What does the Change Healthcare ransomware incident mean for healthcare organizations? Doubling your cybersecurity spending, according to one health system CIO.
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VA hospitals in 4 states face structural risks from climate change: Report
Hospitals in Arizona, Florida, Kansas and Oklahoma run by the Department of Veterans Affairs are among the system’s most at-risk facilities that are jeopardized by increasing climate threats, according to a report published by the VA and obtained by In…
25 most financially distressed cities
WalletHub recently analyzed the 100 largest U.S. cities to compare their residents’ financial difficulties.
Valleywise reopens some mental health beds, but dozens remain closed
Valleywise Health has reopened some of its inpatient psychiatric beds that had been closed since 2022 due to staffing shortages. However, dozens of the Phoenix-based system’s licensed psychiatric beds remain closed as it works to recruit more behaviora…
Ultra-processed foods linked to 30+ adverse health conditions
Consuming more ultra-processed foods has been directly linked to more than 32 adverse health conditions including several cardiometabolic conditions, mental disorders, and mortality outcomes, new research published Feb. 28 in the British Medical Journa…
Loma Linda Health launches $300M campaign
Loma Linda (Calif.) Health launched a multimillion dollar campaign Feb. 28 focused on growth and innovation.
8 CFO moves in February
Becker’s reported on eight hospital and health system CFO moves in February:
Owners of shuttered St. Louis nursing home fined $56K
The owners of St. Louis-based Northview Village nursing home, which closed without warning in December, have been fined $56,310, by CMS the St. Louis Dispatch reported Feb. 29.
Providence California taps chief community health officer
Michael Robinson was named chief community health officer for Providence South Division, effective March 4.
Critical access hospital to join Baxter Health
Fulton County Hospital in Salem, Ark., has officially agreed to join Mountain Home, Ark.-based Baxter Health.
