In 2024, Meditech continues to expand its partnerships with hospitals and health systems and is enhancing its Expanse EHR system with AI capabilities.

Congressional leaders continue to seek answers from UnitedHealth Group over the Change Healthcare cyberattack.

Transcarent, a $2.2 billion healthcare startup backed by health systems, is developing an artificial intelligence chatbot to help patients answer healthcare questions, Forbes reported May 15.

Ascension's financial turnaround should not be impeded to any great degree by the ransomware attack that the St. Louis-based system has suffered, Fitch Ratings said in a May 15 report. 

Many hospitals and emergency departments have been forced to close in 2024 due to circumstances like high costs and shifts in care needs. 

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has nixed plans for an estimated $500 million facility and intends to sell the 1.6 acre parcel of land meant for the facility in Yesler Terrace, a neighborhood in Seattle. 

Kaiser Permanente's medical school in Pasadena, Calif., recently graduated its inaugural class of students.

Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health and Mechanicsburg, Pa.-based-Select Medical are closing a co-owned rehabilitation clinic in Flower Mound, Texas, resulting in the termination of 78 employees.

Renton, Wash.-based Providence is upgrading its emergency care and critical cardiac care in Portland, Ore., with a $177 million investment.

The FDA approved a human papillomavirus self-collection test that can be gathered in private rooms in primary care offices, urgent care clinics and pharmacies, The Washington Post reported May 15.

Epic plans to launch a new personalized care data tool this summer, according to Wis Business News.

Eight hospitals and health systems recently posted job listings seeking revenue cycle vice presidents. 

Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Corewell Health posted an operating income of $65.7 million in the first quarter of 2024, down from $102 million posted over the same period last year, according to the system's May 14 financial report.

The Louisiana Department of Health has restored the CMS status of West Monroe, La.-based Glenwood Regional Medical Center, part of financially troubled Dallas-based Steward Health Care, and deemed it in compliance with the state DOH's relevant requirements.

Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health's attempt to get out of a deal to acquire three Connecticut hospitals from Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings has Pennsylvania legislators concerned about Prospect's ability to close a deal in their state, WHYY reported May 15. 

More centers are testing the effectiveness of vaccines on a range of cancers.

A recently unsealed federal lawsuit is accusing Chillicothe, Ohio-based Adena Health System of performing unnecessary heart surgeries and filing false claims.

St. Louis-based Ascension is already facing two proposed class-action lawsuits just days after the cyberattack on the 140-hospital system.

Pascagoula, Miss.-based Singing River Health System has confirmed that its 2023 cybersecurity incident was a ransomware attack.

Nurses at Valley Regional Medical Center in Brownsville, Texas, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, voted this month to remove National Nurses United as their exclusive representative.