NATIONAL
- 12 hospital construction projects worth $1B or more in 2018
- Amazon gets into health insurance — and more 2019 health-tech predictions from top experts
- How Northwell Health and Ascension executed massive rebranding campaigns and what other health systems can learn
- Hospitals hike minimum wage in geographic clusters
- Healthcare accounted for bigger portion of 2018 DOJ false claims recoveries
- Hospitals will have to post prices online starting January 1
- State-by-state breakdown of 93 rural hospital closures
- Federal judge says HHS Secretary Alex Azar exceeded legal authority in setting 340B drug payment rates
- CMS proposes fee increase for labs
- What’s coming for healthcare in 2019? Health system executives weigh in
- Federal judge blocks Trump rule cutting drug payments to hospitals
- Justice Dept Recovered $2.5B from Healthcare False Claims in 2018
- HIMSS19 to offer a look at how HHS is approaching blockchain
- Doctors to Silicon Valley engineers: Spend more time in the hospital before building apps
- Epic expands outside of hospitals: 4 healthcare organizations that deployed Epic EHRs this year
- CMS extends deadline for voluntary readmissions measure to Jan. 4
- Top 10 supply chain stories of 2018
- 28 pharma companies will hike prices in January after 2018 price freeze
- 3 digital health moves the FDA made in 2018
- CMS overhauls ACO program
- Venture capital firms pour billions into digital health
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- Croke learning on the job as new CEO of Wood River Health Services
- Connecticut Hospital fined for operating improper blood draw facility
- Former Access Health CEO, state contractor pay to settle ethics violation
- Stamford Health, HSS open sports rehab center in Connecticut
- Report calls for changes to CT’s Medicaid program for children
- Malloy touts healthcare successes
MAINE
- Mercy takes next step toward a consolidated hospital campus
- CMMC a top cardio hospital
- Portland Planning Board Approves Hospital Expansion Project
- Discover the evolution of orthopedic medicine right here in Maine
- New nursing program aims to help fill education, workforce gaps
MASSACHUSETTS
- McLean Hospital Pays Massachusetts $75,000 for 2015 Breach
- Mass General builds algorithm to detect intracranial hemorrhages
- Despite cuts, UMass Memorial Health Care posts operating loss for 2018
- Massachusetts 911 operators to learn new protocols after patient death outside hospital’s ER
- Three Mass. biotechs prepare to ring in 2019 with IPOs
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- Credit rating agency gives Elliot Hospital ‘stable’ outlook, cites expected financial improvements
- By the numbers: New Hampshire receives ‘D’ grade on national ranking of states’ fiscal health
NEW YORK
- NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan to get $52M for infrastructure improvements
- City investing $52 million in East Harlem hospital
- Rochester Regional Health activates second largest solar farm in NYS
- How Northwell Health and Ascension executed massive rebranding campaigns and what other health systems can learn
- Penn Yan hospital seeking to close inpatient unit
- New York hospital under investigation for potential Legionella cases
- NYU Langone, healthcare workers reach contract agreement
- For New York hospitals, first-ever citywide nurse residency program will help retention, curb burnout
- Stamford Health, HSS open sports rehab center in Connecticut
- NYC launches 1st city-led nurse residency program in the US
- Catholic Health Services of Long Island reshuffles 4 leadership roles
- Memorial Sloan Kettering’s season of turmoil
RHODE ISLAND
- Hospital CEO: RI should stop diverting ambulances
- Providence ambulance company accused of improper billing agrees to pay $300,000
- Care New England’s losses climb to $47.6M in 2018
- Hospital tech system aims to speed communication
VERMONT
- Vermont med school brings doctors to Danbury
- Vermont governor taps former medical center CEO to oversee cash-strapped Springfield Hospital
- Email attack jeopardizes data of 32,000 at Vermont Hospital
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
- In 2019, Delaware hospitals will treat the leading cause of maternal mortality the same way
- Executive order aims to curb healthcare spending
- Atlantic General Hospital welcomes new board of trustees members
- Christiana Care to respond to claims of illegal Medicaid kickbacks next week
- Delaware Sets Health Care Spending Benchmark
- Nanticoke hospital to change how it gets paid
- Trinity Health hospitals announce minimum raise increases in New Year
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- Judge denies request to keep DC health system open
- Inova’s future plans for Merrifield campus shrink significantly
- Judge denies District’s motion to stop Providence closure
- GWU Hospital says it’s back in the game to work toward East End Hospital deal
- C. Council approves St. E’s hospital bill after changes; GWU Hospital mum
MARYLAND
- Maryland hospitals end merger talks
- LifeBridge Health and Union Hospital of Cecil County end takeover talks
- Year in Review 2018: Maryland hospitals plan multimillion-dollar facelifts
- New health laws taking effect in Md.
