, president and CEO of the Mississippi Hospital Association, said as many as six Mississippi hospitals are at risk of closing by mid-2023, SuperTalk reported Dec. 5. 

U.S. News and World Report released a list Dec. 6 recognizing 297 hospitals for maternity care.

Below are three health systems that launched a new Epic EHR system or announced plans to do so since Nov. 9. 

Hospitals and health systems are facing significant data security and privacy threats due to the lack of vetting of their third-party vendors, BankInfoSecurity reported Dec. 5. 

United Health Foundation released its 2022 America's Health Rankings Dec. 6, which analyzes the overall health of the 50 states and marks the return of the rankings after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System has named Kathy Donovan, MSN, RN its new chief operating officer. 

Mercy, a multistate health system based in Chesterfield, Mo., has harnessed an employment model usually associated with ride-share services and food delivery and applied it to nursing. 

The term "burnout" understates the struggles of healthcare professionals — "moral injury" is a more accurate attribution, psychologist Jessica Jackson, PhD, wrote in a Dec. 3 article for Quartz. 

Construction started on the $27 million Lehigh Valley Hospital-Macungie project, which is slated to include a 22,194-square-foot hospital and a 10,182-square-foot office building, The Morning Call reported Dec. 5.

Madison, W.Va.-based Boone Memorial Hospital was evacuated following a bomb threat on the evening of Dec. 4.

James Dahling, president and CEO of Hampton Roads, Va.-based Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, will retire in 2023 after nearly 20 years in the role. 

Imaging company Endoluxe has entered into a know-how agreement with Rochester, Minn.- based Mayo Clinic to research the uses of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the treatment of bladder cancer.