Ransomware attacks on the healthcare industry are continuing to rise, with 550 attacks recorded in 2024 — a 21% increase from 454 in 2023, according to an April 28 report from global ...

After nearly five decades in hospital and healthcare administration, I’ve seen firsthand the fragility of the financial framework supporting hospitals — and today, that foundation is starting to crack ...

CVS Caremark has selected Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy as the preferred GLP-1 medication for its largest commercial template formularies, effective July 1. In March, Novo Nordisk launched NovoCare Pharmacy ...

Forth Worth-based Cook Children’s Health Care System, one of Texas’s largest pediatric Medicaid managed care providers, is in a battle to retain its Medicaid contract with the state after being left ...

In honor of National Nurses Month in May and National Nurses Week (May 6-12), hospitals and health systems are recognizing the difference nurses make in their organizations. This year, the American ...

Eleven U.S. hospitals have earned consecutive “A” safety grades from The Leapfrog Group since 2012. The organization biannually grades nearly 3,000 acute care hospitals against 22 national patient ...

Members of two unions are set to begin a five-day strike May 12 at locations within Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth. Six things to know: 1. The strike affects approximately 900 service and tech and ...

Abbott has signed an agreement with Epic to integrate data from its Libre continuous glucose monitoring systems directly into the EHR vendor’s platforms. The integration will allow healthcare ...

Karen DeSalvo, MD, Google’s chief health officer, is retiring after five years in the role. “It has been such an honor to be able to bring the full force of Google to the world of health. There is no ...

Healthcare gained 50,600 jobs in April, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is roughly in line with the average monthly increase of 52,000 jobs over the previous 12 months. Here are four ...

Health Network have filed a lawsuit against The Leapfrog Group, alleging the patient safety organization’s rankings are based on flawed methodology. The complaint, filed April 30 in the U.S. District ...

L.A. Care Health Plan gave the hospital a $2 million grant in April 2024 to help it stay afloat. Although the hospital is isolated, it is considered an urban facility because it is part of Los Angeles ...