Chicago-based CommonSpirit reported a $581 million operating loss (-1.5% margin) in the fiscal year ending June 30, improving on the $1.3 billion loss (-3.6% margin) the previous fiscal year.
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XEC variant gains traction
After its detection in 28 countries, the CDC began tracking the proportions of COVID-19 variant XEC.
Ballad hospital suspends services amid Helene damage + 6 other updates
Hospitals and communities across the Southeast continue to assess and navigate the effects of Hurricane Helene, which made landfall Sept. 26 in Florida’s Big Bend region as a Category 4 storm.
VA employees breached Vance, Walz medical records: 5 notes
VA employees wrongly accessed the medical records for both vice presidential candidates JD Vance and Tim Walz, according to The Washington Post.
Health systems' top 10 digital returns on investment
Less than half of hospitals and health systems have a formal process to measure return on investment for digital health platforms, while only a quarter trust ROI claims made by vendors, according to marketing intelligence firm Panda Health.
Judy Faulkner's succession plan at Epic
While Judy Faulkner has no plan to retire from Epic, she has made arrangements for the company to stay private and employee-owned after she’s gone, Forbes reported Sept. 30.
Georgia hospital moves 202 patients to new facility in 1 day: 4 notes
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta “made history” by moving 202 patients in under 12 hours in one of the largest single-day pediatric hospital moves in the country, it said in a Sept. 29 news release.
Hospital closures, cybersecurity breach push HSHS operating loss to $385.7M
Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System reported an operating loss of $385.7 million (-13.8% margin) in fiscal year 2024, compared to an operating loss of $93.5 million (-3.2% margin) in 2023, according to its Sept. 28 financial re…
10 vital skills to future-proof healthcare leaders
The most successful healthcare leaders in the next two years will leave the traditional organizational structures and models in the past in favor of extreme nimbleness, stronger soft skills and optimization of digital technology.
Beth Israel Lahey Health to lay off workers
Beth Israel Lahey Health is eliminating jobs as it navigates rising costs, a spokesperson for the Cambridge, Mass.-based system confirmed to Becker’s Sept. 28.
