Across healthcare, efforts to advance documentation are often focused on enhancing physicians' workflow. But at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Hospital, leaders are equally focused on improving documentation in nursing. 

Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has agreed to participate in the World Trade Center Health Program following pressure from a patient advocacy group.

Two Texas pediatric hospitals  — Children's Medical Center Dallas and Children's Medical Center Plano — have been granted level I and level II surgery center designations from the American College of Surgeons.

Fishesville, Va.-based Augusta Health has named Kris Doan president of its medical group. 

As of June 13, 436 surgeries at Aurora, Colo,-based Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center have been delayed or moved to other hospitals, The Denver Post reported.

Greg Hoffman, CFO of Providence, Wash.-based Providence, is joining the board of directors for patient billing company Cedar.

Alejandro (Alex) Romero was selected as CEO of Las Palmas Medical Center in El Paso, Texas, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare.

Nurses at six Providence facilities in Oregon are set to begin a three-day strike this week.

Enid, Okla.-based St. Mary's Regional Medical Center has tapped Rex Van Meter as CEO, according to a June 17 LinkedIn post. 

Weight loss drugs were one of the most talked about topics at AHIP's June 2024 conference in Las Vegas, especially with the Amazon Pharmacy team.

A group of U.S. lawmakers have written a letter to the U.S. Department of Labor Acting Secretary Julie Su requesting the department's support for Dallas-based Steward Health Care employees and retirees throughout the health system's bankruptcy ordeal. 

Kissimmee-based HCA Florida Osceola Hospital, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, has named Lori Merritt vice president of operations. 

On June 17, Yuri Pashchuk, MSN, RN, became the associate chief nursing officer of AdventHealth Palm Coast (Fla.) Parkway, a $167 million hospital that opened in August. 

Coos Bay, Ore.-based Bay Area Hospital is making progress on its financial turnaround and is exploring potential opportunities to partner with or become part of a larger health system.

Central Vermont Medical Center, part of Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health, will now require everyone who enters the emergency department, including staff, to pass through a medical detector. The hospital has also implemented a clear bag policy. 

Susie Posner-Jones was selected as Boston Medical Center's vice president and chief development officer to lead donor engagement.

Months after the FDA told healthcare facilities to avoid plastic syringes made in China because of leaking issues, four companies have recently recalled products. 

Too few nurses are going into advanced degree programs and onto becoming educators in the field, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. This prompted Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Ind., to revamp a nurse educator program to be more accessible, shorter and flexible.

Patients with heart failure, or suspected of having it, are not being diagnosed quickly enough, according to a study involving 8,000 patients, which was presented June 15 at the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology.

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, is calling for health warnings on social media for adolescents.