Most hospitals and systems with strong heart programs were rated in the "A" range by Moody's.

With the healthcare industry accounting for 8% of the nation's carbon footprint, some medical device companies are absorbed in waste-reducing initiatives — but hurdles await, The New York Times reported Feb. 26. 

The World Health Organization recommends the Northern Hemisphere's 2024-25 flu vaccines be trivalent. 

Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health System and Wayne, N.J.-based William Paterson University have signed an agreement for a collaboration to help improve health profession education and health services in New Jersey.

Not all state capitals are created equally, according to a Feb. 13 analysis from WalletHub. 

Bayfront Health St. Petersburg (Fla.) is undergoing a rebrand and will now add Orlando Health's name to its facility. 

GE HealthCare is partnering with health tech company Biofourmis to expand the application of patient monitoring technology from hospitals to the homes of patients.

A group of R1 RCM investors is weighing whether to take the revenue cycle management company private, Bloomberg reported Feb. 26. 

Here are 12 hospitals opening or expanding rehabilitation units and centers in 2024:

A recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are considered children under the law has worried cancer patients who use in vitro fertilization to preserve their reproductive options, The Washington Post reported Feb. 25.

Healthcare has a concerning debt-to-income ratio, with current student debt for nurses and physicians equaling more than half of their current annual salary, according to a new survey of the professionals. 

Los Angeles-based Keck Medicine of USC has appointed Mika Taylor chief of financial planning and analysis for the health system. 

E.J. Kuiper, CEO of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health's Midwest division, is leaving his post to helm Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System in Baton Rouge, La.

On Feb. 23, Colorado secured a national first by agreeing to establish a price ceiling on a medication, The Denver Post reported. 

A recent report from Chartis, a healthcare advisory services firm, found that 45 Texas rural hospitals are at risk of closure. The state's total composes the highest percentage of the 418 rural hospitals in the U.S. at the risk of closure.

Amid violence against healthcare workers, hospitals, health systems and states across the U.S. are working to address the issue. These efforts range from appointing "workplace violence coordinators" to holding a gun violence prevention forum.

Lewisburg, Pa.-based Evangelical Community Hospital is set to join York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health pending regulatory approval. 

Here are four hospitals and health systems that have implemented new EHR systems or announced plans to do so since Jan. 30:

More than two and a half years after the FDA warned about an increased risk of death linked to Pepaxto, a multiple myeloma drug, the agency withdrew the medication's approval Feb. 23. 

Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago advised patients to bring in printed copies of insurance cards and medication lists as it continues to deal with a cyberattack.