- Johns Hopkins hospitals don’t always follow ‘basic safety rules,’ report claims
- LifeBridge Health faces class-action suit over 2016 data breach
- More top executives leave Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in Florida
NEW JERSEY
- Hackensack UMC and Morristown Medical Center recognized for orthopedic care
- Valley Health System seeks better patient, record matching
- Virtua joins N.J. health care consortium
- Surgery center alerts 3,778 patients about possible exposure to infections
- After reshaping NJ health care with a unique personal touch, John Lloyd calls it quits
- Tracking New Jersey’s progress on population health
- Patient sues New Jersey clinic over sterilization breach, rusty equipment
- New Jersey nurses reach labor deal with future Salem hospital owner
- J. is missing out on a bigger piece of the $2.6B clinical drug trial industry | Editorial
- Hudson Regional Hospital’s 2018 Year in Review
- Hackensack Meridian Health co-CEO retires
- Trinity Health hospitals announce minimum raise increases in New Year
PENNSYLVANIA
- Fallout over UPMC-Highmark split rankles patients forced to choose sides, confront prepay rule
- Tristan radiology docs leave UPMC Pinnacle locations for Penn State Health
- Pennsylvania lawmakers ask CMS to help seniors facing end of Highmark-UPMC agreement
- Penn Medicine launches brain tumor telemedicine program
- Q&A with Jefferson Health’s new chief medical social media officer
- New group overseeing emergency room at Ellwood City Medical Center
- Jefferson Hospital tops 1,000 births for 1st time
- UPMC Pinnacle starts process of closing Lancaster hospital formerly known as St. Joseph’s
- Doctors at 3 Philly-area hospitals are pushing back after working for weeks without pay
- Mary Medical Raising Minimum Wage To $15
- Hospital cited after allegations that patients were assaulted by staff
- Physicians at 3 Pennsylvania hospitals mull legal action after working weeks without pay
- New Penn State Health facility expands access to primary and specialty care in Lancaster County
- Tower Health launches revamped, and expanded, home care division
- Trinity Health hospitals announce minimum raise increases in New Year
- Penn Medicine Lancaster General seeks to fill 500 positions
VIRGINIA
- Bon Secours gets green light for hospital in Virginia
- New North Suffolk hospital approved
- Virginia ASC welcomes patients at open house
- Sentara Healthcare donates $535k to 17 non-profits in Virginia, North Carolina
- Medicaid expansion in Virginia set to begin in the new year
WEST VIRGINIA
- Federal government intervenes in hospital whistleblower suit
- West Virginia University Health System CEO Albert Wright on his most recent meaningful patient interaction
- Federal government joins lawsuit against Wheeling Hospital
- West Virginia hospital, CEO hit with federal kickback suit
- WVU Medicine, Mon Health continue history of cooperation, competition
- Braxton County Memorial Hospital becomes full member of West Virginia University Health System
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
- New hospital head takes on ‘aspirational’ goals for value-based care
- Mercy ACO partners with PatientPing
KANSAS
- Kansas extends medical board’s regulations to telemedicine
- State takes over nursing home in central Kansas
- Kansas hospital to close, affecting 327 jobs
- 2019 marks the official arrival of Shawnee Mission Health’s new name: AdventHealth
- Late paychecks hit ‘lives and livelihood’ of KC-based rural hospital chain’s employees
- 3 hospitals close in Kansas, Tennessee
MINNESOTA
- 7 thoughts on Mayo’s philanthropy, controversies and future from retiring CEO Dr. John Noseworthy
- Minnesota hospital apologizes for billing mistake
MISSOURI
- How Northwell Health and Ascension executed massive rebranding campaigns and what other health systems can learn
- Louis Proud: Doctors and nurses from Children’s Hospital sharing their expertise around the globe
- Bankrupt healthcare company looks to sell its stake in St. Alexius Hospital in south St. Louis
- Doctoral research enhances NICU operations at area hospital
- Missouri improves, but still in bad shape when it comes to this state ranking
- Columbia senator sees few options for MU Health, SSM deal
- Proposed St. Mary’s Hospital sales in Jefferson City and Mexico could go before Legislature
- Late paychecks hit ‘lives and livelihood’ of KC-based rural hospital chain’s employees
- Some KC-area health consumers dismayed by the new price lists hospitals revealed January 1
