Miami-based Baptist Health, Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare and Louisville-based UofL Health are partnering with Indiana University Southeast in New Albany to build a laboratory science degree and workforce development program.

A proposed Indiana bill seeks to revoke the nonprofit status of a hospital if it charges patients more than 200% of the Medicare reimbursement rate, WANE reported Jan. 16.  

Pittsburgh-based UPMC Health System has appointed Lisa Cain, MSN, RN, as chief nursing officer and vice president of patient care services at UPMC Memorial in York, Pa. 

St. Louis-based Ascension has named Jenna Lambrecht associate vice president of back end revenue cycle, according to a Jan. 22 post on her LinkedIn page. 

Amanda Shrout, DNP, RN, has been named chief nursing officer and vice president of patient care services at Sinai Hospital and Grace Medical Center, both part of Baltimore-based LifeBridge Health. 

Springfield, Mo.-based Drury University is launching a master of healthcare administration program led by two retired healthcare executives.

A recent study conducted by researchers from Seattle-based University of Washington  and Durham, N.C.-based Duke University found a strong association between the use of fall-risk increasing drugs and a higher incidence of injurious falls in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 

A number of hospitals and health systems are reducing their workforces or jobs due to financial and operational challenges. 

Cincinnati Children's and Akron (Ohio) Children's have launched a cardiovascular care partnership. 

Renton, Wash.-based Providence is streamlining its executive management structure under new President and CEO Erik Wexler.

About a year and a half ago, leaders at St. Louis-based Ascension identified a critical need to revamp nurse preceptor training.

As hospitals evolve over time, their physical layouts often tell the story of their history. Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital, which opened in 1927 on Davis Islands, is no exception.

Bryn Mawr, Pa.-based Main Line Health has eliminated approximately 200 administrative and management positions, including roles in IT, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Jan. 22.

As the challenges of rising operational costs and declining reimbursements continue to plague the healthcare industry, Steven Febus, CFO of Pullman (Wash.) Regional Hospital is leveraging partnerships and technologies to address them.

Patients who travel longer distances to emergency facilities are more likely to present with more severe medical conditions, highlighting travel time as a key indicator of healthcare access, according to a study published Jan. 21 in JAMA Network Open.

Intermountain Alta View Hospital in Sandy, Utah, has opened a women's center featuring a newly added labor-and-delivery unit. 

Steven Hankins has been appointed COO of Carondelet St. Joseph's Hospital in Tucson, Ariz.

The Department of Homeland Security has lifted restrictions on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers, allowing enforcement actions, including arrests, to take place in previously protected "sensitive" areas like hospitals.

Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan, has reached labor contracts with three of its healthcare unions.

Austin, Texas, tops WalletHub's 2025 ranking of the best cities for science, technology, engineering and math professionals.