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Kettering Health gets city pushback on plan for $44M replacement hospital

Kettering (Ohio) Health has received pushback from the city of Xenia, Ohio, after sharing plans to replace its Greene Memorial Hospital and invest $44 million into a new facility — Kettering Health Xenia.

Atlanta children's hospital to close, transition services to new $1.5B facility

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta has plans to close its Atlanta-based Egleston Hospital and transition patients and services to its new $1.5 billion Arthur M. Blank Hospital, also in Atlanta, on Sept. 29.

Sutter's CEO amplifies digital ecosystem for growth

Warner Thomas became CEO of Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health in late 2022 and since then has emphasized building a robust digital ecosystem to transform healthcare delivery.

SSM Health taps health plan exec as chief medical officer of 2 hospitals

Jason Chung, MD, has joined SSM Health as vice president of medical affairs and chief medical officer at two hospitals in Oklahoma. 

What hospital CEOs are reading to prepare for the future

Hospital and health system CEOs must think strategically to prepare their organization for success over the long term.

What Epic's new feature means for hospitals

Epic Systems has introduced a new data-sharing feature aimed at enhancing patient access to health information and improving interoperability for healthcare providers.

What top financially performing hospitals do differently with physicians

The gap between hospitals with strong and weak margins is growing, according to Kaufman Hall, and the top hospitals are vigilant about evaluating their physician strategies.

Elon Musk's Neuralink implants 2nd brain chip

Neuralink, a company co-founded by Elon Musk, has successfully implanted a second brain-computer interface device into a human subject, Nature reported Aug. 6.

Novant Health growing at rapid rate

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health called off its plan to buy two Community Health Systems hospitals after a lengthy battle with the Federal Trade Commission, but the 19-hospital system is growing rapidly in North Carolina and South Carolina and s…

11 cancer centers ranked by readmissions

Only four cancer hospitals have an unplanned readmission rate for cancer patients below the national average, according to CMS data.