The Maryland Department of Health awarded $80 million to 41 grantees in the first round of funding under the Rural Health Transformation Program, Gov. Wes Moore announced Aug. 10. The awards fund projects to expand primary care, behavioral health and…
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Aug. 10 overhauling childhood vaccine schedules at the federal level, calling for separate shots in place of the combined measles-mumps-rubella vaccine and narrowing the list of immunizations recommended for all children. The Gold…
CMS found Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., to be operating in “substantial compliance” with agency requirements following a July 9 validation and complaint survey, according to an Aug. 3 CMS notice reviewed by Becker’s. Six things to know: 1. In…
Northeast Georgia Health System has become the fifth health system in the country to deploy Epic’s Chart with Art ambient AI tool for nursing documentation. A pilot group of 15 nurses and two patient care technicians is testing the technology…
Hospital sales are picking up steam as various health systems under financial pressure look to trim underperforming assets, exit noncore markets and redirect capital toward strategic priorities. Recent hospital divestitures have come from nonprofit giants carrying hundreds of millions of…
At least three health systems have seen more than one C-suite leader exit the organization at the same time in 2026, and while the drivers behind each departure differ, all three came at moments when the organization was already in…
Providence, R.I.-based Brown University Health is notifying 311,760 patients that their personal information may have been compromised in a data breach involving a legacy file server used by one of its physician practices, according to a July 16 notice submitted…
Oliver Galicki has been named vice president and deputy CIO applications at MedStar Health, based in Columbia, Md. Mr. Galicki made the announcement via an Aug. 10 LinkedIn post. “I’m looking forward to joining the team, learning the organization, and…
Fort Worth, Texas-based JPS Health Network remains in a “controlled network downtime” as of Aug. 10, more than a week after detecting suspicious activity in its technology environment. The health system, which operates a 582-bed hospital and more than 25…
Portland-based MaineHealth has received state approval for York Hospital in York, Maine, to join the health system, a transaction that would bring MaineHealth’s hospital count to 10. The organizations expect the transaction to close Oct. 1. The approval follows a…