Hospitals have posted 88 CEO exits through the first seven months of 2026, up 13% from 78 in the same period last year, according to a report from global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas published Aug. 31. Six things…
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Nearly half of adults who started semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) for obesity management discontinued treatment within 12 months, a nationwide cohort study found. Researchers analyzed 157,822 first-time semaglutide users without diabetes in Denmark between Dec. 1, 2022, and Nov. 1, 2024,…
Milwaukee-based Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital sued CVS Health Aug. 20 alleging the company and its subsidiaries diverted about $18 million in 340B drug pricing savings from the hospital between 2020 and 2025. The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court for…
New York City-based NYU Langone received approval from Brookhaven’s (N.Y.) town board during an Aug. 27 meeting to move forward with its $650 million expansion at NYU Langone Hospital–Suffolk in Patchogue, N.Y., a spokesperson for the health system said in…
The physician gender pay gap has remained steady at 26% overall for two years in a row, Doximity found. Doximity, a digital platform for U.S. medical professionals, released its 2026 Physician Compensation Report Aug. 25. The report surveyed physicians in…
The traditional health system IT department runs on analysts and infrastructure specialists who build, configure and maintain the systems clinicians depend on. Will Landry, senior vice president and CIO at FMOL Health in Baton Rouge, La., thinks that model is…
Florida holds the top three best U.S. cities to retire in, according to an Aug. 31 ranking from personal finance website WalletHub. To develop the list, WalletHub compared the retiree-friendliness of more than 180 U.S. cities, including the 150 most…
Hospital leaders are bracing for pediatric residency changes that could reshape the hospital workforce, a recent study found. The study, published May 27 in Hospital Pediatrics, surveyed pediatric hospital medicine leaders at 101 hospitals. The survey asked about leaders’ staffing…
The FDA has alerted patients who had mammograms at Mammography Center of Monterey (Calif.) on or after Dec. 22, 2023, to possible quality problems with their mammograms. The facility failed an additional mammography review, with some deficiencies in clinical image…
McKesson said a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to third-party applications and data exfiltration affected a subset of customers within two of its business units. The Irving, Texas-based company said in an Aug. 29 cybersecurity update that the incident was…