Between 2020 and March, 36 rural hospitals across the U.S. have closed. Hundreds of others are at immediate risk of closure because of financial difficulties.
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Cottage Health to offer workers homes below market rates
Employees at Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Cottage Health will be able to purchase homes at below-market rates, following the success of a program implemented by the system a decade ago.
40K grant to help fund home visits at California hospital
A $40,000 grant will allow Alameda (Calif.) Health System physicians to offer home visits to patients.
Advocate tests 3 virtual nursing models
As healthcare searches for the ideal virtual nursing model, Advocate Health has been experimenting with several frameworks since January 2023, according to Jane Dus, DNP, RN, chief nursing officer of Advocate’s Midwest region.
Parrish Healthcare to take over Health First cancer center
Rockledge, Fla.-based Health First will transfer ownership of its Health First Cancer Institute building to Titusville, Fla.-based Parrish Healthcare as part of the health systems’ collaboration.
Hospitals assess Hurricane Helene damage: 7 updates
Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region as a Category 4 storm Sept. 26, resulting in flooding and widespread power outages across the state.
UPMC pharmacy leader: 'Cost Plus' models threaten PBMs
The rise of more transparent, “Cost Plus” pharmacy models is stirring debate within the pharmaceutical space as smaller players put pressure on the large PBMs.
Connecticut governor nudges Prospect, Yale New Haven hospital deal forward
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont held a meeting the week of Sept. 16 with leaders of Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings and Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health to try and provide “tough love” to revive a stalled $435 million deal for Yale New Haven to ta…
RSV may be linked to sudden infant deaths, study suggests
An off-season spike in respiratory syncytial virus may have contributed to a rise in sudden unexpected infant deaths during the pandemic, according to a new study from researchers at Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine.
Do consumers support physicians' use of AI?: 4 things know
While consumers are hesitant to utilize generative AI for their own health research, they have a strong trust in their physicians to effectively leverage these tools in delivering care, a Sept. 26 survey from Deloitte found.
