Surgical robotics platforms are increasingly being integrated into operating rooms at health systems across the country. 

"As we look at personalized medicine, it’s about ensuring patients – and their families – have the most comprehensive care plans, incorporating both traditional elements of care with genomics and next generation ‘omics. This requires health systems to address barriers head-on, whether related to education, cost or access." Justin Brueck, assistant vice president of NorthShore University HealthSystem.

In one important way, your average stock portfolio is the same as the stock on hospital inventory shelves.

The CEO of Encompass Health's home health and hospice business is stepping down as the Birmingham, Ala.-based post-acute provider continues to review strategic alternatives for the business.

Below are eight hospitals that have announced or finalized name changes since March 1:

Aberdeen, Wash.-based Grays Harbor Community Hospital, Harbor Medical Group and their outpatient clinics will rebrand as Harbor Regional Health, according to local news station KXRO.

CVS Health is looking to significantly expand its healthcare interactions in the next decade, the company said in its updated Transform Health 2030 strategy.

Southwest General Hospital in San Antonio is getting a new name, its owner, Dallas-based Steward Health Care said March 29. 

More than 12 months spent operating in "survival mode" has led to new and different challenges for hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a hospital survey conducted by HHS' Office of Inspector General.

Strategic planning for healthcare operations after COVID requires a couple of key components: 1) understanding the constants; and 2) adapting to the changes. The challenge is identifying what falls into each category.

Summit Medical Group, the largest physician-owned multispecialty group in New Jersey, and CityMD, a New York City-based urgent care provider, have rebranded as Summit Health. 

Robotic surgery represents an evolutionary turning point in surgical care. Robotic platforms support minimally invasive procedures associated with lower infection rates, faster recoveries, and increased patient satisfaction. These surgical programs are also enabling critical access hospitals to expand the services they provide to their communities. 

Conversions of provider-based entities (i.e., hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs)) to freestanding ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) are on the rise.

Below are six hospitals that have announced or finalized name changes since Feb. 1.

The pace and scale of COVID-19 vaccination needed to curb the pandemic requires the use of conventional healthcare sites and high-throughput, mass vaccination events at stadiums, arenas and convention centers, Atul Gawande, MD, and colleagues write for the New England Journal of Medicine. 

Amazon is opening health centers in five states to provide primary care to its employees. 

UPMC is opening a rehabilitation program in Italy to treat the lingering effects of COVID-19, the Pittsburgh-based health system said March 9.

Over the past year, community hospitals were challenged with addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, while limited resources, clinician burnout and community outreach continue to be an issue.

Haven, the healthcare partnership formed by Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathway, is disbanding less than three years after forming. Atul Gawande, MD, Haven's former CEO, explained why the venture wasn't set up to succeed in a discussion Feb. 26 with Robert Wachter, MD, chair of the University of California San Francisco's department of medicine. 

Stadiums, racetracks and more — something health systems have become increasingly familiar with as they spearhead mass COVID-19 vaccination events. They've proved a successful model to quickly get shots in arms, but what does it take to hit the ground running with an effort of such scale?