Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is the most trusted health system brand in 2024, according to a May 14 report from branding agency Monigle.

A bill traveling through the Louisiana legislature is seeking to outlaw possession of unprescribed, FDA-approved abortion pills. If the bill passes, the state will be the first to classify medication abortion as controlled dangerous substances. 

Even when the going gets tough, Dixon, Ill.-based Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital CEO David Schreiner, PhD, and CFO Austin B. Frazier Jr. have successfully collaborated to evolve and develop strategies, with a little bit of laughter, to strengthen their working relationship.

Minneapolis-based Allina Health said a former employee impermissibly accessed the records of 715 patients in its EHR.

Chief information security officers are seeing their roles elevate as hospitals renew focus on cybersecurity and ransomware attack prevention.

Nurses have a hard time disconnecting from work, and may benefit from additional workplace resources that support them in doing so, according to findings from a new Press Ganey report on nurse resiliency. 

An Indiana hospital is still dealing with the fallout of a cyberattack 2 1/2 years after it happened, WTHR in Indianapolis reported.

Some hospitals and health systems are outsourcing or cutting IT jobs in a move to reduce operating costs.

Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care posted an operating income of $44.5 million in the first half of fiscal year 2024 down from an operating income of $47.1 million over the same period last year, according to its May 14 financial report. 

Becker's recorded three health system CEOs' retirement announcements between April 25 and May 9: 

On June 4, Kelly McCormick-Sullivan will assume leadership of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists' philanthropic organization. 

Health systems are working out the kinks with virtual nursing, with some hospitals discovering the care model doesn't work for all its hoped-for uses, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

Jupiter (Fla.) Medical Center established the Elliot Family Center for Cardiac Electrophysiology thanks to a $10 million donation, CBS12 reported May 13.

Here are 12 health systems that have had their credit ratings upgraded by Fitch Ratings or Moody's Investor Services in 2024:

During the first quarter of 2024, hospitals and health systems across the nation experienced a rise in payments that were either delayed or missing, a report from Strata Decision Technology found. 

UNC Health Lenoir, a 199-bed hospital in Kinston, N.C., has appointed Bharadwaj "Brad" Mantha vice president and CFO, effective June 10, according to a news release shared with Becker's.

Unionized healthcare workers came together May 13 to address New York state's clinical staffing law, which they say is not being enforced aggressively enough by the New York State Department of Health.

Intermountain Health's central lab in Murray, Utah, has expanded and nearly doubled in size to help lower testing costs and improve lab services for patients and the system's hospitals in the region. 

As the financial struggles continue for many hospitals and health systems, C-suite leaders are honing in on capacity and lowering length of stay to improve their bottom line.

In January, Bend, Ore.-based St. Charles Health System launched a pilot program alongside the insurer PacificSource to streamline automatic coverage approval for patients needing cancer treatment.