Jeff Bloemker, CEO of Ray County Hospital and Healthcare in Richmond, Mo., has been placed on administrative leave, according to a June 12 report from KMZU. The hospital’s board took the step during ...

Patients whose first language is Spanish are more likely to acquire certain hospital-associated infections than those whose first language is English, according to a study by Oakland, Calif.-based ...

Dignity Health – Northridge Hospital Medical Center in Los Angeles has named Diana Glasser, MD, chief medical officer. Dr. Glasser joins the 394-bed hospital from Las Vegas-based Southern Hills ...

Eli Lilly will add 12.5 mg and 15 mg single-dose vials of its weight loss drug Zepbound to its LillyDirect platform starting July 7, completing the full range of approved doses. All vial doses, ...

Hospital and Meritas Health have united as one brand: NKC Health. Four things to know: 1. The move aims to improve care coordination and the patient experience and bolster the organization’s position ...

NB.1.8.1 — a new COVID-19 variant tied to a surge in China — now accounts for around 37% of cases in the U.S., according to variant proportion estimates from the CDC. Four notes: ...

The International Agency for Research on Cancer forecasts over 35 million new cancer cases in 2050 globally. The growing ...

As hospitals increasingly adopt AI to assist with documentation, a team at Duke University in Durham, N.C., is offering new tools to help ensure those technologies are safe and effective for patient ...

Philadelphia-based Fox Chase Cancer Center has opened a new oncology satellite pharmacy, tripling its capacity to prepare chemotherapy and intravenous medications. The facility, unveiled at a press ...

Tampa, Fla.-based BayCare Health System reduced nurse burnout by 34% and cut its new hire turnover rate to zero in the first year, thanks to its pilot nurse wellbeing program. BayCare was one of four ...

Sarepta Therapeutics has suspended shipments of its Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy, Elevidys, to nonambulatory patients following a second reported death due to acute liver failure. The ...

As hospitals and health systems face increasing pressure to maintain margins and secure sustainable reimbursement, a growing number of leaders are turning to an old business truth: What gets measured, ...