Renton, Wash.-based Providence has appointed Justin Voelker as CFO for its Inland Northwest Washington service area, effective immediately. 

Artificial intelligence is helping drive CIO pay packages to new highs, The Wall Street Journal reported July 8.

A recent report found that 54% of Americans have self-diagnosed using online information, with search engine and medical information websites being the most commonly used sources.

Reading Hospital in West Reading, Pa., filed a class action lawsuit against Hill-Rom, a hospital bed maker, alleging anticompetitive behavior.

WellSpan Health has added 131-bed Evangelical Community Hospital in Lewisburg, Pa., to its network.

Chicago-based CommonSpirit plans to lay off workers at hospitals in Oregon and Tennessee in the wake of a $365 million operating loss for the quarter ending March 31. 

 Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University has cut a telehealth nursing unit that launched at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, affecting 21 jobs. 

The National Committee for Quality Assurance has denied an accreditation for medical credentialing at Chillicothe, Ohio-based Adena Health.

San Antonio-based CentroMed has regained access to its EHR system after a May 1 cyberattack forced the system offline. 

St. Johnsbury-based Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital's chief medical officer, Michael Rousse, MD, is retiring, ABC affiliate WCAX reported July 7.

Cancer deaths are down over the past three decades, but cancerphobia is as strong as ever, Washington Post columnist Steven Petrow reported July 5.

The FDA has ordered Miami-based North Shore Medical Center to halt mammogram services over quality issues that may have led to inaccurate results, according to a letter obtained by the Miami Herald. 

In the next fiscal year, Charleston, S.C.-based Medical University of South Carolina plans to spend almost $600 million to expand services and begin construction on two new hospitals, The Post and Courier reported July 8. 

Among more than 180 cities in the U.S., Cleveland is the most stressed and Fremont, Calif., is the least stressed, according to an analysis released July 8 by WalletHub.

Nordic, an EHR consulting firm, informed the Ohio Department of Job & Family Services of a workforce reduction.

A five-day strike has been called off by members of the Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals at Burlington, Vt.-based UVM Medical Center after the union reached a tentative agreement with hospital management to bring a 23% wage increase over the next three years.

A Las Vegas business owner was sentenced to 21 months in prison for submitting more than $700,000 in false invoices to a Nevada hospital. 

Epic has the largest hospital EHR market share in the world after adding big contracts in Canada and Australia last year, according to KLAS Research's Global (Non-US) EHR Market Share 2024 report, released July 8.

Emory Smyrna (Ga.) Hospital, part of Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare, has shared plans to phase out its limited services and close Dec. 29.

Employment grew in certain areas of healthcare in June, but overall industry growth was lower than the average monthly gain over the previous 12 months.