Today's Top 20 Healthcare News Articles
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Nearly 4 million Medicare patients with heart disease may be eligible for Wegovy coverage
Nearly 4 million Medicare patients could be eligible to have Wegovy covered after the FDA approved it to reduce risk of heart attack and strokes, KFF reported April 24. -
CVS invests $19M for affordable housing in Colorado
Arvada, Colo., will soon have 85 more affordable housing units because of a $19.2 million contribution from CVS Health, the healthcare company said April 24. -
HealthPartners names new hospital president
Emily Blomberg was selected as the next president of St. Paul, Minn.-based Regions Hospital and the Regions Hospital Foundation.
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A new metric may provide insight into healthcare disparities
A Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health study suggests nearly 80% hospitals admit a significantly different proportion of Black Medicare patients age 65 and older compared to those admitted to any hospital in that market — which could point to racial sorting. -
UPMC to lay off around 1,000 employees
Pittsburgh-based UPMC will lay off more than 1% of its 100,000 workforce — approximately 1,000 employees — due to ongoing post-pandemic challenges, the health system confirmed to Becker's. -
Weill Cornell names COO of physician organization
Adam Cheriff, MD, was appointed COO of Weill Cornell Medicine's Physician Organization, effective May 1. -
Sutter workers begin 3-day strike
Members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers began a three-day strike April 23 at the Sutter Center for Psychiatry in Sacramento, Calif., according to NBC affiliate KCRA.
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Children's Hospital of Orange County taps quality chief
Emma Sandhu, MSN, RN, was named chief quality and patient safety officer of Orange, Calif.-based Children's Hospital of Orange County. -
Premier Health Ohio hospital to close level 3 trauma center
Centerville, Ohio-based Miami Valley Hospital South, part of Dayton, Ohio-based Premier Health, will discontinue operations at its level 3 trauma center May 1 as part of an ongoing healthcare operations review. -
WellSpan breaks ground on Pennsylvania micro-hospital
York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health and Emerus, a micro-hospital developer, broke ground April 23 on the WellSpan Shrewsbury Hospital in York County, Pa. -
FDA: Bird flu virus fragments detected in pasteurized milk
On April 23, the FDA said remnants of the bird flu virus have been detected in samples of pasteurized milk in the U.S. The agency said the finding does not change its assessment that the commercial milk supply is safe.
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Mediation fails in Johns Hopkins All Children's 'Netflix' case
A civil case between the Kowalski family and St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital entered mediation, but according to court documents, it has been unsuccessful, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported April 24. -
Shortage of IT workers leaves hospitals vulnerable to cyberattacks
Cleveland Clinic's CEO said that cyberattacks pose a significant threat to health systems due to insufficient security measures across various departments and a shortage of IT personnel in hospitals, Ideastream Public Media reported April 23. -
Why nurses are protesting AI
Nurses took to the streets of San Francisco this week to protest the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare. But what were their specific complaints? -
Oracle moving HQ to Nashville to be near healthcare industry
Oracle plans to move its world headquarters to Nashville, Tenn., to be amid a healthcare epicenter, according to co-founder and chair Larry Ellison. -
Novant Health launches 'hospital at home' with $2.7M donation
Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health launched a hospital-at-home program thanks to a $2.7 million donation. -
Supply chain goals for HCA, Lifepoint Health
Rising costs in the medical supply chain are pushing health system leaders to get creative, according to Jay Kirkpatrick at Lifepoint Health and Bill Keller at HCA Healthcare. -
HCA expanding use of AI automation tool
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is expanding its use of an automated AI medical documentation tool to its network of emergency departments after a successful pilot. -
1st state passes law to decriminalize medical errors
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear recently signed a bill into law that shields healthcare providers from being criminally charged for medical errors, making it the first state to do so. -
Piedmont to centralize admin in new Atlanta HQ
Piedmont Healthcare, a 23-hospital health system based in Atlanta, will move hundreds of executive and administrative support workers from three Atlanta-area offices into a centralized location in the city's Atlantic Station district, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported April 23.
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