A phishing scam impersonating MyChart is targeting patients at health systems across the country, with fraudulent emails and texts dangling a “MyChart Medicare Kit” or “Senior Health Package” to trick recipients into clicking malicious links or handing over personal information.…
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VYKAT XR (diazoxide choline), the first FDA-approved medication specifically indicated for hyperphagia in patients ages 4 and older with Prader-Willi syndrome, is facing increased safety scrutiny following reports of seven deaths and more than 100 serious adverse events. The reported…
An appeal related to a certificate of need application for Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health’s planned hospital has been dismissed. Six things to know: 1. The system can move forward with planning and development of its $250 million Cone Health Mebane…
Health system CIOs have long vetted technology vendors for security, reliability and compliance. Increasingly, they’re also being asked to answer for who those vendors are outside healthcare. The question has sharpened in recent months after Portland, Maine-based MaineHealth and New…
Emily Moorhead, president of the Macomb market at Detroit-based Henry Ford Health, spent her first year building a foundation — strengthening quality metrics, deepening physician partnerships and improving financial performance. The growth question she’s now putting to her leadership team…
A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers introduced legislation Aug. 6 that would bar hospitals and other Medicare-participating facilities from forcing nurses to work mandatory overtime, backed by civil penalties of up to $10,000 per violation. The Nurse Overtime and Patient…
Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health named Thomas Gough executive vice president and COO, effective Sept. 14. Mr. Gough will oversee operations across the health system, according to an Aug. 12 health system news release. He spent the last decade at Raleigh,…
AdventHealth and Intermountain Health have signed a definitive agreement to form their Denver-area joint venture, the next step in a deal that would place eight hospitals under AdventHealth management. The systems signed a letter of intent July 21 and formalized…
The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living recognized four leaders and frontline staff in its 2026 Provider Achieving Care Excellence Awards Program. The program, formerly known as the AHCA/NCAL Awards Program, recognizes outstanding contributions of leaders…
Henderson (Nev.) Hospital has shared plans to end maternity and neonatal intensive care unit services Sept. 30 following an internal assessment. The 338-bed acute care hospital, which is a member of Las Vegas-based The Valley Health System, is working with…