Montgomery, Ala.-based Jackson Hospital detected “suspicious activity” June 8 in its computer network and has opened an investigation into the incident. The investigation, which involves third-party cybersecurity and digital forensic specialists, appears to be a limited event with no data…
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Sayre, Pa.-based Guthrie Clinic has appointed Patricia Lohr, DNP, RN, chief nurse executive. Dr. Lohr will begin serving in the role June 22, according to a June 9 news release from Guthrie Clinic. She most recently served as system chief…
At least 20 healthcare organizations have reported data breaches affecting 100,000 or more individuals to federal regulators so far in 2026, according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal. The 2026 breaches are already approaching last year’s totals.…
Trust in the CDC has fallen sharply over the past year, according to a June report from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston and the de Beaumont Foundation’s Public Health Listening Lab. The poll surveyed 2,205…
Most healthcare conference sessions focus on success stories. John Couris, president and CEO of the Florida Health Sciences Center at Tampa General Hospital, believes healthcare leaders should spend more time talking about failure. “We don’t talk enough about failure in…
Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine has extended the appointment of CEO Kevin Mahoney through June 2031. Mr. Mahoney has led the University of Pennsylvania Health System since July 2019, a health system spokesperson said in a June 9 statement shared with Becker’s.…
Brain disorders affect more than 3 billion people worldwide. In the U.S. alone, nearly 5% of all newborns will have autism, intellectual disability, behavioral problems or epilepsy. On the other end of the lifespan, more than 55 million people around…
Every health system I talk to is “doing AI.” There’s a pilot in radiology. A GenAI scribe in ambulatory. A predictive model for readmissions – perhaps by someone who built two years ago, left the organization and now nobody can…
When I think about what defines high-quality health care, I don’t start with a single visit or a specific service. I start with a broad view of the full care experience: how care is delivered over time, across settings and…
Athletic trainers are licensed healthcare providers and are qualified to scrub into the operating room as surgical first assists in most states, which offers hospitals a valuable pipeline to fill surgical technologist gaps. In 2024, health systems reported that surgical…