Transportation has been cited as a persistent barrier to healthcare access for many across the U.S. In an effort to curb that, a new partnership between Walgreens, DoorDash and Uber will now offer same-day delivery of HIV drugs to any patient within 15 miles of the pharmacy.

Nationwide shortages of rheumatoid arthritis drug methotrexate, which some pharmacies have restricted because it can cause pregnancy complications or miscarriage, continue as four prominent pharmaceutical companies report shortages.

Jacksonville Fla.-based Baptist Health has reported an overall improved net income in its most recent quarter, as investment values received a boost and offset increased expenses.

HCA Florida JFK North Hospital in West Palm Beach has named Andrea Augst its vice president of human resources, according to South Florida Hospital News. 

Women are more confident than men in their management abilities in the workplace — however, they are less likely to agree they'll have opportunities to prove themselves, CNBC reported Feb. 27. 

Most hospital and health systems expect outpatient volumes to increase this year, and 40 percent think inpatient volumes will drop, according to a Guidehouse Center for Health Insights analysis of a Healthcare Financial Management Association survey.

Akorn Operating Co., a Gurnee, Ill.-based drugmaker that shut down in late February after years of manufacturing violations and dwindling finances, settled for $7.9 million in a lawsuit involving Medicare false claim allegations. 

Russian-based MedusaLocker ransomware group is upping its tactics and the HHS is warning healthcare organizations to "holistically require" multiple levels of access and authentication controls to defend against this group. 

Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., said that the Department of Veterans Affairs Oracle Cerner EHR rollout "continues to burn money and disrupt care," Nextgov reported March 1. 

Independent pharmacies across the country have stopped stocking diabetes drug Ozempic, a popular off-label weight loss aid, but not because of the ongoing shortages, NBC News reported March 2.

The CDC is urging Kentucky health officials to be on "high alert" for measles symptoms after determining about 20,000 people may have been exposed to the disease at a large religious gathering in the state, CBS News reported March 1. 

Montana and Wyoming have seen increased hospital admissions due to COVID-19 over the last two weeks — 57 percent and 41 percent, respectively — giving some experts pause.

New York City-based Mount Sinai Morningside named Sean Pinney, MD, an expert in advanced heart failure and transplantation, chief of cardiology.

Nine months after the Federal Trade Commission launched an inquiry into pharmacy benefit practices, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability opened an investigation March 1. 

A new U.S. intelligence report has determined that "Havana syndrome," a mysterious illness first identified in 2016, was not caused by the actions of a foreign adversary, The Washington Post reported March 1. 

Shelbyville, Ind.-based Major Health Partners went live with Meditech's new Expanse Patient Care tool.

Texas' physician gold-card rule took effect in October, but providers are not seeing the results they hoped for, the American Medical Association reported March 1. 

Lawyers for some nurses in New York and Georgia maintain that their clients completed required coursework and legitimately earned their nursing diplomas, but are being lumped together in the national scheme involving the sale of thousands of bogus degrees. 

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems said about 1 million of its patients may have been affected by a recent data breach.

Several health systems recently posted financial results for 2022, with many seeing higher expenses and losses from investments contributing to sizable net losses for the year.