The FDA is allowing 10 more lots of cisplatin from a China-based pharmaceutical company to be imported to the U.S. to ease the ongoing cancer drug shortage, Bloomberg reported July 10. The additional lots are set to arrive next week.
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States increase pressure on nonprofit hospitals as charity care scrutinized
More than a dozen states have considered or passed legislation to better define what charity care means, increasing the scrutiny on nonprofit hospitals and health systems, according to a July 11 KFF Health News report.
Novant Health provides mental health app for patients, 36,000 employees
Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health has begun offering digital mental health support from NeuroFlow to its patients and 36,000 employees.
171 hospitals affected in HCA data theft
Data theft from an external storage location affected Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare hospitals across 19 states.
73 HCA executive changes in 2023
HCA Healthcare, a for-profit hospital operator based in Nashville, Tenn., has made leadership changes at several of its hospitals, systems and divisions in 2023.
UPMC still investing for the long term, CFO says
Despite the post-COVID-19 financial strain on hospitals, Pittsburgh-based UPMC is still investing in its long-term priorities, CFO Edward Karlovich told Lehigh Valley Business July 10.
'Using the blue': How U of Kentucky helped boost a rural health system
The closure of Ashland, Ky.-based Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in April 2020 left the city with only one health system — King’s Daughters — but the University of Kentucky stepped in to help boost the hospital, Politico reported July 10.
Johns Hopkins sued by patient for data breach
Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University and Health System are facing a patient-led lawsuit that alleges the health system failed to protect patients’ health information when it was compromised due to a ransomware attack on a software vulnerability cal…
Alaska system acquires nursing home
Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau, Alaska, has completed the acquisition of Wildflower Court, a nursing home that has served the community since 1977.
Northwell food goes from 'disgusting' to delicious, patient satisfaction rises from 9th to 90th percentile
Hospital food has been the butt of jokes forever — at a significant cost to healthcare systems. Long after patients are discharged, they remember their poor experiences three meals a day, often just in time for the Press Ganey survey to arrive in their…
