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13 health systems adding new roles to their C-suites

Hospitals and health systems are making changes in their C-suite and leadership ranks as they focus on key areas to ensure long-term success.

13 health systems adding new roles to their C-suites

Hospitals and health systems are making changes in their C-suite and leadership ranks as they focus on key areas to ensure long-term success.

Admissions, masks & variants: 6 COVID-19 updates

COVID-19 hospital admissions are up almost 16 percent from the week prior, according to the CDC’s most recent data. Deaths due to the virus have also risen nearly 11 percent in the same time. 

Admissions, masks & variants: 6 COVID-19 updates

COVID-19 hospital admissions are up almost 16 percent from the week prior, according to the CDC’s most recent data. Deaths due to the virus have also risen nearly 11 percent in the same time. 

Physicians push politics from red to blue

Hershey, Pa., was once a one-party town. Like other communities in the country, the leftward change to its voter composition has coincided with the growth of the health system headquartered there, according to Politico.

Physicians push politics from red to blue

Hershey, Pa., was once a one-party town. Like other communities in the country, the leftward change to its voter composition has coincided with the growth of the health system headquartered there, according to Politico.

4 steps to improve patient safety: Presidential advisory group issues report to Biden

A federal patient safety coordinator should be appointed to advise the president on ways to improve safety at hospitals nationwide — that’s one of the initiatives the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology recommended in a Sept. 7 re…

4 steps to improve patient safety: Presidential advisory group issues report to Biden

A federal patient safety coordinator should be appointed to advise the president on ways to improve safety at hospitals nationwide — that’s one of the initiatives the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology recommended in a Sept. 7 re…

Growth in cyberattacks puts patients at risk, AHA says

A record number of cyberattacks in 2023 is putting patients at risk as attackers knock out services, according to John Riggi, national advisor for the American Hospital Association, The Wall Street Journal reported Sept. 7.

Hospital mergers becoming 'immune' to antitrust enforcement

Southern states such as Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia have enacted laws that are paving the way for large hospital mergers, despite research indicating that lack of competition often leads to fewer services …