Samantha Maltin, the former marketing leader of "Sesame Street" producer Sesame Workshop, has joined St. Jude Children's fundraising and awareness arm as chief marketing and brand officer.

John Tucker was named president of Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center in Salida, Colo., effective Jan. 2. 

Birmingham, Ala.-based Medical Properties Trust, one of the world's largest hospital real estate owners posted a net loss of $801 million in the third quarter of 2024 ended Sept. 30, a 786% decrease from a $117 million gain during the same period in 2023,  according to a Nov. 7 news release.

Embracing risk-based care models could ultimately lead to better physician job satisfaction by creating stronger incentives for health systems to free them from low-value administrative tasks, according to Tufts Medicine CEO Michael Dandorph. 

Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health has reached a $485 million definitive agreement to join Health Assurance Transformation Corp., according to a Nov. 7 news release. 

Semaglutide treatment was found to reduce healthcare costs significantly for patients with overweight or obesity and who had either heart failure or atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, according to studies presented Nov. 3-6 at the Obesity Society's annual Obesity Week conference and reviewed Nov. 6 in the American Journal of Managed Care.

California vote tabulations are currently backing a state ballot measure that would impose new restrictions on health systems' 340B drug spending. 

Two health systems have received the inaugural Synergy Award from the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives and KLAS Research for EHR user experience and digital health innovation.

Novo Nordisk's CEO told CNN he is "alarmed" by the risks compounded versions of semaglutide — the active ingredient in the company's diabetes drug Ozempic and weight loss drug Wegovy — are posing to users. 

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has conditionally approved a pediatric hospital merger under which Children's HealthCare of California, the parent company of Children's Hospital of Orange County and CHOC at Mission Hospital, and Rady Children's Hospital and Health Center, the parent company of Rady Children's Hospital–San Diego, will form a single parent entity called Rady Children's Health. 

Compared to the previous year, the third quarter of 2024 saw a 144% increase in demand for pharmacy technicians and a 14% demand increase for pharmacy directors, according to data from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. 

The 30-year lease purchase agreement between Desert Healthcare District and Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare for Palm Springs, Calif.-based Desert Regional Medical Center was approved by voters Nov. 5. 

Pittsburgh-based UPMC has confirmed it is laying off about 100 employees, or 0.1% of its workforce.

Already the largest U.S. EHR vendor by market share, Epic continues to add health system customers.

Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy has opened three new primary care clinics inside Walmart stores.

Fifteen physicians and three nurses have been elected to congressional seats, with three additional races still too close to call, Medscape reported Nov. 7.

Mansfield-based University of Connecticut School of Nursing received $50 million — the largest gift in the school's history — from an alumna.

Cybersecurity is an essential, if often costly, aspect of hospital operations.

Through restructuring and reimagining leadership, some hospitals and health systems have cut or combined C-suite roles.

OneCare Vermont, an Accountable Care Organization, will end operations at the end of 2025 as the Vermont All-Payer ACO Model concludes.