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Economic stability, and its contributing factors, are a fundamental determinant currently impacting the health and well-being of many individuals.

Wellstar announces Le Joyce Naylor in the new diversity, equity and inclusion role; MD Anderson names Caroline Chung, M.D., the first chief data officer; and more executive moves.

Scientists warn against a severe upcoming flu season and a continued possibility of a twindemic, in which COVID-19 and flu epidemics overwhelm hospitals.

More expensive patients and higher expenses as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to drive hospital and health system losses in 2021.

Although New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency because of staffing shortages due to the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, 92% of hospital and nursing home staff had received their first dose by the Monday deadline.

Several problems exist with current programs that address social determinants of health (SDOH); however, a new social model aims to combat these issues and improve the programs’ effectiveness.

Rural hospitals that merged reported reduced mortality and improved quality of care for six conditions.

Mount Sinai has a new president, as does The US Oncology Network; WellSpan appoints its first chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer, Sutter Health’s CEO is retiring in 2022, and more executive moves.

Most healthcare revenue cycle teams use productivity standards or quotas to meet goals, which requires insight into how long these tasks can take.

Interventions aimed at reducing hospital length of stay (LOS) among at-risk patients lack consistent efficacy, according to a systematic review.

Yale New Haven Health's CEO is retiring after 43 years with the organization, Memorial Sloan Kettering has a new chief nurse executive after two decades and more executive moves and appointments.

Craig Newman, the chief strategy officer at HealthChannels for ScribeAmerica, discusses how technology can be used to help reduce the amount of time and energy providers spend doing administrative tasks.

Telemedicine for diagnosis scaled up dramatically as a result of the pandemic, but there isn’t much known about the impact on diagnostic quality and safety.

A provider of personal protective equipment (PPE) discusses the continued importance of PPE, vaccine mandates and healthcare workforce shortages amid the surge of COVID-19 cases due to the Delta variant

While the main healthcare organizations expressed effusive support over President Joe Biden’s new mandate for COVID-19 vaccinations among millions of healthcare workers and private-sector employees, there are concerns about the current healthcare workforce shortage.

Allina Health’s CEO will retire at the end of 2021 while McLaren Bay Region announced a new CEO and the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center has a new president. Meanwhile, two interim leaders will fill in at OSU Wexner Medical Center.

Craig Newman, the chief strategy officer at HealthChannels for ScribeAmerica, discusses the amount of time that physicians, nurses, and scribes spend on administrative work and how the pandemic has exacerbated the need for things to change.

Hospitals and health systems started to improve digital capabilities as a result of the pandemic, but that momentum is starting to slow, according to new report.

A tool that can accurately measure hospitals’ medical surge preparedness can be beneficial when responding to future crises and large-scale emergencies.

Ransomware attacks tend to increase around holiday weekends, like Labor Day weekend. Here is a look at some recent healthcare data breaches.

Bob Dean, the nursing homes' owner, has previously been cited by state officials for evacuating patients to a facility he owned that proved to be inadequate.

Interim executives are made permanent at Cleveland Clinic, Inova Loudoun Hospital, and University of Utah (U of U) Health, while Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and MD Anderson announce new hires.

The pandemic caused a jump in healthcare-associated infections in hospitals, highlighting a need to return to infection prevention and control practices that were standard before the pandemic.

The partnership highlights the importance of leveraging digital health to improve patient outcomes.

Barry Sample, PhD, director of science and technology at Quest Diagnostics, discusses the rise in drug positivity rates among healthcare employees, the reasons behind the rise, and what can be done to combat them.

Tides are changing a year and a half after the COVID-19 onset, as health systems accelerate hiring.

The merge can make mental health treatment more accessible to patients.

Punit Soni, CEO and founder of Suki, delves into how artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to address burnout among healthcare professionals, as well as misconceptions about the purpose that this technology should serve in healthcare.

Google Health will spread across different divisions of Google.

COVID-19 booster shots will become available this fall.