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Organ collection group under scrutiny for inappropriate organ-retrieval tactics
Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates is under investigation after allegations that it tried to pressure its personnel to retrieve organs from a hospital patient who was awake and later left the facility alive, The Wall Street Journal reported Sept. 11.
UTHealth Houston, OpenAI partner
UTHealth Houston is entering into a partnership with OpenAI, the organization that developed ChatGPT.
Patients caught in crossfire as hospital-payer fights escalate
The rising cost of care, growing Medicare Advantage pain points, and frustrations over not receiving appropriate or timely payments from commercial insurers are key factors driving health systems to take a tougher stance in contract renewal negotiation…
Pharmacy owners donate $38M to UIC
University of Illinois Chicago’s pharmacy school was gifted a $36 million endowment gift from the estate of late Chicago pharmacy owners Herbert and Carol Retzky, the Chicago Tribune reported Sept. 13.
Beth Israel Lahey Health delays hospital service closure
Cambridge, Mass.-based Beth Israel Lahey Health has postponed the closure of Exeter (N.H.) Hospital’s advanced life support paramedic intercept program after intervention from the New Hampshire attorney general’s office, ABC affiliate WMUR reported Sep…
Phishing campaign hits Atrium Health
Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health recently fell victim to an email phishing campaign that compromised employee email accounts.
Michigan hospital consolidates services, employees
McLaren Bay Region, a 415-bed hospital in Bay City, Mich., is consolidating services and employees, citing “transformational changes affecting the global healthcare industry.”
The status on Florida's nurse shortage rebound
In 2024, Florida hospitals reported lower nurse vacancy and turnover rates than the national average, according to a report from the Florida Hospital Association.
Injectable HIV drug is highly effective, but cost concerns advocates
Clinical trials for the injectable HIV prevention drug lenacapavir have yielded significant results, with the drug proving 89% more effective than daily oral pre-exposure prophylaxis among gay, bisexual and transgender individuals, NBC News reported Se…
How 25 health systems' labor costs are trending
The hospital workforce is critical to the care process and is most often the largest expense on a hospital or health system’s balance sheet. Even before the pandemic, labor expenses — which include costs associated with recruitment and retention, emplo…
