Elon Musk's Neuralink is reportedly in talks with medical centers to test its brain implants on humans, Gizmodo reported.

National telehealth utilization declined by 79 percent from 2020 to 2021, according to Fair Health's Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker. 

What is the best hospital in the United States? After asking ChatGPT that question on Feb. 20, Becker's posed the same query to Google's Bard AI. And the two artificial intelligence chatbots had different responses.

A Boston suburb is experiencing long ambulance wait times after severe flooding closed its hospital in 2020 and a transformer fire shut down a nearby suburb's hospital in February 2023. 

Health officials are sounding the alarm over a lack of new drugs in the pipeline to combat antibiotic resistance, warning the globe could face a "doomsday scenario" if more effort isn't invested in new drug development, NBC News reported March 29. 

New MetroHealth CEO Airica Steed, EdD, RN, told cleveland.com in a recent interview that she is supportive of the Cleveland-based health system's $1 billion "hospital-in-a-park" vision as she conducts due diligence on plans.

The number of CEO changes at hospitals and health systems fell 22 percent in February after accelerating the month prior, according to a March 29 Challenger, Gray & Christmas report.

The CDC updated its COVID-19 vaccine guidance, stating that one updated dose is enough even for individuals who received their last vaccination more than six months ago, the San Francisco Chronicle reported March 28.

Mississippi lawmakers approved a $103.7 million grant program to support the state's struggling hospitals, but some advocates and lawmakers argue the funding isn't enough, Mississippi Today reported March 28. 

Mark Klosterman, President and CEO of Sidney, Ohio-based Wilson Health, announced the appointment of two C-suite leaders in a March 28 news release. 

In the year since RaDonda Vaught was convicted for a fatal medical error, much has been said from leaders at all levels of healthcare about the need to build a strong culture of safety and empower front-line workers to report errors. 

The American Hospital Association and America's Health Insurance Plans on March 28 filed an amicus curiae brief in ongoing lawsuits — U.S. vs. Supervalu and Safeway — challenging the federal government's interpretation of the False Claims Act ahead of the Supreme Court's hearing of the cases.

As more drugs slip into shortage, rural hospitals could lose their failsafes as the healthcare industry grapples with dozens of inaccessible medications. 

Gregg Olson will retire as CEO of Rochelle (Ill.) Community Hospital on March 31, the Rochelle News-Leader reported March 28. 

The term "burnout," as it relates to clinicians, has become part of the lexicon in hospitals. Why are nurses leaving? They are burned out in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Why are fewer doctors pursuing emergency specialties? Again, according to a Washington Post article, burnout.

Thomasville (Ala.) Regional Medical Center has named Quentin Whitwell its next CEO, CBS affiliate WKRG reported March 28. By the end of his tenure, he could be its owner. 

All 827 employees at the San Antonio-based Texas Vista Medical Center will be permanently laid off when it closes May 1, according to a notice filed with state regulators.

CVS Health has completed its $8 billion acquisition of Signify Health, adding more than 10,000 clinicians to its network, the companies announced March 29. 

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital is launching a new telehealth program that will allow Intermountain clinicians to remotely advise clinicians in neonatal intensive care units at four hospitals in Utah and one in Montana, local news outlet ABC4 reported March 28.

Environmental, social and governance investment group Arjuna Capital is claiming a win after CVS Health committed to strengthening its reproductive health data privacy protections following a shareholder proposal from the activist investment group.