President Donald Trump doubled down on his claims that hospitals are hoarding personal protective equipment during a March 30 news briefing. 

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger and Atlantic City, N.J.-based AtlantiCare have reached an agreement to part ways, the two health systems announced March 31. 

Based on the current growth rate of COVID-19 cases, the number of patients at Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spectrum Health could exceed its capacity in early May, its top leader said. 

Newton, Mass.-based Atrius Health, the state's largest independent physician group, is temporarily closing offices, furloughing many nonclinical employees and deferring pay for remaining workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Kaiser Health News reported.

Abortions in Texas have been temporarily halted during the COVID-19 pandemic after an appeals court overturned a federal judge's orders, according to the Texas Tribune.

As COVID-19 continues to spread across the country, hospitals are incorporating artificial intelligence into their daily operations.

The Joint Commission supports the use of standard face masks and respirators brought from home when personal protective equipment is unavailable to healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Below are five hospitals or health systems that recently posted job listings seeking CMOs.

Hundreds of medical students formed a volunteer network in Minnesota to help healthcare workers with any personal needs, like child care or grocery shopping, reports STAT.

A majority of U.S. clinicians (62 percent) felt that their facility was not adequately prepared to handle an influx of new coronavirus patients, according to a new survey.

Only three of 50 top U.S. companies — Citigroup, Mastercard and Starbucks — earned an "A" in gender pay equity, according to an analysis from investment manager Arjuna Capital and shareholder advocacy group Proxy Impact.

A new study shows that the disease caused by the new coronavirus kills about 13.4 percent of patients 80 years and older compared to 0.3 percent of patients in their 40s, according to STAT.

The University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center is asking nurses to perform some cleaning duties in COVID-19 patients' rooms in place of housekeepers, reports CBS Chicago.

Laboratories across the U.S. are ramping up testing for COVID-19 after the FDA issued a string of clearances to boost production. However, it's unclear whether this heightened testing capacity can make up for lost time and temper the outbreak's rapid progression, reports STAT. 

Louisiana's economy is most exposed to a fallout from COVID-19, according to a ranking published by WalletHub March 31. 

Below are 10 hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking CEOs during the past few weeks.

The following payer executives changed their positions in March.

A gaseous cloud carrying droplets is created when humans cough or sneeze, and it can travel up to 27 feet, Lydia Bourouiba, PhD, associate professor at MIT and researcher of the dynamics of exhalations, told USA Today.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina named Tunde Sotunde, MD, president and CEO effective June 1.

Novant Health in Winston-Salem, N.C., has selected Carmen Canales to serve as its new senior vice president and chief human resources officer, effective April 20.