Kevin England will not assume the president role at Springfield, Ill.-based Memorial Health due to an unexpected health issue, The State Journal-Register reported July 18.

As oft-cited as social determinant of health investments may be in healthcare discussions and strategy, their causal relationship to health outcomes remains blurry with savings that are often overestimated, according to a brief published in July by The Manhattan Institute.

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been 1,277,697 more deaths in the U.S. than anticipated, and almost 90% of these excess deaths were directly attributable to COVID infections, according to a study published July 18 in the American Journal of Public Health.

From supply chain disruptions and market volatility to inflationary pressures and skyrocketing labor costs, Cambridge, Mass.-based Beth Israel Lahey Health CFO Cindy Rios feels there's an industrywide need to re-engineer healthcare. 

Becker's asked chief pharmacy officers from hospitals and health systems across the U.S. to share their focus for the remainder of the year.

A former nurse at WellSpan Chambersburg (Pa.) Hospital has been accused of falsifying medical information following a patient's death, court documents show. 

King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services' board of directors has authorized a $0.20 per share cash dividend to be paid on September 17. 

Two hackers pleaded guilty to participating in a ransomware group that has extorted approximately $500 million from organizations including hospitals.

Some refer to generative AI's tendency to spew wrong information as "hallucinating" or "making stuff up." These researchers call it "botsh-t."

UC San Diego Health is on the forefront of integrating artificial intelligence into clinical and operational processes, and it's beginning to save lives.

Former employees with UnitedHealth Group's Optum and its subsidiaries took to social media beginning July 18 regarding another reduction in force they say occurred across parts of the company.

Epic's revenue increased to $4.9 billion in 2023, a company spokesperson told Becker's.

Whether a GLP-1 medication is approved for diabetes or chronic weight management, declaring one therapy as "best" for weight loss is tricky. 

Moody's upgraded Orlando (Fla.) Health's outlook from stable to positive. 

Louisville-based Baptist Health Kentucky has broken ground on its third dual emergency and urgent care facility in partnership with Dallas-based Intuitive Health.

A global IT outage is affecting several U.S. hospitals and health systems.

System financial stability and staffing levels are top of mind for healthcare professionals, a recent Becker's poll found.

The American Hospital Association is urging CMS not to implement a proposed mandatory payment model meant to increase access to organ transplants, saying it is constructed in a way that may exacerbate inequalities and add "unnecessary disruption" to the transplant ecosystem. 

The growing popularity of Ozempic and other GLP-1s in recent years is garnering greater attention from oncologists interested in how these drugs could affect cancer care and cancer rates.

East Lansing, Mich.-based MSU Health Care and the University of Michigan Health-Sparrow have signed a joint operating agreement to expand access and improve the patient experience for neurological services in the region.