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Grand Forks, N.D.-based Altru Health System will discontinue its home health services Sept. 1, citing regulatory pressures. “After careful consideration, we have made the decision to discontinue home health services on September 1,” an Altru spokesperson said in a statement…

Hyde County (N.C.) Emergency Medical Services said Aug. 11 it is the first EMS team in the U.S. to deploy a one-person aircraft, piloted by a paramedic, to provide advanced life support to patients waiting on ambulances.  During two 911…

Los Angeles-based UCLA Health disclosed a data breach involving patient information that was inconsistent with the health system’s privacy policies governing protected health information.  UCLA Health discovered the activity on July 2, and took steps to stop it while launching…

Advocate Health logged 2.2 million virtual care encounters in 2025, a 30% jump from the prior year, according to a new report. The Charlotte, N.C.-based health system now offers 47 virtual care services across 258 sites in 10 states. The…

MemorialCare named Hoda Assadian COO for Long Beach Medical Center and Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital, all located in Long Beach, Calif. In her role, Ms. Assadian will lead operational strategy across the shared Long Beach campus, advance operational performance…

Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network has named three new leaders to its AHN Beaver (Pa.) and AHN Sewickley (Pa.) hospitals, effective Aug. 17. Duke Rupert will serve as president of both hospitals, with Keith Lorenz as COO and Joshua Miller as…

Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health has launched Atlantic Health PatientGPT, a clinical AI tool built with K Health that helps patients understand symptoms and connects them directly to system clinicians. PatientGPT integrates with Atlantic Health’s EHR and patient portal, drawing on…

Twelve health systems have formed the Diagnostic AI Consortium with Aidoc, a New York-based clinical AI company, to set shared standards for how diagnostic artificial intelligence is evaluated, deployed and monitored across hospitals. The launch follows years of strain on…

CEO confidence improved slightly in the third quarter of 2026, with more than half of CEOs planning annual raises of 3% to 3.9%, according to an Aug. 6 report from The Conference Board. Here are seven things to know: 1.…