Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine has tapped Dinee Simpson, MD, as its first chief health equity executive. 

Bellaire, Texas-based Harris Health System completed a $48.5 million renovation of Ben Taub Hospital's emergency department at the Ginni and Richard Mithoff Trauma Center.  

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, or ARPA-H, is rolling out a national health innovation network with Dallas and Cambridge, Mass., as the first two hubs, the agency said Sept. 26.

Biotech company Ginkgo Bioworks announced a collaboration with Pfizer, worth up to $331 million, focused on discovering new RNA-based drug candidates.

Some CVS pharmacists in Kansas City are calling out of work Sept. 27 to bring attention to increasingly difficult working conditions, USA Today reported. 

Less than half of hospitals are using cloud technology for supply chain management, but by 2026, that figure is expected to increase to nearly 70 percent, according to a GHX survey. 

One cancer drug shortage has ended and at least 14 oncology drugs are in short supply, according to the FDA, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and physicians. 

Research published in March 2022 found that U.S. physicians who use EHRs spend an average of 1.84 hours a day completing documentation outside work hours, and as hospitals and health systems look for ways to alleviate this burden for providers, some are implementing "stupid stuff" initiatives in a bid to simplify the EHR. 

After Texas lawmakers passed a bill in June to close its longstanding "Dr. Death" loophole, some are worried it is too cumbersome to implement, NBC affiliate KXAN reported Sept. 21. 

Although employed men and women tend to purchase the same health insurance plans, they do not receive the same coverage, according to a Sept. 26 analysis from Deloitte. 

The American Hospital Association told Congress it favors a "sector specific approach" to regulating artificial intelligence.

Cyberattacks through emails are way up at hospitals and health systems in 2023, software company Abnormal Security reported.

Renton, Wash.-based Providence has been recognized as an adopter of the Healthcare Financial Management Association's patient financial communications best practices, which aims to provide consistency, timeliness and clarity to a confusing process.

Michael Murray, MD, has been named system chief of the division of genomic medicine and clinical director of the Institute for Genomic Health at New York City-based Mount Sinai. 

As New York City-based Mount Sinai moves its Epic EHR system to Microsoft's cloud, it has been able to use new technologies such as artificial intelligence to drive greater efficiencies, as well as improve its cybersecurity posture. 

Most new physicians are contacted about job offers more than 100 times during their residencies, but almost one-third would choose a field other than medicine, according to a survey published Sept. 20 by AMN Healthcare's physician solutions division, formerly known as Merritt Hawkins. 

Supporting internal processes with increased staff is the top way providers are planning to improve revenue cycle management analytics, according to a report from Plutus Health.

The lowest COVID-19 hospitalization rates since the start of the pandemic were recorded in June, and since then, COVID-19 admissions have nearly doubled in the U.S.

After 13 years of leadership, Cynthia Sparer will step down as executive vice president of ambulatory services at Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health at the end of 2023.

Jennifer Havens, RN, has been named market president at UnityPoint Health-Dubuque (Iowa), part of West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health.