Here are 18 health systems that have had their credit ratings upgraded by Fitch Ratings or Moody's Investor Services in 2024:

In the past five years, over 100 rural hospitals have stopped delivering babies, contributing to the 57% of rural U.S. hospitals that lack labor and delivery services.

Evanston, Ill.-based Endeavor Health has appointed its first-ever chief development officer to lead a comprehensive philanthropic strategy across its nine-hospital system, which unites four Chicago-area health systems.

New Orleans-based Ochsner Health is eliminating about $366 million of medical debt for patients across the system, The Times-Picayune reported Aug. 21.

Healthcare leaders should empower physicians to ask questions about regulatory requirements to identify clerical tasks that may not be necessary and reduce burnout, according to the American Medical Association.

Frank Sacco, former president and CEO of Hollywood, Fla.-based Memorial Healthcare System, died at age 77.

The medical center director and chief of staff at Buffalo (N.Y.) VA Medical Center have been "immediately transferred" out of their positions as the VA awaits results from an investigation into care delays at the hospital.

From landmark research investments to precision oncology networks, here are 10 recent oncology partnerships to know:

Health systems nationwide have faced growing capacity challenges. So when Mass General Brigham launched its Patient Transfer and Access Center in October, the goal was to increase access and capacity for patients, particularly the sickest, across its academic medical centers and specialty and community hospitals. Nearly one year later, the health system is seeing progress toward this objective, its senior medical director of clinical integration told Becker's.

Leaders from four cardiology hospitals that were ranked among the best by U.S. News & World Report shared with Becker's what they would change about cardiology care.

Organizations have recently considered more significant changes to performance management, but it is important to understand what exactly motivates employees, according to an Aug. 21 article from McKinsey.

From going to space to running for mayor, here are seven cardiologists making headlines:

The American Hospital Association has named Scott Gee as its new deputy national advisor for cybersecurity and risk.

OSF OnCall, Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare's digital arm, has launched at-home monitoring for pediatric respiratory viruses. 

Philadelphia-based Main Line Health has made "chaos engineering" a cornerstone of its cybersecurity strategy, CSO Online reported Aug. 23. 

Jefferson Community Health & Life in Fairbury, Neb., appointed former CEO of two decades, Bill Welch, as its interim CEO, effective Sept. 3.

As Bellaire, Texas-based Harris Health System's first dual physician, president and CEO in the organization's more than 60 years, Esmaeil Porsa, MD, has made it his mission over the last four years in his role to instill something that he says is the largest challenge currently facing the healthcare industry: trust. 

MetroHealth has increased patients' refill retention rate from 35% to 80% — thanks to a few shifts in its operating model.

About 140 infants were abducted from healthcare facilities between 1964 and April 2024, and the number continued to decline, NPR affiliate WHYY reported Aug. 22.

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare started 2024 with a flurry of hospital sales, selling nine hospitals to three health systems and netting nearly $4 billion in gross proceeds.