Beginning June 18, a newly finalized rule from the Health Resources and Services Administration will take effect and change how the resolution of disputes within the 340B program is handled.

Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Medicine Children's Health is expanding its innovation center in a bid to offer more healthcare training for professionals and enhance care for young patients and pregnant women.

When Joe Depa joined Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare in September 2023 as the inaugural chief data and artificial intelligence officer, he saw an immediate opportunity for two quick wins.

Last year, just weeks into his job as president and CEO of Atlantic City, N.J.-based AtlantiCare, Michael Charlton had an initial glimpse into the challenges faced by on-call staff at his new organization. 

An FDA committee voted unanimously June 5 on the 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine makeup, recommending it should be one that targets the monovalent JN.1-lineage.

Epic held its inaugural European Group Meeting in May to discuss how the EHR giant's hospital clients on the continent are using its digital tools.

Cleveland Clinic has taken its partnership with IBM to a global level, aiming to advance healthcare delivery and research with artificial intelligence and quantum computing.

HHS warned hospitals to be on the lookout for distributed denial-of-service cyberattacks.

Tyler DeJong has been appointed president of Lincoln, Neb.-based St. Elizabeth Hospital, part of Omaha, Neb.-based CHI Health, effective June 24.

Long COVID can present more than 200 symptoms, and a positive COVID-19 test is not needed to make a long COVID diagnosis, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 

Researchers posing as underinsured patients found that while payment plan options are offered at most hospitals, details of those options "vary widely," according to a June 4 report from Los Angeles-based USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics. 

Here is how much nine hospitals and health systems are expected to pay or have paid for the cost of purchasing, installing and upgrading a new or current electronic health record system:

Two University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center hospitals are getting leadership changes. 

In response to evolving demands within the healthcare landscape, hospitals and health systems are reconfiguring their C-suites and leadership teams to align with organizational priorities. Among the recent developments, several institutions have introduced new roles to their executive teams.

Fortune recently published its 70th Fortune 500, which ranks the nation's largest corporations by revenue for the 2023 fiscal year. The Fortune 500 list includes 13 companies specializing in medical facilities, seven health insurance and managed care companies, and 12 pharmaceutical and health service companies. 

Olivia Sweetnam has been named CEO of Townshend, Vt..-based Grace Cottage Family Health and Hospital, effective July 1.

Shannon Medical Center in San Angelo, Texas, has signed an agreement to acquire River Crest Hospital, an 80-bed behavioral health facility from King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services.

In the fall of 2023, Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare eliminated campus-level CEO roles to become a "true system" that's well-integrated, cohesive and accessible. 

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center has named Lakmini Kidder senior vice president of finance and chief revenue officer. 

Sabbaticals in nursing. It is a concept some hospital leaders might dismiss, given the complexities of staffing. But Columbus, Ohio-based Nationwide Children's Hospital is leaning in.