The combined effects of flu, respiratory syncytial virus and COVID-19 this season led to similar levels of hospitalizations and illness, but there were smaller peaks of COVID-19 and RSV compared to the 2022-2023 virus season.
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Steward drives Medical Properties Trust's Q4 loss
The net losses for Medical Properties Trust, one of the world’s largest hospital real estate owners, included around $772 million in nonrecurring write-offs and impairments in the fourth quarter of 2023, mostly led by Dallas-based Steward Health Care’s…
Where Walmart Health stands after setting big growth goals last year
Last March, Walmart Health said it would add 28 locations by the end of the first quarter of 2024 in Dallas, Houston, Phoenix and Kansas City, Mo.
Mount Sinai Health System fined $2M for understaffing nurses
Over the past few weeks, arbitrators have ordered New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System to pay more than $2 million in fines for understaffing nurses in units at three of its hospitals, the New York State Nurses Association said in a Feb. 20 ne…
Kansas hospital promotes CFO to CEO
Kearny County Hospital in Lakin, Kan., has named Marley Koons CEO.
Clinicians' many side hustles
The gig economy is gaining momentum, and more than one-third of clinicians are taking advantage.
Christ Hospital Health Network CIO to retire
Paul Grone, vice president and CIO of the Christ Hospital Health Network in Cincinnati, is set to retire in June.
UChicago Medicine nurses vote to authorize strike
Nurses at UChicago Medicine voted Feb. 20 to authorize a strike if negotiations between management and the nurses’ union fail to reach an agreement.
How a CEO handled a $2B mistake
There were a “lot of eyes” on a recent financial press release from Lyft — but none of them caught an extra zero that temporarily sent the company’s stock soaring more than 60%.
8 hospitals closing departments or ending services
A number of healthcare organizations have recently closed medical departments or ended services at facilities to shore up finances, focus on more in-demand services or address staffing shortages.
