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Top 81 cardiac surgery hospitals by state, per Healthgrades

Healthgrades named the recipients of its 2023 Specialty Excellence Awards.

45 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.

What keeps oncology leaders up at night 

Oncology leaders face many challenges in the field, and three in particular are top of mind: timeliness, treatment options and innovations.

SSM Health scales back trauma care at Missouri hospital

SSM Health is cutting trauma services at DePaul Hospital in Bridgeton, Mo., raising concerns about access to care for urgent and severe injuries — such as gunshots, stabbings or car crashes — for residents in the area, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch repor…

FTC reverses its decadelong support for PBMs

The Federal Trade Commission is backing away from its past advocacy statements for pharmacy benefit managers after a change in “current market realities.”

Adult care home owner gets 21 years in patient's death

A nursing home owner was sentenced to 21 years in prison for the homicide of a patient.

Shuttered Miami heart transplant program gets green light to resume

Miami Transplant Institute has been found to have “zero deficiencies” and will reopen its program, the Miami Herald reported July 21.

8 workforce trends influencing 2023

This year has been a tumultuous one for the workforce as layoffs rise and the economy wavers. These eight trends help paint the picture of the current labor force: one that values flexibility as companies tug it back, and grapples with the merging of n…

Massachusetts health system taps CEO

New Bedford, Mass.-based Southcoast Health named David McCready president and CEO. 

'Transformative' $200M gift to provide free medical education perpetually at NYU Langone's Long Island campus

Generations of medical students, focused on careers in primary care, will have access to full scholarships at NYU Langone’s Mineola, NY.-based NYU Long Island School of Medicine thanks to a “transformative” $200 million gift from benefactors Kenneth an…