Salt Lake City-based University of Utah is moving forward with its $400 million hospital in West Valley City as its health system prepares to break ground in 2024, The Salt Lake Tribune reported Feb. 1. 

Mount Airy, N.C.-based Northern Regional Hospital is experimenting with on-demand pay benefits for employees as part of its recruitment and retention efforts. 

The FDA altered its emergency use authorizations on Paxlovid and Lagevrio, two COVID-19 treatments, on Feb. 1 to revoke a requirement for a positive COVID-19 test before a provider can prescribe them. 

GoodRx Holdings illegally shared patient data to advertise on Facebook and Google, the Federal Trade Commission said Feb. 1, and the Justice Department filed a first-of-its-kind proposed order totaling $1.5 million against the prescription savings provider.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic has expanded its partnership with TripleBlind, a company that deidentifies patient data, to allow health systems and developers to collaborate on digital health solutions.

Overland Park, Kan.-based HCA Midwest Health has named Miah Stutts as its new CFO.

Dignity Health International, the international arm of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, has acquired a minority equity stake in RAK Hospital, one of the United Arab Emirates' most acclaimed private hospitals, according to the Khaleej Times.

Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center is looking to continue the expansion of its virtual care options after seeing a 5,000 percent increase in telehealth treatment in the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Fox13 Tampa Bay reported Feb. 1.

Members of the Service Employees International Union Local 1107 picketed outside Las Vegas-based University Medical Center of Southern Nevada on Jan. 30 to protest certain sick leave rules at the facility, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. 

After the December closure of Clinton (Okla.) Regional Hospital, residents are placing their hopes of renewed medical services on a March 7 special election, Oklahoma Watch reported Feb. 1.

A string of recent lawsuits uncover a trend of nursing home owners moving money into their own pockets through corporate arrangements that are widespread — and legal — in every state, NPR reported Jan. 31.

On Jan. 31, 'Killnet,' a Russian-based hacking group claimed to have taken down multiple hospital and health system websites across the U.S., and HHS confirmed that the group has obtained data from a number of hospitals in January, SC Media reported Jan. 31.  

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said Jan. 4 the company plans to eliminate 18,000 jobs throughout the organization, some of which include employees spearheading its healthcare initiatives, CNBC reported Jan. 31. 

Aluna, an artificial intelligence-powered lung health platform, raised $15.3 million in a series B financing round.

Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health has chosen Innovaccer for its healthcare cloud services and to boost population health and value-based care.

Melissa Wood, DNP, began her role as chief operating officer and chief nursing officer at MercyOne Clinton (Iowa) Medical Center on Jan. 30. 

State College, Pa.-based Mount Nittany Medical Center saw its credit rating downgraded to "A+" amid concern about its capital expenditure plans, Fitch Ratings said Jan. 31.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic has entered into a know-how and stock purchase agreement with digital health company Xsensio to develop wearables for critical care.

So far in 2023, pharmaceutical companies have raised prices on 988 brand-name drugs for an average 5 percent wholesale acquisition cost increase, according to 46brooklyn Research, a nonprofit that tracks drug pricing data. 

Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center is the first in the nation to earn The Joint Commission's Advanced Certification in Perinatal Care, which recognizes exceptional outcomes for mothers and infants.