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The Sharon Regional Medical Center shut down over the weekend, but others have expressed interest in taking over the hospital.

Deborah Phillips, executive director of the Black Directors Health Equity Agenda, talks about diversity in improving care and why she’s not hung up on labels in the face of DEI critics.

McLaren Health Care appoints a leader to a newly created role, and other leaders make news.

Sanford Health and Marshfield Clinic Health System have come together to create a 56-hospital organization. Marshfield becomes a region of Sanford Health.

The Tennessee-based health system has picked up 18 clinics in Oklahoma and New Mexico, following the purchase of other clinics recently.

Analysts said the Change Healthcare breach is the worst cyberattack the industry has ever seen, but other attacks affected millions of Americans.

Bea Grause, president of the Healthcare Association of New York State, talks about keys to leadership that she’s found valuable.

Healthcare leaders offer predictions on trends regarding women’s health, cancer care, behavioral health, and more.

Concluding our review of the most-read stories of the year, the stories offer a snapshot of changes in the healthcare industry.

Interdisciplinary care providers offer comprehensive services and encourage collaboration among all members of the care team.

If your organization is considering granting payers direct access to your EHR, there are important safeguards to put in place.

Lawmakers approved a stopgap bill to avoid a government shutdown, but Congress didn’t block Medicare payment cuts to doctors taking effect in 2025. The package doesn’t address prior authorization reform.

Sharon Regional Medical Center is poised to shut down. State and local efforts to preserve the hospital haven’t been successful.

The health system suffered a cyberattack earlier this year that hampered patient care. Ascension has released the number of individuals touched by the breach.

Healthcare leaders and analysts share their thoughts on what health systems can expect in the next 12 months.

Hershaw Davis has spent 16 years in the emergency department of Johns Hopkins. He says he wants to show aspiring nurses that victims have a story.

The health system has announced an ambitious effort aimed at improving care in the south side of the city, with an eye on closing disparities in underserved communities.

Mercy names a physician as COO, and other leaders make news.

Vizient’s 2024 chief nursing officer wellbeing survey identifies leadership fatigue and secondary trauma as key drivers in burnout and turnover.

Lawmakers crafted legislation to fund the government and avert a shutdown. It includes a short-term extension for telehealth programs, but doesn’t block cuts in Medicare payments to doctors.

Erik Swanson of Kaufman Hall talks about the way that health systems will be expanding use of AI, and where they will move a bit more slowly.

Nathan White, an emergency nurse at Huntsville Hospital, shares his experience of caring for patients injured or killed by firearms.

R. Lawrence Moss, CEO of Nemours, talked with us about the plans, which include expanding the emergency department of its Florida campus and its maternal and fetal health program in Wilmington.

Angie West has treated patients with gunshot wounds in the emergency department for more than a decade. She says it’s always difficult to talk with the loved ones of victims.

A state board has signed off on Prime Healthcare’s acquisition of the facilities from Ascension. The deal also includes two ambulatory surgery centers.