Ransomware attacks on the healthcare industry are continuing to rise, with 550 attacks recorded in 2024 — a 21% increase from 454 in 2023, according to an April 28 report from global ...

CVS Caremark has selected Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy as the preferred GLP-1 medication for its largest commercial template formularies, effective July 1. In March, Novo Nordisk launched NovoCare Pharmacy ...

After nearly five decades in hospital and healthcare administration, I’ve seen firsthand the fragility of the financial framework supporting hospitals — and today, that foundation is starting to crack ...

Forth Worth-based Cook Children’s Health Care System, one of Texas’s largest pediatric Medicaid managed care providers, is in a battle to retain its Medicaid contract with the state after being left ...

Members of two unions are set to begin a five-day strike May 12 at locations within Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth. Six things to know: 1. The strike affects approximately 900 service and tech and ...

In honor of National Nurses Month in May and National Nurses Week (May 6-12), hospitals and health systems are recognizing the difference nurses make in their organizations. This year, the American ...

Karen DeSalvo, MD, Google’s chief health officer, is retiring after five years in the role. “It has been such an honor to be able to bring the full force of Google to the world of health. There is no ...

Healthcare gained 50,600 jobs in April, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is roughly in line with the average monthly increase of 52,000 jobs over the previous 12 months. Here are four ...

The FDA plans to gather information from 250 compounding outsourcing pharmacies amid safety and quality concerns. In a May 1 notice, the agency said it will survey outsourcing facilities about ...

L.A. Care Health Plan gave the hospital a $2 million grant in April 2024 to help it stay afloat. Although the hospital is isolated, it is considered an urban facility because it is part of Los Angeles ...

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices will build the first state-required medication error reporting system for community pharmacies in California following its selection by the California Board ...

Thirty percent of millennial physicians report their happiness as “improved,” compared to 21% of earlier generations, according to Medscape. Medscape surveyed more than 5,700 physicians across more ...