- SSM: MU Health Care is the right candidate to purchase St. Mary’s Hospitals in mid-Missouri
NEBRASKA
- Pender Community Hospital District hires Edwards as COO
- Callaway District Hospital CEO retires
- Expedia for health care? CHI Health lets patients buy vouchers for discounted medical procedures
- State launches website to inform Nebraskans about Medicaid expansion progress
NORTH DAKOTA
SOUTH DAKOTA
- Sioux San Hospital to stay with Indian Health Service
- Sanford Health, Good Samaritan Society merger complete
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- Three Advocate hospitals — Illinois Masonic, Good Shepherd, Good Samaritan — ending pediatric inpatient care
- 10 Illinois hospitals get a name change
- Lake Forest Hospital Names New Chief of Medical Staff
- District court grants summary judgment for SSM Health in trademark dispute
- Three Advocate hospitals — Illinois Masonic, Good Shepherd, Good Samaritan — ending pediatric inpatient care
- Health care tech company raises VC funds, plans to hire
- Illinois nurses receive $7.9M settlement after hostage incident
- For-profit Springfield hospital closing by March 31
- Ten Presence hospitals getting a name change
- Chicago hospital performs record 54 heart transplants in 2018
- Illinois long-term care hospital to close amid declining reimbursement
- Advocate to use 100 percent renewable electricity by 2030
- State hospital group has new leadership
INDIANA
- Vibra closing; region losing last provider for acute care
- Regenstrief, MDClone to speed data access for medical research
- Indiana falls three spots, to No. 41, in latest national health rankings
- IU Health Names Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer
- CHS to build $120M Indiana hospital
- Indiana lawmaker wants to bring back hospital ‘certificate of need’ process
- Vibra Hospital to Lay Off 120
- Reid Health to Provide Ambulance Service to Western Wayne County
- Lutheran Health Finalizes Plans For New Hospital
KENTUCKY
- New twist in Jewish Hospital saga: UofL appears to want to buy it with a partner
- University of Louisville Health names new CEO
- Kentucky hospital hires more staff to treat sexual assault patients
- Kindred partners with tech firm to improve sharing of health data, patient care
- Kentucky hospital blames Medicare error for delay in paying workers
- Kentucky orthopedic group, hospital launch joint replacement program
- HMH sale named top story of the year
- Passport West End HQ project gets $24M from national organizations
- Oncologist’s $500,000 gift to St. Elizabeth’s new Cancer Care Center is designated for ‘comfort care’
- Largest Private Equity Health Care Deals of 2018: Kindred, Curo Make the List
MICHIGAN
- Woods set to step in as McLaren Northern Michigan interim president, CEO
- Former Henry Ford Health CEO is named MSU trustee
- McLaren Northern Michigan names interim CEO
- Spectrum Health appoints Andrea Leslie regional market leader, overseeing 4 hospitals
- Beaumont Health, UHS announce joint venture
- Detroit Medical Center to add 79 new residency slots
- Michigan hospital’s birth center to close
- Hospital prices now online in Mid-Michigan
OHIO
- Local hospital prices are about to go public
- TriHealth CEO joins leadership of hospital association
- MetroHealth CEO Dr. Akram Boutros, Chief of Staff Jane Platten subpoenaed to testify before Cuyahoga County grand jury
- ‘The hospital never told us:’ Cincinnati Children’s loses $2 million spine surgery lawsuit
- Joseph Hospital’s relocation remains on hold
- Kettering Health Network expects to open Troy Hospital in June
- Mercy Health delays plan to build $250M Ohio hospital
- Ohio’s Hospice turns to analytics to aid outcomes
- Cincinnati hospital adds to C-suite
- Dayton Children’s Hospital announces partnership with Gem City Market
- Akron Children’s Hosptial CEO talks growth
- OhioHealth exec to chair Ohio Hospital Association
- Cincinnati Children’s Hospital to pay $2M for botched surgeries by physician on the run
- Knox Community Hospital CEO named to state, regional leadership boards
WISCONSIN
- Hayward hospital joins 3-state project to reduce opioid use
- Marshfield Clinic takes part in national research program
- SSM Health to be sole owner of Turville Bay radiation center
- Ascension Ambulatory Surgery Center in Mount Pleasant moves ahead
- Wisconsin hospitals to post prices online
- Hospitals to post prices online, how will it affect healthcare in Northeast Wisconsin?
