Boston-based Mass General Cancer Center researchers found that statins may help prevent the development of two cancers that result from chronic inflammation.

Three for-profit hospitals owned by Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems and King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services could soon be changing hands. 

The new Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital in Wheat Ridge, Colo., is expected to open Aug. 3, a spokesperson for the health system confirmed to Becker's.

Patients at Joint Commission-accredited long term acute hospitals get fewer catheter-associated urinary tract infections and fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections than those at nonaccredited ones, a study published in the June 2024 issue of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety found. 

Numerous phrases have entered the workplace lexicon in recent years as employees have reassessed their approaches to jobs. Members of Generation Z in entry-level jobs often are the generators of these phrases, which include "quiet quitting" and "coffee badging."

While many hospitals were trimming budgets and enforcing hiring freezes, infection prevention manager Luz Caicedo successfully doubled her department's workforce at AdventHealth Celebration (Fla.) hospital. 

Since its opening in 2015, Nutley, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine has graduated its largest class of physicians, the health system announced June 7.

From a judge denying the FTC's attempt to block a two-hospital deal in North Carolina to two former high-ranking employees filing a False Claims Act complaint against Erlanger Health System, here are 12 lawsuits, settlements and legal developments Becker's has reported since May 28. 

Digital transformation is rapidly changing healthcare organizations and while technology spend is important, IT leaders at some of the top systems in the nation are focused more on another investment.

Some Novant Health patients have run into issues with MyChart as the Winston-Salem, N.C.-based health system unifies its patient portal platform, WWAY3 reported.

Denver Health is working with city council members on a November ballot initiative seeking a .34% sales tax increase that, if approved, would help pay for uncompensated care, NBC affiliate KUSA reported June 5. 

Healthcare employment continued to grow in certain areas of the sector in May, showing growth on top of April's numbers. 

Douglas Koch was named CEO of Kearney (Neb.) Regional Medical Center, effective Aug. 5, according to a hospital news release shared with Becker's.

Seventy-five percent of health system executives say digital transformation is a priority but lack the resources to make it happen, McKinsey & Co. reported June 7.

The board overseeing Hollister, Calif.-based Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital voted to move negotiations forward with a potential private buyer of the hospital, NBC affiliate KSBW reported June 6. 

The median annual wage for computer and information systems managers is $169,510, with leaders in New York earning the most at $213,930 on average, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

St. Louis-based Ascension continues to recover from a May 8 cyberattack that brought its IT network offline.

WellSpan Health and microhospital developer Emerus have broken ground on a new facility in Carlisle, Pa.

Montgomery, Ala.-based Jackson Hospital's board has voted to approve and recommend to its corporate members an affiliation agreement with HumanityCorp, a private equity company that has partnerships with multiple hospitals and health systems across the U.S., the hospital said in a June 6 news release shared with Becker's.

Hospitals have been on a quest to give nurses more flexibility at work in order to retain employees and improve satisfaction and well-being.