In September, the healthcare industry saw a notable surge in ransomware incidents, with 18 attacks occurring, representing an 86% month-over-month rise compared to August, a Oct. 24 report from NCC Group found.
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Hartford HealthCare clinics to open at Walgreens
Walgreens will partner with Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare to introduce health clinics at specific Walgreens outlets, which marks the retailer’s first clinic partnership with a health system in New England.
PeaceHealth hospital ER to close Dec. 1
The emergency department at PeaceHealth’s Sacred Heart Medical Center University District hospital campus in Eugene, Ore., will cease operations at 7 a.m. on Dec. 1.
Hospitals pushing back on price transparency fines
Half of the hospitals that have been fined by CMS for alleged price transparency violations have appealed their penalties.
10 recent hospital, health system CEO retirements
The following hospital and health system CEOs have announced plans to retire since August.
Questions hospital CEOs want answered — and why
Hospital and health system CEOs have a lot of issues dominating their thoughts, including questions about navigating financial, operational and workforce challenges in the industry.
Sustained losses could threaten Mercy Iowa City purchase
Auction-winning bondholder Preston Hollow Community Capital says Mercy Iowa City hospital is handing over obligations to fund continued operating losses in a way that has caused an impasse in any eventual sale of the facility, according to an Oct. 25 r…
The top rehab hospital in each state
U.S. News & World Report evaluated 1,040 hospitals across the country and ranked them for care of patients recovering from events such as stroke, traumatic brain injury and severe burns.
Intermountain to digitize 8M pathology slides
Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health plans to digitize approximately 8 million pathology slides to ease the jobs of providers and advance research.
CEOs' deception is not fooling AI
A new data-driven machine-learning model allows AI to discern when CEOs are lying or using deceptive language.
