President Joe Biden on May 4 unveiled the country's newest vaccination goal: 70 percent of adults receiving at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose and 160 million fully vaccinated adults by July 4.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Ascension Saint Thomas Heart will train the next generation of cardiologists with the launch of a cardiology fellowship program, according to a May 3 announcement shared with Becker's.

While volume of use has fluctuated over the years, CT scans have remained an essential part of a physician’s arsenal.

Offering telehealth and mental health services, and addressing poor housing conditions, are among the ways hospitals and health systems are improving the well-being of their surrounding communities.  

CMS recently named the 53 organizations that are participating in the 2021 performance year for the Global and Professional Direct Contracting Model.

Eleven healthcare organizations are asking CMS to delay a change in how ACOs report quality metrics.

Virtual care was a vital part of medical care during the pandemic, but as the pandemic curbs, so should telehealth, Elisabeth Rosenthal, MD, former emergency room physician and editor-in-chief of Kaiser Health News, wrote in an April 29 op-ed published in The New York Times.

Hospitals acquired by private equity firms had higher charge-to-cost ratios and higher operating margins than those not owned by a private equity firm, according to a study published May 3 in Health Affairs. 

Ten health system CEOs nationwide have signed the CEO Declaration of Principles, outlining a three-pillar renewed commitment to improve safety, well-being and equity for healthcare workers. 

As the COVID-19 pandemic eases in the U.S., so has the fear of visiting a clinical setting. With that has come a wave of progressing cancer diagnoses that slipped through the cracks amid earlier stages of the pandemic, ProPublica reported May 4.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota announced it will continue to waive costs for in-network COVID-19 treatments through the end of the year.

Patients of physicians employed by hospitals are more likely to receive inappropriate referrals for diagnostic imaging, according to a study published May 3 in Health Affairs.

Twenty-two states told CBS News they are not ordering all available doses of COVID-19 vaccines allocated to them for the week of May 3. 

The Corner Office series asks healthcare executives to answer seven questions about their life in and outside the C-suite.

One in 3 neighborhoods in the country's 30 largest cities lack convenient access to a pharmacy, an issue much more prevalent among Black and Latinx communities, according to a study published May 3 in Health Affairs. 

The world has recorded more new COVID-19 cases in the last two weeks than during the first six months of the pandemic, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, director-general of the World Health Organization, said May 3.

Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., will name its new college of medicine in honor of Dr. Thomas Frist Jr., MD, co-founder of HCA Healthcare and former U.S. senator, the university said May 3. 

More than 2 million people were affected by data breaches in April, nearly double the number affected in March.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a vendor to gather information on EHR design, data capabilities, delivery and acquisition planning, according to an April 29 contractor listing.

Some of the sheriff's deputies providing security services at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center may soon be replaced by trained mental health workers, the San Francisco Examiner reported May 3.