Houston-based Texas Heart Institute researchers potentially have found a new way to use cell therapy to treat chronic heart failure.

Winston Salem, N.C.-based Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, now part of Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health, has filed a certificate of need to build a $246 million hospital in Greensboro, N.C, the Triad Business Journal reported Feb. 28. 

East Lansing, Mich.-based MSU Health Care tapped Michael Weiner, DO, as its chief medical officer.

A federal judge ruled that New Hampshire's practice of temporarily boarding mental health patients in hospital emergency departments is an illegal seizure of the hospitals' property, radio station WBUR reported Feb. 27.

Sellersview, Pa.-based Grand View Health said it has formed an alliance with Doylestown (Pa.) Health to "deepen" the relationship between the two systems.

The American Hospital Association has elected Joseph Impicciche, CEO of St. Louis-based Ascension, to fill a vacancy on its board of trustees, the advocacy group's most important policy making body.

Steve Gordon, MD, was named president and CEO of Bend, Ore.-based St. Charles Health System.

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for the U.S., but the nation continues to lag behind in addressing it — 27 states have even received grades of "D" or "F" for cardiovascular outcomes.

Nearly 38 million people in the U.S. are living with diabetes. It is a chronic health condition physicians receive copious training around, yet treating patients without stigma-centric language is not part of it, according to Mihail Zilbermint, MD, a physician at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore.

Digital health and wellness platform Him & Hers reported revenue of $526.9 million for 2022, a 94 percent year-over-year increase.

Retail giant Walmart and managed care company CareSource are entering a three-year partnership aiming to address racial disparities and health inequities.

South Bend, Wash.-based Willapa Harbor Hospital is planning to build a $65 million facility on a recently purchased 20-acre plot of land in Raymond, Wash., The Daily World reported Feb. 27.

Gallup, N.M.-based Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital is applying to become a critical access hospital; if CMS approves its application, it will reduce its bed capacity from 49 to 25, local news outlet KOB reported Feb. 28.

Thirty-three states have joined the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, which provides physicians a voluntary, expedited pathway to practice in multiple states.

The U.S. and New York state settled with eight nursing home owners for $7,168,000 to resolve allegations they submitted claims to Medicaid for worthless services provided to residents.

New York City-based NYU Langone Health has deployed "digital patient hubs" to more than 1,600 inpatient beds across its hospitals.

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health has named Katie Ensign its new vice president of community investment and impact. 

Former Cerner Vice President Kevin McArdle is co-founding and will serve as CEO of Big Band, a software-as-a-service holding company looking to deploy $100 million to buy software companies.

Hospital and health system marketing leaders told Becker's they're using TikTok to reach its patients "where they are."

Russian hacking group Killnet, which disrupted hospital and health system websites across the U.S. in February, might be behind an attack on nine Danish hospitals, The Register reported Feb. 28.