Brentwood, Tenn.-based Quorum Health recently emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The for-profit hospital operator's new CEO says the company is now set up for growth, according to the Nashville Business Journal. 

Cognitive dissonance, or having conflicting attitudes, beliefs and behaviors, is affecting how people respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Walmart, which is pushing deeper into the healthcare arena, is a "sleeping giant to watch" in the industry, Morgan Stanley analysts wrote in a note to clients, reports Bloomberg. 

The COVID-19 pandemic shut down elective and nonurgent procedures across the country, as hospitals raced to increase capacity for coronavirus patients and stay-at-home orders were implemented. As a result, hospitals had to make strategic pivots to their surgical services. One hospital in Georgia found that a strong robotics service line, in particular, was a boon in uncertain times.

The CEO of Sky Lakes Medical Center, a rural hospital in Klamath Falls, Ore., sees little way around consolidation for some rural hospitals that have been pushed to the brink by the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The hospital response to the COVID-19 pandemic looks different today than it did three months ago, with many hospitals choosing not to forgo elective surgeries despite an increase in coronavirus patients, according to the Los Angeles Times.

As hospitals consider reopening to visitors and resuming certain services, they must balance the need to offset financial losses from the COVID-19 pandemic with the need to ensure the safety of staff and patients.

In the last few months, Walmart has deepened its presence in healthcare with new primary care clinics and expanded telehealth services.

Delta Air Lines announced June 30 that it will consult with Mayo Clinic on COVID-19 testing for employees and the Rochester, Minn.-based hospital will advise the airline on safety measures. 

Weeks after tapping Cleveland Clinic to inform its social distancing protocols, United Airlines is back to booking flights to full capacity, according to USA Today.

The Washington Post’s recent story of a small-town Tennessee couple, entitled “Urgent needs from head to toe,” spells out in vivid detail some eye-opening realities for many people unable to access care outside of urban areas.

Oak Street Health, a Chicago-based network of primary care centers for Medicare patients, plans to open its first locations in New York and Mississippi this year.

A global crisis has no boundaries.

The majority of appointments at Sentara Healthcare will be remote for the foreseeable future, the Norfolk, Va.-based health system's chief information security officer told Business Insider.

As the coronavirus pandemic began to spread, most hospitals stopped doing elective surgeries to create capacity for the surge of infected patients.

Walmart will open two more standalone health clinics this month, including a site in Arkansas, the company said June 17. 

While some experts say a second wave of COVID-19 is taking hold in the U.S., others are saying we're not in a second wave, but stuck in a long first wave. 

Intuitive a global technology leader in minimally invasive care and the pioneer of robotic-assisted surgery, today provided an update on its efforts to support customers, communities, and its employees during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The world was forever changed in 1913, when Henry Ford launched his first assembly line for automobiles.

A recent article from the US Department of Defense announced that Intuitive won a $420M contract to provide surgical robots and related equipment to service branches and federal civilian agencies.