Patty Blazier, RN, chief nursing officer at Hamilton Memorial Hospital District in McLeansboro, Ill., has announced her retirement.  

A multi-disciplinary team of experts at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare in Memphis, Tenn., recently performed a surgical procedure known as "Jaw in a Day." The procedure was performed in partnership with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and involved the removal of a tumor from a patient's face and full jaw reconstruction on the same day. 

Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.-based Phelps Hospital, part of New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health, has completed an $8.8 million renovation of its fifth-floor medical/surgical unit that included converting double rooms into 15 single rooms.

Better eye contact with patients. Less time looking at the computer during appointments. More thorough EHR notes.

Kona Community Hospital in Kealakekua, Hawaii, will relocate based on population, market demand, anticipated market share growth, and financial considerations, according to the hospital's 2024 strategic plan, which was finalized in May, but published June 7.

From a Tenet selling spree to Risant Health's acquisition of Geisinger, here are 16 hospital merger and acquisition moves to know from the first six months of 2024. 

Chad Markham has been promoted to COO of HSHS Central Illinois Market, part of Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System.

Maryland's director of the agency that regulates nursing homes and hospital safety resigned effective June 27 — about a month after a lawsuit was filed alleging the agency failed to properly inspect facilities, The Washington Post reported June 20.

Tacoma, Wash.-based Virginia Mason Franciscan Health is closing its outpatient rehabilitation and physical therapy clinic in Port Orchard, Wash., July 12, Gig Harbor Now reported June 20.

The CDC found gun injury-related visits to emergency departments remained high for the fourth year in a row, especially among patients under 24.

At a time when many health systems are experiencing significant operating losses, others are looking to make lemonade out of lemons by leaning on top revenue-generating services for their hospitals to improve operations and increase revenue.

Following an 18-month investigation, the U.S. Justice Department found that the state of Missouri violated the Americans with Disabilities Act for "unnecessarily institutionalizing adults with mental health disabilities in nursing facilities," according to a report published June 18.

Scott Davis recently left his role as CEO of HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest to helm HCA's Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, Colo.

Risant Health, a nonprofit formed under Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health.

In the coming weeks, the Biden administration is set to unveil regulations aimed at enhancing cybersecurity across the healthcare sector, GovInfoSecurity reported June 20. 

On June 20, a federal judge in Texas ruled that HHS' guidance prohibiting the use of third-party online tracking technologies on hospitals' public-facing web pages is unlawful.

The Rhode Island department of health has conditionally approved the application for Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings to sell its two safety net state hospitals to The Centurion Foundation, according to a June 20 news release shared with Becker's. 

Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health, a Catholic nonprofit system, has affirmed its support for physicians who perform medically necessary abortions, the health system said in a June 20 statement shared with Becker's. 

St. Vincent Charity Community Health Center in Cleveland plans to close its psychiatric emergency services unit June 30 and transition care to Cleveland-based MetroHealth's new psychiatric emergency department.

Johnson & Johnson has completed its $850 million acquisition of Proteologix, a biologics company that specializes in developing treatments for immune-mediated diseases, it announced June 21.