With only three months remaining in 2024, hospital and health systems are formulating their strategies for 2025 and beyond. Stephen Jones, MD, president and CEO of Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Health, recently spoke with Becker's about the system's strategies on topics from capital investments to partnerships with community organizations.

A federal judge has thrown out a COVID-19-related wrongful death lawsuit against former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, CBS affiliate WRGB reported Sept. 30.

Jenee Wilson, RN, has been appointed chief nursing officer of McLeansboro, Ill.-based Hamilton Memorial Hospital after serving in the role on an interim basis since Aug. 1.

A year after its release, the DAX Copilot from Microsoft subsidiary Nuance has become one of the most popular generative AI-powered clinical documentation tools for health systems.

Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Health has acquired Milford (Mass.) Regional Medical Center and the Milford Regional Physician Group as part of a new corporate affiliation.

Nearly a quarter of nurses are uncomfortable with artificial intelligence's use in healthcare, according to an Oct. 1 McKinsey & Co. report.

Michel Sadelain, MD, PhD, a CAR-T therapy innovator and one of the world's top immunologists, has left New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for two new roles at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, also in New York City.

Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based DCH Health System tapped Rachel Anderson to serve as its new vice president of supply chain. 

Chris Osentowski was appointed chief integration and development officer at Medical City Healthcare in Dallas, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, according to a news release shared with Becker's. 

Marcus Romanello, MD, has been named vice president for medical affairs and chief medical officer of Cincinnati-based Christ Hospital Health Network.

In 2024, U.S. healthcare technology experts reported that inefficiencies, system downtimes and poor health IT integration have contributed to industry losses exceeding $8 billion annually, up from $1.7 billion in 2017, according to an Oct. 1 survey from Black Book Research.

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare has recently made several executive changes within its hospitals.

Florida has the most top-ranked hospitals for angioplasty in the U.S., according to the WebMD Choice Awards.

Prosecutors say a network of illegal drug sellers established fake pharmacies that sold pills laced with fentanyl and methamphetamine, leading to nine deaths, The New York Times reported Sept. 30. 

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued an advisory opinion on Oct. 1 warning debt collectors — including third-party revenue cycle management companies — that they are violating federal law when they collect on inaccurate or invalid medical debts. 

Average weekly travel nurse pay in the U.S. in September was $2,259.75, down 0.24% from the previous month and down 4.58% from September 2023, according to data shared with Becker's from Vivian, a healthcare career marketplace.

A nonprofit founded by Alice Walton, the heiress to the Walmart fortune with an estimated net worth of $91.3 billion, gave $249 million to help fund a new medical school in Arkansas, Forbes reported Oct. 1. 

A $400 million fraud and kickback case against former Tenet Healthcare executives may finally advance to trial after federal investigators received the green light to use statements from 10 alleged co-conspirators, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Sept. 30.

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of remote and hybrid work in health systems, especially within IT teams. Healthcare organizations expect this trend to continue due to the flexibility it offers employees.

Private equity company Accel-KKR has acquired revenue cycle management company VisiQuate.