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Adventist Health heart center renamed

Portland, Ore.-based Northwest Regional Heart and Vascular has been renamed Adventist Health Northwest Heart Center.

Infant mortality rose for 2nd year in a row: CDC

Infant mortality rates increased by 3% in 2022 compared with 2021 and marks the second straight year of increases, according to the CDC.

1 in 5 physicians experienced PTSD from pandemic: Study

Nearly 1 in 5 physicians experienced post-traumatic stress disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic — more than three times higher than the general population, a recent study found.

10 top rehab hospitals: US News

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab was ranked the top rehabilitation hospital by U.S. News and World Report, according to its 2024-2025 rankings.

CEOs sour on ability to weather inflation

CEOs’ concerns about inflation have grown following the Federal Reserve’s decision to maintain interest rates in June.

Tenet built to 'thrive in any variety of political and regulatory environments': CEO

Tenet Healthcare CEO Saum Sutaria, MD, said that as the for-profit system fully emerges from the pandemic, its “repositioned portfolio of businesses is generating stronger results with attractive margins and strong free cash flow generation.”

'A richness of opinions': What age diversity brings to leadership

Age diversity in the University of Kansas Health System’s leadership team is valued.

Ohio system to acquire 16th hospital

Morrow County Hospital, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Mount Gilead, Ohio, will join Columbus-based OhioHealth after the Morrow County Hospital board of trustees and Morrow County Commissioners voted to enter into a membership agreement with the …

HHS, Walgreens partner on 1st decentralized COVID shot trial

Walgreens has received $25 million in federal funding to conduct a decentralized clinical trial on COVID-19 vaccine immunity. 

The questions health system CIOs have after the global IT outage

Jeffrey Ferranti, MD, chief digital officer of Duke University Health System, was awakened in the early morning hours of July 19 with a text that the computers at his hospitals were down. His first thought: ransomware attack.