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Ransomware gang behind Change Healthcare attack

The BlackCat ransomware gang is claiming responsibility for an attack on Change Healthcare, TheRegister reported Feb. 26.  

Is healthcare paying enough attention to nurse leaders?

Over the past few years, much of the discourse on supporting the well-being of healthcare workers has focused on nurses and front-line teams — and rightfully so, as many nurses continue to report burnout stemming from their work environment. But to ens…

UChicago Medicine expands collaboration in China

The University of Chicago Medicine is growing its neuroscience partnership with Shanghai Blue Cross Brain Hospital in China. 

Viewpoint: Why AMCs need rankings

For academic health systems, a strong ranking is more than an affirmation — it’s a magnet for top talent and a catalyst for future developments, according to Jakub Tolar, MD, PhD, dean of the Minneapolis-based University of Minnesota Medical School and…

Hospitals have strong financial start despite expense growth

Hospital margins jumped 3.8 percentage points in January over 2023, a promising start to the year, according to data from Syntellis, part of Strata.

46 healthcare jobs, ranked

Advanced practice registered nurses have the best healthcare job, according to one new analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics and census data.

UNC Health Johnston pushes more than $100M in expansion projects

Smithfield, N.C.-based UNC Health Johnston has filed two certificate-of-need applications through the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services that would cost more than $100 million and add 24 beds to its Clayton and Smithfield campuses.

Hospitals' overlooked performance metric

Many nonprofit hospitals and health systems issue tax-exempt debt to raise capital, putting pressure on them to operate like their for-profit counterparts, most of which also issue debt to a similar pool of potential buyers, according to a Feb. 23 repo…

New Jersey hospital ending maternity care, relocating services

Vineland, N.J.-based Inspira Health is closing the midwifery program at its Inspira Medical Center Elmer (N.J.) location in mid- to late April after assessing its maternity care’s current landscape and internal operations.

Why healthcare lags on AI, per Amazon

Healthcare lags behind other industries in its adoption of artificial intelligence, largely because it lacks training capacity, according to a study commissioned by Amazon Web Services.