Today's Top 20 Healthcare News Articles
  1. Inside Jefferson's push to engage retired nurses

    Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health is keeping more retired nurses connected to the system through its Nurse Emeritus program.
  2. Mark Cuban, Travis Kelce among top 25 healthcare marketing influencers

    Mark Cuban, Travis Kelce and Elon Musk are among the top 25 healthcare marketing influencers for 2024, according to MM+M.
  3. Children's prolonged hospital stays linked to 3 factors

    Long hospital stays and severe infections in children are linked to a handful of factors, including hospitalization during the rainy season and malnutrition, according to research published March 20 in BMC Infectious Diseases. 

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  1. Medicare paves way for weight loss drug coverage: WSJ

    Less than two weeks after Novo Nordisk's weight loss drug Wegovy was approved to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes, CMS has issued guidance for Medicare coverage of weight loss drugs, The Wall Street Journal reported March 21. 
  2. Provider lawsuits pile up in wake of Change hack

    Providers are beginning to file lawsuits against UnitedHealth Group's Change Healthcare over the Feb. 21 cyberattack that has crippled hospitals, physician practices and pharmacies across the country.
  3. 15 top health system workplaces, per USA Today

    Fifteen health systems were named top workplaces in the U.S. by USA Today and human resources technology company Energage.
  4. HCA Florida hospital welcomes CFO

    HCA Florida Lake City Hospital, a 113-bed facility, has appointed Kim Williams CFO, ABC affiliate WCJB reported March 20. 

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  1. 14 Joint Commission patient safety goals for post-acute facilities

    The Joint Commission released a breakdown of patient safety goals for post-acute care facilities in 2024.
  2. 36 rural hospitals have closed since 2020

    Jellico (Tenn.) Regional Hospital, a 25-bed critical access facility, closed March 9, making it the 36th rural hospital to shutter or no longer provide inpatient services since 2020, according to data compiled by the University of North Carolina's Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. 
  3. Atrium Health rebrands 2 hospitals

    Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health has rebranded its children's hospitals under a common name.
  4. 16 most used job titles

    Registered nurse, nursing assistant and licensed practical nurse are among the 16 most frequently used job titles, according to a new report from ADP Research.

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  1. To build or to buy healthcare AI tools?

    As healthcare organizations look to implement more AI tools, the question of whether to build or buy continues to be an ongoing conversation.
  2. Northwell taps supply chain risk management partner

    Northwell Health is looking to simplify its supply vendor rankings by partnering with Exiger, a supply chain and third-party risk AI company. 
  3. 5 CFO exits in 2024

    Multiple hospital and health system CFOs have left or announced plans to leave their roles since the beginning of 2024.
  4. How UnitedHealth's CEO personally supported a physician following cyberattack

    As providers nationwide continue to face financial disruptions stemming from the Change Healthcare cyberattack in February, a Florida physician has shared how UnitedHealth Group's CEO, Andrew Witty, personally stepped in to address cash flow challenges.
  5. World's 1st gene-edited pig kidney transplanted into Mass General patient

    Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital successfully completed the world's first transplant of a genetically-edited pig kidney, the Boston-based system said March 21.
  6. Neuralink reveals 1st patient with brain chip implant

    On March 20, Elon Musk's Neuralink introduced 29-year-old Noland Arbaugh as the first patient to have received its brain-computer implant. 
  7. Attending physicians less likely to respond to minorities' messages: Study

    Racial and ethnic minorities experienced lower response rates from attending physicians for patient portal messages, but higher response rates from registered nurses, indicating potential disparities in triage prioritization, a March 18 study published in JAMA Network Open found. 
  8. What's on hospital CEOs' bookshelves

    Hospital and health system CEOs are working to tackle the challenges within their respective organizations and within the industry today, while also looking to prepare for the future. For some, this means reading up to prepare for the next three to 10 years.
  9. 9 Epic hospitals affected by data center outage

    A San Jose, Calif.-based Equinix data center used by Epic experienced a "power issue" that led to a brief outage March 20.

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