From operating margins still causing challenges for many health systems to consistent worries about healthcare workforce shortages, the current economy has trumped cost reduction concerns for CFOs in 2024, according to a new Deloitte annual survey.

A Texas hospital has returned to paper records after failing to secure a new EHR contract, D Magazine reported.

New York City-based NYU Langone Health has integrated informatics within its IT department to harness the potential of new technologies such as generative AI.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced July 9 that the state would deploy 25 additional ambulances and add 250 medical beds at NGR Arena "to support Houston’s EMS and hospital capacity needs" in the wake of Hurricane Beryl's aftermath.

OhioHealth, based in Columbus, signed an agreement to sell certain assets of its outreach laboratory services business to Quest Diagnostics.

A Boston-based Harvard Medical School study found oncologists unsure how to handle artificial intelligence if it presents a treatment plan they would not recommend.

Change Healthcare plans to begin contacting patients whose data was breached during the February ransomware attack in late July.

CMS has published its Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule for 2025, which, among other things, would raise Medicare outpatient payment rates for about 3,500 hospitals and 6,100 ASCs next year. 

Michael Lucchesi, MD, former chairman of emergency medicine and chief medical officer at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, has been charged with using a business card for nearly $1.5 million in personal purchases and cash advances.

Health systems across the nation are laying off IT workers as they outsource technology functions and aim to cut costs. 

Tenet Healthcare, a for-profit hospital operator based in Dallas, is seeking leaders for multiple C-suite roles.

As of June 29, emergency room visits for COVID-19-related illnesses have increased 18.4% and hospitalizations have increased 13.3% from the previous week, the CDC found.

Several hospital and health system executives have stepped down or announced plans to step down from their positions. 

Roanoke, Va.-based Carilion Clinic selected Ensemble Health Partners for an end-to-end revenue cycle partnership.

Manchester, N.H.-based Catholic Medical Center's plans to join Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare would be "credit positive" for the 330-bed regional health system, according to Moody's. 

Birmingham, Ala.-based The Sanders Trust has acquired PAM Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Tulsa (Okla.) for $34.2 million, AL.com reported July 8.

The second patient to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig, and who lived with the organ for 47 days, died July 7, The New York Times reported July 9.

Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare has expanded its joint venture with Encompass Health to include Walton Rehabilitation Hospital, in Augusta, Ga. 

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Ardent Health is seeking a valuation of $3.15 billion for its initial public offering, according to Reuters.

A sailor searched for and attempted to view President Joe Biden's medical records three times in February, but was unsuccessful, according to a CBS News report.