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'This is a huge crisis': The system steadfast in expanding behavioral health access
By many measures, the nation’s mental health crisis is growing and with a lack of access to appropriate care, hospital emergency departments are often where patients seeking behavioral care show up.
Mercy settles data breach lawsuit for $1.8M
St. Louis-based Mercy has agreed to pay $1.8 million to settle a lawsuit over a 2020 data breach.
Ascension hack: What's new in 11 states and DC
St. Louis-based Ascension continues to recover from a May 8 ransomware attack that took its IT network offline.
What health system CEOs need to tackle conflict, change
Health system CEOs are leaving behind ego-driven, top down leadership in favor of a trusting and a supportive culture to guide their organizations and transform healthcare delivery. Change is hard, but necessary, to grow.
200+ more infusion pumps recalled due to infection risks
The FDA announced May 30 that OptumHealth Care Solutions is recalling 208 infusion pump systems.
Top 10 healthcare IT deals in Q1
Healthcare IT venture capital deals remained flat in the first quarter of 2024, with the exception of a few large funding rounds, PitchBook reported.
5 CFO moves in 2 days
Hospital and health system CFOs have seen a lot of shuffling over the last few days.
'A different dimension': Where hospital supply chains are heading
As more health systems dive into hospital-at-home models, supply chain leaders told Becker’s their industry is facing a tidal wave of change — and it’s time to start surfing.
COVID-19 effects can linger 3 years later, study finds
Patients who were hospitalized within a month of having a severe COVID-19 infection still had a higher risk of death and other complications three years after, according to a study published May 30 in Nature.
OHSU, Legacy inch closer to forming 12-hospital system
Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University and Legacy Health have signed a binding, definitive agreement to unite as one health system under OHSU Health.
