New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center named Hartford (Conn.) Healthcare its first care partner, the Hartford Courant reported June 10.
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AMA taps new president-elect
The American Medical Association named Bobby Mukkamala, MD, an otolaryngologist from Flint, Mich., its new president-elect.
White House enlists Microsoft, Google for rural hospital cyberdefense
The Biden-Harris administration has secured commitments from Microsoft and Google to offer free and low-cost resources to rural hospitals nationwide to help them boost their cyber defenses.
3,000+ nurses at 6 Providence facilities to strike
Members of the Oregon Nurses Association are set to begin a three-day strike June 18 at six Providence facilities, in what the union deems the largest nurses’ strike in the state’s history.
Steward, Cano and more: 5 recent healthcare bankruptcies
Healthcare bankruptcies spiked in 2023 amid high debt levels and rising interest rates as 73 healthcare companies — including 12 hospitals and health systems — filed for bankruptcy. Private equity firms, which owned 21% of the healthcare companies that…
Ascension works to update patient portal following cyberattack
St. Louis-based Ascension is updating its patient portal in six markets after restoring the EHRs there following a May 8 cyberattack.
California bill would tighten oversight on private equity hospital purchases
California lawmakers are considering a bill that would tighten oversight of private equity and hedge fund buyers of hospitals and healthcare facilities.
OSF HealthCare president dies at 57
Sister Diane Marie McGrew, president of OSF HealthCare in Peoria, Ill., died June 9 after a five-year battle with ovarian and uterine cancers. She was 57.
160 CFOs to know | 2024
The chief financial officers featured on this list are helming financial functions for health systems and hospitals throughout the U.S.
4 ways to use AI in health system pharmacies
Artificial intelligence has already started to transform hospital and health system functions, communications, imaging and other operations, but what role could it have in pharmacies?
