The popularity of medications like Wegovy has reduced the number of weight loss surgeries at Norman (Okla.) Regional Health System, prompting the organization to shutter its bariatric program. 

Lewes, Del.-based Beebe Healthcare is moving to an Epic EHR system, Coastal Point reported July 9. 

The New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing has received a $5 million federal grant to educate and train healthcare workers to care for older adults in the Bronx.

UChicago Medicine has appointed Jeffrey Matthews, MD, to the role of surgeon-in-chief. He stepped into the position July 1.

CMS has launched a dementia care program that will be piloted by 400 organizations.

Hamilton Township, N.J.-based Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton named William DiStanislao vice president of operations.

Average hospital margins year to date remained steadfast in May at 3.8%, according to Kaufman Hall's "National Hospital Flash Report," released July 9.

A gift from Mark and Shelly Saltzman will rename Cleveland Clinic's Mentor Hospital building and create a new leadership position at the organization. 

Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health has named J. Nwando Olayiwola, MD, as president of the Advocate National Center for Health Equity. 

Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham is planning to roll out ambient documentation to 800 clinicians after a successful initial proof of concept with 20 clinicians across multiple specialties.

Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital will launch a new organ transplant program in late 2024 aimed at reducing healthcare disparities faced by Black patients, ABC affiliate WFTS reported July 9.

Around 13% of patients with a dementia diagnosis may instead have advanced liver disease — also called cirrhosis — which can cause reversible cognitive decline, researchers at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and the Richmond VA Medical Center found.

Fitch downgraded Houston-based Texas Children's Hospital's rating to "AA-" from "AA." 

Hospitals, on average, save $1,763 per admission, have fewer patient complications, and a decreased length of stay after implementing programs based on 12 standards outlined by the American College of Surgeons.

Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, has named two physicians to leadership roles.

Included below are 10 hospitals and health systems that shared job listings recently looking for CFOs.

Digital health funding is seeing a rebound with startups raising $5.7 billion across 266 deals in the first half of 2024, according to a July 8 report from Rock Health. 

Portland, Ore.-based nonprofit digital healthcare innovation group OCHIN, Inc. said 10 healthcare organizations began using its OCHIN Epic EHR in the second quarter of 2024.

Nurses at Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital in Dover, Ohio, have approved a new three-year labor contract.

Compared to white and cisgender adolescents, Black youth and transgender and nonbinary adolescents are less likely to be admitted for patient care, according to a study published July 8 in JAMA Pediatrics.