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

Nursing roles dominate LinkedIn's list of most in-demand healthcare jobs, while care coordinator tops its list of healthcare jobs with the fastest-growing demand.

Jay Kohlbrenner, PhD, RN, a former vice president of clinical services and chief nursing officer for 20 years at Bethpage, N.Y.-based St. Joseph's Hospital, died July 6 at 72.

Optum has named Benjamin Shobert senior vice president of clinical data.

CMS' making care primary model launched July 1 with 133 participants representing 772 practices across the U.S.

Boston is the U.S. city with the highest older adult housing occupancy rate, at 90.6%, according to data from the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC).

Maryville, Tenn.-based Blount Memorial Hospital has sold MorningView Village, a senior living facility, for $22.7 million to Ocoee Foundation, a Cleveland, Tenn.-based nonprofit. ABC affiliate WATE reported July 9.

The Pennant Group plans to acquire Signature Healthcare at Home for $80 million. 

Kenyatta Casimir and her partner were thrilled when they found out they were pregnant—but as a Black woman, Kenyatta also felt concern. She was keenly aware that her risk of experiencing pregnancy-related complications was high. It didn’t matter that she was young, healthy, and informed. She knew that for her, having a baby in the U.S. - and in her case, twins - was a risk. Her chances of being dismissed or mistreated by her doctor and care team were high and the possibility of being referred to a specialist if needed was lower than others. 

Widespread power outages are complicating care delivery for Houston hospitals amid a severe heatwave in the wake of Hurricane Beryl, The New York Times reported.

Site preparation and pre-construction on University of Maryland Shore Regional Health's largest hospital will begin later in July.

As more older adults opt for Medicare Advantage plans, reimbursement fights between hospitals and insurers are increasingly centered around those contracts.

After receiving funding from Amazon Web Services, Children's National is looking to hire 30 additional positions within its organization in order to advance its artificial intelligence work, Washington Business Journal reported July 11. 

Where staffing levels and morale are low and burnout remains high at certain hospitals and health systems in the post-pandemic world, San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare is working to strengthen personal care for employees by improving upon a more than 20-year-old philosophy at the health system, The Sharp Experience.

Mark Rosenblatt, MD, PhD, was selected as the new CEO of the University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics at UIC, or UI Health, based in Chicago.

Several hospitals and health systems across the country were awarded $275,000 each for projects designed to elevate and tackle equity issues affecting the nurse workforce.

York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health has begun construction on its third hospital in partnership with the microhospital developer Emerus.

Trade and supply chain workers at UChicago Medicine plan to begin a strike July 14, according to union SEIU Local 73. 

Data indicates a growing share of U.S. hospitals rely on international nurses at a time when the federal government is limiting the number of visa applications from foreign-educated nurses being processed.

Becker's has reported on 12 health systems that have opted to outsource finance jobs or other revenue cycle functions in 2024: