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9 Epic hospitals affected by data center outage

A San Jose, Calif.-based Equinix data center used by Epic experienced a “power issue” that led to a brief outage March 20.

Experts cast doubt on link between intermittent fasting, heart disease

A recent study suggested that intermittent fasting could be linked to a 91% increased risk of cardiovascular disease, but experts are skeptical of the results.

CEO political beliefs could spur workers to quit: Survey

Organizations could see more workers exit based on the CEO’s political beliefs, according to a survey released March 12 from job search platform Indeed, conducted in partnership with the Harris Poll. 

The career backgrounds of 4 for-profit CEOs

The CEOs at the helm of the nation’s largest for-profit hospital operators bring a variety of backgrounds to their roles, and this includes other positions within their companies.

Patients turn to weight loss meds to prevent pregnancy complications

Physicians are seeing more women turn to weight loss medications before they become pregnant in hopes of lowering their risks of having a miscarriage and other complications, such as preeclampsia and preterm birth. 

How many Americans have $0 in retirement savings?

More than a quarter of Americans have not contributed a penny to their retirement savings, according to a recent survey from GoBankingRates. 

Steward Louisiana hospital closes inpatient rehab unit

West Monroe, La.-based Glenwood Regional Medical Center, part of financially troubled Dallas-based Steward Health Care, closed its inpatient rehabilitation unit March 20.

Change Healthcare restores Amazon cloud services after cyberattack

Change Healthcare said it has reinstated Amazon cloud services for two of its platforms a month into a cyberattack against the company.

4 Conifer RCM partnerships in 2024

Conifer Health Solutions has added and expanded several revenue cycle partnerships in 2024, many of which were part of hospital sales involving its parent company, Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare. 

5 C-suite roles talent leaders are watching

Becker’s recently connected with HR and talent executives to learn how their health systems are strengthening leadership pipelines.