Leadership

Change Healthcare is grappling with a cybersecurity incident. Change, which is part of Optum, provides healthcare technology services to hospitals. Health systems are worried about potential ripple effects.

Walgreens is shutting down some VillageMD locations, and CVS is closing clinics in the Los Angeles area. Both say they’re committed to primary care, but it’s not an easy road.

Providers are pausing procedures, saying they can’t risk prosecution of physicians or patients. The state’s Supreme Court has ruled that embryos have the same legal rights as children.

Nonprofit health systems are showing improvements, but even with expected gains, they’re likely to remain below pre-pandemic levels.

Gov. Maura Healey pressed Steward Health Care to begin a ‘safe, orderly transition’ amid the system’s financial struggles, and warns that the state will close beds and transfer patients if needed.

Doctors say they’re doing 15 hours per week beyond normal work hours, according to athenahealth’s new survey of physician sentiment. Some doctors have optimism that AI could help.

Workers have seen discrimination against patients, according to a Commonwealth Fund report. Black and Latino workers are more likely to say they’ve witnessed racism.

Nicole Stallings, president and CEO of the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, talks about coming to the table, identifying common ground, and listening.

A Providence executive takes on new responsibilities, and other leaders take new roles.

There is an alarming drop-off between female representation in healthcare in the early stages of their career versus successive leadership levels.

A new analysis from the Chartis Center for Rural Health outlines the troubling financial picture, and the growing number of communities with less access to healthcare services.

Hospital advocates have called for a new designation to support “essential hospitals” that serve disadvantaged communities. Two House members have crafted a bill to do it.

Nicole Stallings, CEO of the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, talks about the financial strain, workforce challenges and behavioral health needs.

Healthcare groups are backing bills to reauthorize the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act. J. Corey Feist testified at a House hearing.

With the arrival of Valentine’s Day, two doctors who are approaching their 20th anniversary share their insights on taking time for each other.

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin is asking HSHS to delay the closings, which are slated to happen in the spring. Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has expressed disappointment at the lack of notice.

The new ‘guided search’ feature aims to make it easier to match with the appropriate provider. Oliver Kharraz, the company’s CEO and founder, talks about the new tool.

A group of healthcare leaders is setting out to change federal policy to help hospitals pay for nursing staff.

The legislation would allow terminally ill patients to get medications to end their lives, and it’s inspiring fierce debate.

Emory University appoints its first chief research informatics officer, and other leaders make news.

Both of the Super Bowl teams have official healthcare partners. More health systems are forming partnerships with NFL teams, and they’re also looking beyond the gridiron.

In the last week of 2023 and the first two weeks of 2024 alone, 4,810 people 65 and older lost their lives to covid — a group that would fill more than 10 large airliners.

Health systems are more likely to retain nurses if they listen to their concerns, reduce some tasks, and move to more flexible schedules, nursing advocates say.

Lurie’s Children Hospital in Chicago has been dealing with a cyberattack for more than a week, and key systems remain offline.

Theresa Davis, president of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, talks about improving work environments, changes in the industry and the importance of mentoring young nurses.