Dr. Eve Cunningham, group VP and chief of virtual care and digital health at Providence, and 2024 Changemaker, speaks about the advances made in virtual care and how the right clinical sponsors can help clinicians be more engaged in alternative care modalities.  

For an undisclosed sum, The University of Kansas Health System has acquired Liberty Hospital in Liberty, Missouri, the health system’s first expansion into that state, with the definitive agreement signed this week. Liberty Hospital’s decision to become part of The University of Kansas Health System followed an extensive process by the facility and its Board […]

Steward Health Care, among the largest physician-led hospital operators in the country, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the company announced today. Steward is finalizing a deal with its landlord, Medical Properties Trust, on the terms of a bankruptcy loan of up to $300 million. The deal consists of debtor-in-possession financing from Medical Properties Trust […]

Addressing a risk in isolation that’s actually part of an ecosystem raises the likelihood of a threat elsewhere, says Dr. Eric Liederman, CEO of CyberSolutionsMD.  

From clinical engineering at UConn to cybersecurity and tech innovator, Christopher Falkner, a 2024 HIMSS Changemaker award recipient and Sodexo’s senior director of digital strategy and cybersecurity, talks about his career path and the importance of protecting medical devices.  

Beginning Wednesday, hospitals are no longer required to report COVID-19 hospital admissions, hospital capacity, or hospital occupancy data to the Department of Health and Human Services, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Cigna reported a $277 million net loss during its Q1 earnings call on Thursday. This compares with profits of $1.27 billion a year earlier.     The loss is driven by a non-cash after-tax net realized investment loss of $1.8 billion, primarily related to a VillageMD impairment charge to write off assets.

2024 HIMSS Changemaker award recipient Emily Barey, Epic’s chief nurse evangelist, takes a process improvement approach and says ‘yes’ as often as she can to see what those opportunities hold.

A new rule prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability has been finalized by the Department of Health and Human Services, through its Office of Civil Rights, and seeks to advance equity and boost protections for people with disabilities under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.

The Netherlands is dealing with the same issues as the U.S. and Europe, in that people are getting older and healthcare organizations are working with less staff and fewer resources, says Abigail Norville, deputy secretary general of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport in the Netherlands.