Bangor, Maine-based Northern Light Health is notifying patients that a third-party vendor experienced a data breach that may have exposed protected health information related to sleep study services.

King County Superior Court on June 26 denied a labor union’s request to halt layoffs and clinic closures at Renton, Wash.-based Valley Medical Center, a spokesperson for the hospital confirmed to ...

Nationally, supply expenses per calendar day rose 9% year over year, marking a steady climb and pushing the year-to-date increase versus 2022 to 26%, due to continued inflation, heightened utilization ...

Eliminating a $45 out-of-pocket fee for 3D mammography, also called digital breast tomosynthesis, increased utilization of the procedure by 7.8%, according to a study published June 19 in the Journal ...

Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health’s credit rating was upgraded to “A” from “A-” by Fitch. The upgrade is supported by Prisma’s two-year operating performance improvement and its sound balance sheet ...

Jason Smith, MD, PhD, chief medical officer of Louisville, Ky.-based UofL Health, has been named interim CEO. Dr. Smith has served as chief medical officer since the health system’s inception in 2019, ...

As hospital-at-home programs grow across the U.S., health systems are rethinking how they staff these services to ensure sustainability, scalability and provider buy-in. Early models relied heavily on ...

After standardizing its second-opinion workflow, the radiology department at Columbus-based The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center achieved a reimbursement success rate of 91.9%, according to ...

As health systems face persistent nursing shortages, Advocate Health is pioneering a new approach — leveraging AI to transform workforce strategy. During a recent presentation hosted by Becker’s ...

Fitch upgraded Gainesville-based Northeast Georgia Health System’s rating to “A+” from “A.” The upgrade reflects the system’s very strong and consistent operating profitability over the past several ...

Virtual nursing saved Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health $6.3 million in cost avoidance from reduced turnover. Here are five things to know, according to a June 25 Epic article: 1. In 2024, ...

The FDA has approved expanded use of GE HealthCare’s PET imaging agent, Vizamyl, for improved detection and monitoring of Alzheimer’s disease. The updated label now allows Vizamyl to be used to detect ...