A gift from Mark and Shelly Saltzman will rename Cleveland Clinic's Mentor Hospital building and create a new leadership position at the organization. 

Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health has named J. Nwando Olayiwola, MD, as president of the Advocate National Center for Health Equity. 

Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham is planning to roll out ambient documentation to 800 clinicians after a successful initial proof of concept with 20 clinicians across multiple specialties.

Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital will launch a new organ transplant program in late 2024 aimed at reducing healthcare disparities faced by Black patients, ABC affiliate WFTS reported July 9.

Around 13% of patients with a dementia diagnosis may instead have advanced liver disease — also called cirrhosis — which can cause reversible cognitive decline, researchers at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and the Richmond VA Medical Center found.

Fitch downgraded Houston-based Texas Children's Hospital's rating to "AA-" from "AA." 

Hospitals, on average, save $1,763 per admission, have fewer patient complications, and a decreased length of stay after implementing programs based on 12 standards outlined by the American College of Surgeons.

Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, has named two physicians to leadership roles.

Digital health funding is seeing a rebound with startups raising $5.7 billion across 266 deals in the first half of 2024, according to a July 8 report from Rock Health. 

Portland, Ore.-based nonprofit digital healthcare innovation group OCHIN, Inc. said 10 healthcare organizations began using its OCHIN Epic EHR in the second quarter of 2024.

Nurses at Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital in Dover, Ohio, have approved a new three-year labor contract.

Compared to white and cisgender adolescents, Black youth and transgender and nonbinary adolescents are less likely to be admitted for patient care, according to a study published July 8 in JAMA Pediatrics. 

A week after a study connected Ozempic and Wegovy to an eye condition that can cause partial blindness, two ophthalmology organizations said they have "been aware of other vision changes for some time."

Two health systems were a "match made in heaven" when they collaborated to form a virtual care company that has already been a hit with patients.

CAR-T therapy is becoming a more frequent treatment for Medicare patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, but changes in CAR-T treatments that push it as an earlier line of therapy may change where patients receive the therapy — and ultimately, its cost.

An investigation by the Federal Trade Commission into pharmacy benefit managers revealed PBM favoritism toward their own pharmacies and vast market control, which affects both medication access and affordability, according to the agency's initial July report.

Tanja Oquendo was named chief people officer of Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services, effective Aug. 12, according to a health system news release shared with Becker's.

Sam Pena, BSN, was named COO of HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center, according to a message to staff from CEO Chris Osentowski.

Tennessee law enforcement officials are investigating a murder-suicide at a Dunlap-based nursing home, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reported July 8.

Omaha, Neb.-based CHI Health has named Jenny Stachura, MSN, RN, chief nursing officer of its Midwest Division's Iowa/Nebraska market.