Today's Top 20 Healthcare News Articles
  1. New York system names new CEO

    The board of directors for Cooperstown, N.Y.-based Bassett Healthcare Network unanimously voted to promote Staci Thompson from interim to permanent president and CEO.
  2. Stanford lightens cognitive EHR burden for physicians

    Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Health Care researchers found that using AI in the EHR to assist clinicians with answering patient messages has been able to reduce clerical burden and lower feelings of burnout.
  3. NIH sunsets COVID treatment guidance

    Four years after COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, the National Institutes of Health is sunsetting its COVID-19 treatment guidelines, NPR reported March 19. 

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  1. Albertsons joins Mark Cuban's pharmacy network

    Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co. expanded its pharmacy network March 20 with a deal with grocery chain Albertsons, growing its drug discount offering by another thousand-plus locations. 
  2. New gene therapy to cost $4.25M — the highest drug price in US

    The most expensive drug in the U.S. is now Lenmeldy, a $4.25 million gene therapy the FDA approved March 18 for children with a rare genetic disease. 
  3. 2 in custody after Idaho hospital shooting: Police

    Police have arrested two men who are suspects in a coordinated attack March 20 to facilitate the escape of a prison inmate at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho. Three correctional officers were shot in the incident. 
  4. Nashville General Hospital names chief revenue officer

    Nashville (Tenn.) General Hospital has named Kemberly Blackledge, DSc, chief revenue cycle officer. 

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  1. The financial losses for hospitals stemming from Change attack: 5 numbers to know

    Hospitals, pharmacies and medical groups nationwide are continuing their efforts to recover from the cyberattack on UnitedHealth Group's Change Healthcare in February.
  2. 20 hospitals, health systems cutting jobs

    A number of hospitals and health systems are reducing their workforces or jobs due to financial and operational challenges. 
  3. Sale of 2 Rhode Island hospitals remains in limbo

    The Rhode Island attorney general and state department of health are still reviewing the Centurion Foundation's application to purchase Providence, R.I.-based CharterCare Health Partners, part of Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings, and its two Rhode Island hospitals for $193 million. 
  4. CEO exits Utah hospital amid license sanction

    Jim Hess is no longer CEO of Midvale, Utah-based Highland Ridge Hospital as the psychiatric facility risks losing its license.

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  1. County health rankings lose their order

    The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute in Madison released their 2024 county health assessments — but this time, without an ordinal ranking. 
  2. Providence taps philanthropy CFO for South division

    Renton, Wash.-based Providence has named Alice Galstian CFO for philanthropy in its South division, effective March 25.
  3. Minnesota county pitches healthcare improvements through ballpark tax

    Hennepin County (Minn.) leaders seek to repurpose ballpark tax money to fund healthcare improvements.
  4. HCA Midwest Health appoints VP of graduate medical education

    Eric Quirion was named vice president of graduate medical education at Overland Park, Kan.-based HCA Midwest Health.
  5. 5 California hospitals, health systems cutting jobs

    Hospitals and health systems are reducing their workforces or jobs due to restructuring strategies or financial and operational challenges. 
  6. 54% of meds at 'high risk,' military says

    More than half of pharmaceuticals in the United States have a dependency on manufacturers not compliant to the Trade Agreements Act, which the Department of Defense defines as high- and very high-risk medications. 
  7. Medication abortions now account for 6 in 10 US abortions

    In 2023, 63% of abortions were performed with abortion pills — an increase from 2020, when the figure was 53%, according to the Guttmacher Institute. 
  8. First responders worry over decrease in beds at UC Davis Medical Center amid construction

    First responders are concerned about how a major expansion project at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento may affect ambulance wait times, according to a March 19 CBS News Sacramento report. 
  9. Funding stream boosts efforts to reopen Georgia hospital

    A Georgia hospital that closed in 2020 could get a boost toward reopening after receiving $6.3 million in federal funding, ABC affiliate WVTM reported March 20. 

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