The FDA has added a new cyclospora outbreak of at least 72 cases to its active investigations table. The July 22 listing marks the agency’s fifth active cyclospora investigation of the season. The new cluster comes amid what’s now the…
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A bill to grant security officers at three Albany-area hospitals peace officer status passed the New York legislature and was delivered to Gov. Kathy Hochul July 17 to await her signature. The bill, introduced March 6 by Assemblymember John McDonald…
Virtual care provider Teladoc Health launched a virtual care model that it said aims to replace fragmented, condition-by-condition care with a single, adaptive experience built around each patient’s full health needs, according to a news release shared with Becker’s. The…
OpenAI has expanded Health, a ChatGPT feature that lets users securely connect personal health data, to all eligible users in the U.S. The rollout covers logged-in users age 18 and older on web and iOS across the Free, Go, Plus…
HCA Healthcare’s Sunrise Children’s Hospital in Las Vegas has named Karen Ambrose its new COO. Ms. Ambrose joined the hospital from HCA Healthcare’s TriStar Centennial Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Nashville, Tenn., where she served as vice president of operations,…
In this episode, Dr. Nick Holekamp, Chief Health Transformation Officer at Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital in St. Louis, discusses why play is a critical part of recovery for children with medically complex conditions. He shares how innovative care models,…
Paul Ferguson was appointed COO of Hospital Sisters Health System’s Central Illinois market, a role he had held on an interim basis since April 2026. In the role, Mr. Ferguson oversees operations across five HSHS hospitals in the market: HSHS…
Cleveland-based University Hospitals has named Sylvia Radziszewski COO of University Hospitals Elyria (Ohio) Medical Center. Ms. Radziszewski will serve in that role while continuing to serve as president and COO of University Hospitals Samaritan Medical Center in Ashland, Ohio, according…
Community Health Systems’ second-quarter results are a warning to hospital leaders that rising self-pay volume is becoming a significant threat to margins. During its second-quarter earnings call on July 22, Franklin, Tenn.-based CHS outlined how a rapid rise in uninsured…
Community Health Systems is watching its accounts receivable grow as insurers slow down claims payments and pile on more pre-payment scrutiny, CFO Jason Johnson said on the Franklin, Tenn.-based health system’s second-quarter earnings call July 23. “One of the challenges…