Elon Musk's neurotechnology company, Neuralink, has grown its workforce by 120% in the last two years, a June 4 report from analytics firm CB Insights found.

Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau, Alaska, has been losing about $1 million a month since mid-2020 and needs to make some tough decisions about service cuts to ensure its survival, according to local news outlet KTOO.

Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Hospitals has named Jacci Jacobs, BSN, RN, vice president and chief nursing officer. She has worked with the health system for more than two decades and has served as interim CNO since August. 

Additional updates are needed to reduce the risk of medication errors associated with automated dispensing cabinets, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices said May 31. 

Escondido, Calif.-based Palomar Health and AmSurg have formed a joint venture with the health system's Poway (Calif.) Surgery Center. 

A majority of adults in the U.S. — around 61% — are likely to be diagnosed with a form of cardiovascular disease by 2050, according to new American Heart Association data. The increased burden will cost the U.S. health system $1.8 trillion in the time frame. 

Terry Shaw, CEO of Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth, took to LinkedIn on June 3 to share his thoughts on how investing in a stewardship mentality can help improve healthcare. 

Brent Parsons was tapped as CEO of Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Dupont Hospital, part of Lutheran Health Network in Fort Wayne, Ind., effective June 3.

Citadel CEO Ken Griffin is donating $12 million to Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, marking another gift from the billionaire to hospitals in 2024.

Gainesville-based Northeast Georgia Health System has named Elyse Gates chief revenue cycle officer, according to a June 3 post on her LinkedIn page. 

CEO pay in 2023 saw a 12.6% increase, with Apple and Netflix company leaders taking home some of the biggest paychecks, according to a study by Equilar. 

Members of the nation's largest union of registered nurses are calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs to lift a so-called hiring freeze they say is creating patient safety risks at hospitals across the country. 

New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and National Cancer Institute researchers created an artificial intelligence tool that uses routine clinical data to predict the best immunotherapy drug and how a patient's cancer will respond to it.

Louisville, Ky.-based Baptist Health is slated to open one of the nation's first autonomous pharmacy centers June 5. 

U.S. bankruptcy Judge Chris Lopez authorized the sale dates for Dallas-based Steward Health Care's 31 hospitals during a June 3 hearing. 

Incidence of surgical site infections declined at multiple hospitals across six states by 32.8% for some procedures after Phoenix-based Banner Health introduced a comprehensive surgical site infection prevention bundle, which included a focus on a surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis.

St. Louis-based Ascension has restored EHR access in three markets following a May 8 cyberattack.

Physicians proposed that the American Medical Association explore the possibility of filing a class-action lawsuit against Change Healthcare to help medical practices recoup losses from the cyberattack on the Optum subsidiary.

Organizational change management and the "people side" of digital technology takes careful consideration by health system C-suites to truly maximize new artificial intelligence-driven platforms and applications.

University of Virginia Cancer Center is launching a partnership with seven federally qualified health centers across Virginia to increase cancer screening rates.