Portland, Ore.-based Northwest Regional Heart and Vascular has been renamed Adventist Health Northwest Heart Center.

Infant mortality rates increased by 3% in 2022 compared with 2021 and marks the second straight year of increases, according to the CDC.

Nearly 1 in 5 physicians experienced post-traumatic stress disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic — more than three times higher than the general population, a recent study found.

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab was ranked the top rehabilitation hospital by U.S. News and World Report, according to its 2024-2025 rankings.

CEOs' concerns about inflation have grown following the Federal Reserve's decision to maintain interest rates in June.

Tenet Healthcare CEO Saum Sutaria, MD, said that as the for-profit system fully emerges from the pandemic, its "repositioned portfolio of businesses is generating stronger results with attractive margins and strong free cash flow generation."

Age diversity in the University of Kansas Health System's leadership team is valued.

Morrow County Hospital, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Mount Gilead, Ohio, will join Columbus-based OhioHealth after the Morrow County Hospital board of trustees and Morrow County Commissioners voted to enter into a membership agreement with the health system. 

Optum is closing clinics in multiple states and laying off 524 employees across California.

Walgreens has received $25 million in federal funding to conduct a decentralized clinical trial on COVID-19 vaccine immunity. 

St. Louis-based Ascension is implementing a strategy to improve its financial health, continue investments, and evaluate its portfolio and future geographic footprint.

St. Louis-based Ascension has taken another step in its effort to reorganize its portfolio — a strategy designed to enhance operating performance and ensure sustainability.

Jeffrey Ferranti, MD, chief digital officer of Duke University Health System, was awakened in the early morning hours of July 19 with a text that the computers at his hospitals were down. His first thought: ransomware attack.

King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services posted a net income of $289.2 million in the second quarter of 2024, a 68.8% increase from the $171.3 million it posted in the same quarter last year, according to its July 24 earnings report. 

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems reported an operating income of $238 million (7.6% margin) in the second quarter, down slightly from $246 million (7.9% margin) during the same period last year.

The American Hospital Association has recognized Boston Medical Center as the 2024 recipient of its Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service.

Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has named Patrick McCormick senior vice president for hospital transformation, effective Sept. 3. He is currently vice president for oncology services at OHSU Knight Cancer Institute in Portland, Ore. 

The new wave of dynamic, driven and visionary healthcare leaders is working to make patient care more accessible, more affordable and more streamlined. These professionals, working in a variety of roles throughout the healthcare spectrum, aim to change healthcare for the better.

All of Dallas-based Steward Health Care's Massachusetts hospitals have received some form of a bid, a spokesperson for Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey confirmed with Becker's.

Optum Health has named Lindsay Jubelt as its new chief clinical officer.