Dayton (Ohio) Children’s Hospital deployed gunshot detection technology which can activate security measures at a moment’s notice, SDM Magazine reported Feb. 9.
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Optum vs. CVS Health after the $10.6B Oak Street deal
CVS Health plans to acquire Oak Street Health in a $10.6 billion deal, which will likely close later this year.
WHO warns bird flu's risk to humans could increase: 6 updates
Avian flu has begun to spread to mammals, including minks, otters, foxes and sea lions, and WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, warned that the risk to humans may begin to rise.
HHS releases roadmap out of public health emergency
HHS is planning for the federal COVID-19 public health emergency to end on May 11.
North Korea using ransomware attacks on healthcare as revenue source, Feds say
North Korean state-sponsored ransomware groups are targeting South Korean and U.S. healthcare organizations with Maui and H0lyGh0st ransomware as a way to raise revenue for the North Korean government, according to a Feb. 9 U.S. government cy…
Trinity Health hospital locks down after bomb threat, X-ray finds fruit
Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Trinity Health St. Mary’s Hospital locked down its emergency department around 10 p.m. Feb. 9 due to a bomb threat, Fox affiliate WXMI reported.
UPMC making headlines: 10 things to know
Pittsburgh-based UPMC has been in the headlines recently, with stories ranging from the health system being a target of Pennsylvania lawmakers amid allegations of monopolizing the local market to its planned acquisition of a fourth hospital in Ireland.
The 10 5-star hospitals with the tightest budgets
Emerson Hospital in Concord, Mass., has the tightest budget of any 5-star hospital in the nation, according to data from Sage Transparency. It is one of 429 hospitals nationwide that won the CMS distinction, based on five quality categor…
California hospital running low on cash, set to hit bottom in March or April
El Centro (Calif.) Regional Medical Center is running low on cash following a series of executive resignations; outgoing interim CEO Scott Phillips projected that the hospital “will hit bottom in terms of cash, sometime by the end of March or early Apr…
Lee Health reports almost $190M operating income but overall 2022 loss
Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health reported positive operating income of $189.7 million for fiscal 2022 even as it slipped into an overall loss of $3.3 million as the value of its investments declined.
