Despite an uptick in cyberattacks, about two in five cybersecurity and IT executives believe that their organization wouldn't be able to handle a data breach.

I'm often asked about the best thing leaders can do to keep their teams engaged. My answer is simple: Stay relentlessly and unapologetically focused.

Citing efforts to improve coordinated care for patients, the HHS Office of Inspector General and CMS recently proposed an overhaul to the federal Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law.

Multiple escape attempts occurred at Helena, Mont.-based Shodair Children's Hospital this summer before a patient was fatally hit by a vehicle while running from the psychiatric facility July 15, according to a state report obtained by NBC affiliate KTVH.

Just three days of vaping can cause lung damage, even if e-cigarettes do not contain nicotine, according to a study published in FASEB BioAdvances.

The CDC reported 163 new cases of vaping-related illnesses this week, bringing the national case count to 2,051 as of Nov. 5. 

Five recent articles posted by Becker's Hospital Review that concern payer-provider relationships:

The University of Iowa Health Care in Iowa City will be considered an in-network provider for Medicare patients with health insurance through HealthPartners UnityPoint Health's health plan, according to The Gazette.

Medicaid work requirements will be among the first to go after apparent Kentucky Gov.-elect Andy Beshear, a Democrat, takes office, according to CNBC.

The Indiana Hospital Association should establish a nonprofit fund to invest net income from the state's nonprofit hospitals back into the community, the former president of the state's economic development corporation told Inside INdiana Business.

Greensburg, Pa.-based Excela Health is seeing signs of a financial turnaround, but will face new competition for patients from Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Porter Adventist Hospital in Denver confirmed to Becker's Hospital Review that it has made operational and administrative cuts to its staff.

The House will not vote on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's drug pricing bill until at least December, a senior Democratic aide told Politico.

Endo International is searching for a new CEO after Paul Campanelli said this week that he intends to retire, according to the Philadelphia Business Journal.

Though the U.S. spends the most on healthcare globally, its quality performance doesn't necessarily reflect this when compared to other countries, according to a report published Nov. 7 from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. 

When seeking to deploy a new artificial intelligence solution, IT teams can secure leaders' support by playing down the "scarier" technical aspects and focusing instead on AI's potential to augment human abilities and drive major returns on investment.

Several months after the first U.S. cancer patients were treated with CRISPR gene-editing technology, scientists shared Nov. 6 that initial results demonstrate the safety and feasibility of the treatment, NPR reports.

Cleveland-based University Hospitals appointed Alan J. Papa president of UH Ahuja Medical Center in Beachwood, Ohio, effective Nov. 18.

Baystate Health partnered with General Devices to pilot a mobile application, which streamlines the exchange of heart attack patients' information between EMS and emergency department clinicians at the Springfield, Mass.-based health system, according to MassLive. 

About 10 percent of discharged hospital patients who have online access to their health records actually view, download and transmit their health information, according to a recent study published in Health Affairs.