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.

U.S. hospitals are increasingly integrating pharmacists into clinical care, but many are struggling to fill roles and maintain staff, according to the 2024 American Society of Health-System ...

Medical device recalls are essential to patient safety, addressing critical issues in devices that may pose health risks. Here are some of the most recent recalls reported to the FDA: Zoll recalls ...

Novo Nordisk is expanding access to its drug Wegovy through a new partnership with WeightWatchers, days after cutting ties with telehealth firm Hims & Hers. Starting July 1, WeightWatchers will ...

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled on June 27 that Madison, Wis.-based UW Health is not legally required to engage in collective bargaining with its nurses, upholding November 2022 decisions from the ...

From front-desk check-ins to back-end billing, reliance on manual processes create slow, error-prone workflows that frustrate patients and staff alike. Integrating digital tools that automate ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Healthcare has become the most targeted U.S. critical infrastructure industry by hackers. But which states have been impacted the most by the breaches? Here are the 10 states with the most individuals ...