The landscape of community healthcare in the U.S. has been changing rapidly as major drugstore chains like Rite Aid, Walgreens and CVS announced widespread closures leading to widespread "pharmacy deserts," CNBC reported Oct. 11. 

Chicago-based CommonSpirit, a 158-hospital system, expects to receive about $1.3 billion in payments from various one-time funding opportunities by the second quarter of 2025, executives said during the health system's Oct. 4 investor call.

The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have received approval from the city of Boston's Planning Department to develop an estimated $1.68 billion cancer hospital, a spokesperson for Dana Farber confirmed with Becker's.

The average length of stay at hospitals across the U.S. is dropping slightly, while observation days have big declines year over year, according to Kaufman Hall's National Hospital Flash Report.

Since the program first launched more than a decade ago, 800 healthcare workers at Durham, N.C.-based Duke University Health System and 17,000 nationwide have been trained as well-being ambassadors.

Culture and creating value is a top priority for Houston-based Memorial Hermann CEO David Callender, MD.

The path from data overload to useful information and from there to true insight can take a number of turns. Moreover, it can be easy to get lost among the seemingly endless branches of information available today.

From seeking Chapter 11 protection on May 6 to sharing plans to close four of its hospitals across Massachusetts and Ohio that would result in a combined 2,187 layoffs, Dallas-based Steward Health Care has experienced a great deal of turbulence over the last year.

Over the last few months, Dallas-based Steward Health Care has been subject to increased scrutiny regarding the health system's troubled finances and the status of its more than 30 hospitals across eight states. 

In being named the official team physicians of the Detroit Red Wings, Detroit-based Henry Ford Health now oversees care for all four of the city's professional sports teams.

New York City-based NYU Langone Health has partnered with the city's department of education to prepare local high school students for careers in nursing and clinical research.

Health systems across the country are expanding their facilities to accommodate additional patients and services.

It's been a tough year for retail companies looking to lean into healthcare delivery. 

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Christopher Lopez approved the sale of Dallas-based Steward Health Care's Odessa (Texas) Regional Medical Center and Big Spring, Texas-based Scenic Mountain Medical Center to Brentwood, Tenn.-based Quorum Health during an Oct. 11 hearing. 

CVS Health's top executive for customer experience is headed to Revlon to serve as CEO of the cosmetics company.

New York City-based NYU Langone has named Shridar Ganesan, MD, PhD, as director of the Perlmutter Cancer Center's new Center for Molecular Oncology. In collaboration with teams across NYU Langone, Dr. Ganesan will lead integration of genomic sequencing to personalize cancer care plans.

Members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers are set to begin an open-ended strike Oct. 21 at Kaiser Permanente locations in Southern California.

Daytona Beach, Fla.-based B. Braun Medical plant, which produces nearly one-quarter of the IV fluids in the U.S., has emerged unscathed following Hurricane Milton, The New York Times reported Oct. 10. 

Gender parity in workplaces remains a key issue, with progress made over the past 10 years but more work lies ahead. 

Southern Health Corporation of Houston (Miss.), a subsidiary of Atlanta-based SunLink Health Systems, has sold the hospital building and related real estate of its former Houston, Miss.-based Trace Regional Hospital, for approximately $2 million.