A cybersecurity incident has encrypted data and interrupted phone and internet systems at Mauston, Wis.-based Mile Bluff Medical Center. Clinical teams activated downtime procedures, with only “limited and temporary” disruptions to services, the hospital said in an April 21 statement.…
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NASA and the United Network for Organ Sharing are testing the use of drones in organ transport, according to an April 21 news release. The joint effort will analyze how drones can “make organ transport safer, faster and more efficient,”…
Jonathan Green, MD, has been named CEO of the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, the clinical research hospital for the NIH in Bethesda, Md., effective May 17. Dr. Green will oversee the 200-bed research hospital — the world’s largest…
Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems reported an operating income of $281 million (9.5% margin) on revenues of $3 billion in the first quarter of 2026, down slightly from a $284 million operating gain (9% margin) in the same period last…
Nurse shortages and mounting labor costs remain among health system CEOs’ top concerns, and the newest NSI survey puts fresh numbers on the financial risks hospitals face from vacancies and churn. The 2026 NSI National Health Care Retention & RN…
Derrick Todd, MD, a former Boston-based Brigham and Women’s rheumatologist, is facing over 100 sexual assault charges involving nearly two dozen patients, The Boston Globe reported April 21. Dr. Todd worked at two Brigham and Women’s hospitals and a physician…
Bahar Bazmi has been named chief revenue cycle officer of Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Health System, effective April 27. In her new role, Ms. Bazmi will provide strategic oversight of revenue cycle operations across the system, strengthening cross-team collaboration, elevating performance…
Methodist Mansfield (Texas) Medical Center named Melissa Winans, DNP, RN, vice president of nursing and chief nursing officer. Dr. Winans has more than 30 years of nursing experience and has served for over a decade as a chief nursing officer…