- Rolando Macasaet retires from Vernon Memorial Healthcare
- Advocate to use 100 percent renewable electricity by 2030
- Irgens sells three health care properties for about $75 million
- Froedtert plans new Waukesha clinic
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
- After nearly five years lawsuit against Flowers Hospital is over
- Ochsner, Geneva Health Solutions partner for remote monitoring of cardiac device patients
- Alabama hospital sets records for surgeries, ER visits after Dec. 6 move
- Hospital busier than ever since move to new $230M building
- Tim Puthoff named CEO of Brookwood Baptist Health
- Flowers Hospital settles lawsuit 5 years after data breach
FLORIDA
- Baptist Health earnings grow in fiscal 2018 as merger looms
- 2nd standalone ER planned for Lakeland
- Florida HCA hospitals recruit workers seeking jobs after Hurricane Michael
- Pinellas Health News: Blood centers announce intent to merge
- University of Miami Health System taps COO
- Judge calls for rejection of Orlando Health pediatric heart-transplant program application
- Baptist Health South Florida sees 66% jump in net income
- Judge deals blow to Arnold Palmer Hospital’s hopes for pediatric heart-transplant program
- Bill Would Provide More Money For Florida’s Safety Net Hospitals
- Bankrupt Promise Healthcare gets $63 mln offer for Florida facilities
- Florida Supreme Court backs insurance company over Lee Health in lawsuit
- Citrus Memorial Hospital debuts $2.8 million renovation of stroke facilities
- Ardent selling damaged Florida hospital to Ascension
- Fort Myers doctor to pay $1.7 M for medical fraud
- Sacred Heart Health System names new president and CEO
- Lee Health launching ‘Vivida,’ a Medicaid insurance program for Southwest Florida
- Tampa Bay hospitals confront new pricing transparency rules
- Sacred Heart Health System’s new CEO Henry Stovall talks projects, changes in 2019
- Hospital damaged by Hurricane Irma to be demolished
- Adventist Health System completes rebranding across 47 hospitals
- Florida Hospital Ocala rebranded AdventHealth Ocala
- Three more All Children’s officials resign following Times investigation
- Florida hospital to resume limited inpatient services
GEORGIA
- Macon-based health system to join Carolina group
- Regent pushes to combine University Hospital with AU Health
- Navicent deal with N.C.-based chain shakes up hospital business in Middle Georgia
- Hospital reports strong month
- Atrium Health Finalizes Expansion Into Georgia
- Health care firm bringing 500 jobs to Roswell
- Ochsner, Geneva Health Solutions partner for remote monitoring of cardiac device patients
- The story behind the Frazier, Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates deal
- Lee County Medical Center battle among this year’s top health stories in Georgia
- Georgia hospital suing patients for defamation over alleged body mix-up
- Southeast Georgia Health System selects COO
- Northside Hospital files plans for 2 medical buildings
- Piedmont Newton Hospital appoints CFO
MISSISSIPPI
- Mississippi remains near bottom of national health rankings, beating only Louisiana
- Ochsner, Geneva Health Solutions partner for remote monitoring of cardiac device patients
- Mississippi improves health ranking to 49th
- Amory hospital sale finalized; new name will be NMMC Gilmore-Amory
NORTH CAROLINA
- Navicent deal with N.C.-based chain shakes up hospital business in Middle Georgia
- Atrium Health Finalizes Expansion Into Georgia
- UnitedHealthcare, Duke LifePoint hospital negotiations over fees reach critical point
- UNC Health Care To Manage Jacksonville Hospital
- New Broughton Hospital delayed again
- North Carolina rehab center settles U.S. allegations of firing employee due to illness
- Hospital undergoes transition
- What stories grabbed you in 2018? NC Health News most-read stories of the year.
