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CISA warned Ardent of cyber threat day before ransomware discovery
On Nov. 22, officials from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency alerted Ardent Health Services about malicious cyber activity impacting its computer systems the day before the organization identified a ransomware attack on its facilitie…
Oregon hospital sued over alleged illegal debt collection practices
A lawsuit has been filed against Klamath Falls, Ore.-based Sky Lakes Medical Center alleging the hospital violated charity care requirements, The Lund Report reported Nov. 28.
12 recent hospital, health system executive retirements
The following hospital and health system executive retirements have been shared with or reported by Becker’s since Oct. 1:
Optum now has 90,000 physicians
Optum added nearly 20,000 physicians in 2023, Optum Health CEO Amar Desai, MD, said.
1 'key assumption' in lean management, per UI Hospitals' new CEO
When it comes to lean management, Bradley Haws, the new CEO of the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics and associate vice president of UI Health Care, offers a “key assumption”: don’t assume.
Tennessee hospital CEO to resign
Harold Naramore, MD, CEO of Maryville, Tenn.-based Blount Memorial Hospital, is resigning, effective Jan. 1, a hospital spokesperson confirmed to multiple media outlets.
UW Medicine names CEO
Timothy Dellit, MD, was appointed to lead UW Medicine and the University of Washington School of Medicine, both based in Seattle.
Our healthcare industry must reach people before they need us
The health care industry has come to better understand and appreciate that no matter how advanced clinical care becomes, a person’s overall health has far more to do with social factors — what they eat, where they live, what they do for work, and so on…
Guthrie Clinic expands primary care, moving into shuttered hospital
Sayre, Pa.-based the Guthrie Clinic is moving to the previous Tyler Memorial Hospital location to ensure accessible outpatient health care services.
Kentucky ER wait times tied to 'acute' worker shortage, study finds
As long ER wait times loom across the U.S., Kentucky is facing an “acute shortage” of healthcare workers, a Kentucky Hospital Association report shows.
