The labor and delivery unit at Demopolis, Ala.-based Whitfield Regional Hospital will pause until Sept. 1 following its primary provider taking extended leave with no other providers readily available to provide 24/7 service to the unit.

Walgreens Boots Alliance is reportedly looking for a potential buyer for Boots, a $8.8 billion drug store chain located in the UK, Bloomberg reported May 13.  

When hackers target health systems they operate like 'Ocean's Eleven,' Toby Gouker, chief security officer of government health at First Health Advisory told Politico May 14. 

Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Parkridge Health System, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, has tapped Caroline Burris as CEO for its Parkridge East Hospital in Chattanooga.

On average, people taking Novo Nordisk's weight loss drug Wegovy see a 10% reduction in weight, which is sustained for four years, according to findings from a major trial published May 13. 

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is the most trusted health system brand in 2024, according to a May 14 report from branding agency Monigle.

A bill traveling through the Louisiana legislature is seeking to outlaw possession of unprescribed, FDA-approved abortion pills. If the bill passes, the state will be the first to classify medication abortion as controlled dangerous substances. 

Even when the going gets tough, Dixon, Ill.-based Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital CEO David Schreiner, PhD, and CFO Austin B. Frazier Jr. have successfully collaborated to evolve and develop strategies, with a little bit of laughter, to strengthen their working relationship.

Minneapolis-based Allina Health said a former employee impermissibly accessed the records of 715 patients in its EHR.

Chief information security officers are seeing their roles elevate as hospitals renew focus on cybersecurity and ransomware attack prevention.

Nurses have a hard time disconnecting from work, and may benefit from additional workplace resources that support them in doing so, according to findings from a new Press Ganey report on nurse resiliency. 

An Indiana hospital is still dealing with the fallout of a cyberattack 2 1/2 years after it happened, WTHR in Indianapolis reported.

Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care posted an operating income of $44.5 million in the first half of fiscal year 2024 down from an operating income of $47.1 million over the same period last year, according to its May 14 financial report. 

Becker's recorded three health system CEOs' retirement announcements between April 25 and May 9: 

On June 4, Kelly McCormick-Sullivan will assume leadership of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists' philanthropic organization. 

Health systems are working out the kinks with virtual nursing, with some hospitals discovering the care model doesn't work for all its hoped-for uses, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

Jupiter (Fla.) Medical Center established the Elliot Family Center for Cardiac Electrophysiology thanks to a $10 million donation, CBS12 reported May 13.

Here are 12 health systems that have had their credit ratings upgraded by Fitch Ratings or Moody's Investor Services in 2024:

During the first quarter of 2024, hospitals and health systems across the nation experienced a rise in payments that were either delayed or missing, a report from Strata Decision Technology found. 

UNC Health Lenoir, a 199-bed hospital in Kingston, N.C., has appointed Bharadwaj "Brad" Mantha vice president and CFO, effective June 10, according to a news release shared with Becker's.