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Valleywise reopens some mental health beds, but dozens remain closed
Valleywise Health has reopened some of its inpatient psychiatric beds that had been closed since 2022 due to staffing shortages. However, dozens of the Phoenix-based system’s licensed psychiatric beds remain closed as it works to recruit more behaviora…
Ultra-processed foods linked to 30+ adverse health conditions
Consuming more ultra-processed foods has been directly linked to more than 32 adverse health conditions including several cardiometabolic conditions, mental disorders, and mortality outcomes, new research published Feb. 28 in the British Medical Journa…
Loma Linda Health launches $300M campaign
Loma Linda (Calif.) Health launched a multimillion dollar campaign Feb. 28 focused on growth and innovation.
8 CFO moves in February
Becker’s reported on eight hospital and health system CFO moves in February:
Owners of shuttered St. Louis nursing home fined $56K
The owners of St. Louis-based Northview Village nursing home, which closed without warning in December, have been fined $56,310, by CMS the St. Louis Dispatch reported Feb. 29.
Providence California taps chief community health officer
Michael Robinson was named chief community health officer for Providence South Division, effective March 4.
Critical access hospital to join Baxter Health
Fulton County Hospital in Salem, Ark., has officially agreed to join Mountain Home, Ark.-based Baxter Health.
AdventHealth, Medline supply center opens
AdventHealth, in partnership with Medline, has opened a new 375,000-square-foot supply facility in Central Florida, according to a Feb. 28 announcement.
Care New England hospital taps new VP of operations
Providence, R.I.-based Care New England has tapped Maureen Bischoff as the new vice president of operations at its Providence-based Women and Infants Hospital, effective March 4.
When ransomware strikes, who to call?
Ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations have cost the U.S. economy nearly $80 billion in downtime. There’s another expense that doesn’t come with a price tag: The sense of stress and helplessness outages cause.