- If Mission Health is sold to HCA, what happens to quality of care?
- Wilkes Medical Center president announces retirement plans; Davie hospital president to take over duties
- WakeMed’s operating income falls 20%
- Atrium Health welcomes chief strategy officer
- Macon-based health system to join Carolina group
- New Mission Health tower, Arras hotel and condos slated to open in 2019
- Sentara Healthcare donates $535k to 17 non-profits in Virginia, North Carolina
- NC Health Policy and Trends to Watch For in 2019 – Part 2
- Park Ridge is now AdventHealth
- Cone Health continues pursuit of $15 minimum wage with pay raise
- Onslow Memorial Hospital CFO dies at 66
SOUTH CAROLINA
- New study on memory being done at Roper St. Francis Hospital in Charleston
- Charleston real estate company donates $10,000 to pediatric palliative care team at MUSC
- Baptist Easley gets a D on a new hospital quality report card
- Board Member Chosen to Lead South Carolina Health Panel
TENNESSEE
- New Tennessee Law Opens Up Telemedicine Across State Lines
- Tennessee jury rules for doctors in $58M case against Wellmont
- CHS to close 2 hospitals
- Northeast Regional Health Office of TDH to receive performance excellence award
- In small-town Tennessee, rural health clinics struggle as state freezes payments
- CHS, Steward battle in court over unpaid bills in 8-hospital deal
- Tennova provides updates on hospital plans
- HealthSouth Hospital gets a new name
- TriStar Hendersonville Medical Center hires new CFO
- Turner Construction Begins Work on St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital
- Jury awards $58M to physicians group in lawsuit against Wellmont
- Tennessee hospital installs new robotic system for spine surgery
- 3 hospitals close in Kansas, Tennessee
- Tennessee hospital CEO blames funding cuts for power outage forcing patients to relocate
- HCA names new ethics and compliance chief, SVP of internal audit services
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
- Concerns raised about financial fate of Arkansas hospital
- De Queen hospital may close
- De Queen Hospital faces financial problems
- Ochsner, Geneva Health Solutions partner for remote monitoring of cardiac device patients
- Lawsuit aims to open records at Harrison hospital
- Burn unit at Arkansas Children’s Hospital reopened for adults
- Allegations of no pay or health insurance for Arkansas Medical Center
- Arkansas Ranks Low for Overall Health
- Arkansas Children’s taps new chief people officer
- Arkansas officials prepare for potential hospital closure in Sevier County
ARIZONA
- Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation verified as a Level III trauma center
- Banner Health Moves Forward on New Arizona Care Center
- New Arizona law will help prevent ‘surprise’ hospital bills from out-of-network providers
- Banner Health Recovered From EHR Downtime Following Network Outage
- Arizona ranks 30th in the nation for overall health
LOUISIANA
- Report: Louisiana ranked most unhealthy state in 2018
- Ochsner, Geneva Health Solutions partner for remote monitoring of cardiac device patients
- Louisiana nurse practitioner is US group’s president-elect
- Ochsner upped its lowest hourly wage to $12. Will others follow suit?
- Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Health appoints president
- Willis-Knighton Health System taps chief administrative officer
NEW MEXICO
- Opportunity costs: Weighing a joint venture between New Mexico children’s hospitals
- Texas health care company opens ABQ office
OKLAHOMA
- Prague hospital runs short of supplies as financial troubles deepen
- Prague hospital runs short of supplies, late with payroll
- Hillsboro hospital’s woes deepen
- SoonerCare agency seeks $44 million to increase provider pay
- Study: Oklahoma has a nursing shortage
- New health care option coming to Ada
- Nurses claim they’re paying for supplies at Oklahoma hospital
- Oklahoma hospital short of supplies due to financial problems
- Ada medical center nears completion of major expansion
- Affordable Care Act enrollment reaches record in Oklahoma
- Hastings Hospital corrects deficiencies after CMS probe of improper syringe use
TEXAS
- Meet the Baylor Scott & White CEO guiding Texas’ biggest hospital merger
- HCA Houston Healthcare taps Plano exec as new chief development officer
- Full circle: Hendrick Health System boss Tim Lancaster to ring in new year in retirement
- $74 million Alliance Fort Worth hospital expansion joins Texas Health’s growth spurt
- HCA’s Kingwood Medical Center names Fort Worth exec as new CEO
- Sundance Behavioral Health Hospital Ceases Operations, Surrenders License
- Medical City McKinney’s New Chief Operating Officer
- Texas psych hospital to lose Medicare funding after safety lapses
- This north Fort Worth hospital is expanding. What will it do for $74 million?
- Houston-based health care software co. trades hands
- After bitter closure, rural Texas hospital defies the norm and reopens
- Houston health care co. taps former Memorial Hermann exec as new CEO
- Report: Texas Hospitals are Becoming Less Profitable
- Texas hospitals react to new mandate to post health care prices
- Baylor-Hermann Memorial merger will create closely watched mega-provider
- Construction Moves Ahead on $270M Frisco Hospital
- SA virtual health care company acquires Colorado business
- Texan Allergy & Sinus Center opens new clinic in The Woodlands
- Doctors say King’s Daughters Clinic will reopen after deal with Ascension Texas
- HCA’s West Houston Medical Center completes surgical suite expansion
- Baylor Scott & White, Memorial Hermann to keep regional brands after merger: ‘Spending millions taking signs off buildings doesn’t improve healthcare’
- Push to ensure freestanding ER patients aren’t stuck with big bills
- Sale of shuttered Temple clinic approved by bankruptcy judge
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
- Alaska considers CON law repeal
- Alaska’s Medical Price Transparency Law to be Delayed
- New CEO leaves Alaska Psychiatric Institute after less than 4 months
IDAHO
- Idaho preparing for Medicaid expansion
- Innovative medical services now offered in Rigby and East Idaho
MONTANA
- Pharmacy industry ‘middlemen’ settle Montana case
- Billings Clinic, Montana health department collaborate to connect physicians with psychiatrists
- Despite judge’s ruling, Montana Medicaid expansion advocates move forward
OREGON
- Zoom Care names new CEO days after acquisition by PeaceHealth
- New CEO plans to continue tradition of success
- Oregon hospital association leader plans to step down
- Nurses accuse Bend hospital of unfair labor practices
- And the most-read Oregon health care stories of 2018 were …
- Oregon And Washington Health Care Organizations Merge
- Class-action suit alleges Legacy Health failed to pay nursing staff for hours worked
- Charles Redmond plans $15M expansion, more treatment
- Grande Ronde Hospital and Clinics selects CEO
WASHINGTON
- Twisting the trend, Providence St. Joseph snags another tech exec
- Hospital district still working with architects on possible new facility
- Microsoft exec joins Providence St. Joseph Health as CIO
- Oregon And Washington Health Care Organizations Merge
- How Harborview Medical Center is tackling high readmission rates among homeless
- Changes coming for Spokane Medicaid clients in 2019
- How Harborview Medical Center is tackling high readmission rates among homeless
- Providence St. Joseph Health Predicts 2019 Will Be “The Year Of Coalitions In Health Care”
- Cancer care center to open this month at EvergreenMonroe hospital
WYOMING
- Hospital officials confident of district’s financial health
- Sweetwater County Commission Funding for hospital repairs approved
- CVS now offering MinuteClinic in Wyoming
- Washington Hospital, Clinic to Launch Cerner EHR Implementation
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
- California Northstate University plans $750M teaching hospital
- Nurses at 2 California hospitals withdraw strike notices
- John’s Pleasant Valley Hospital addition opens in Camarillo
- CHI, Dignity Health Push Back Hospital Merger Closing Date
- New $750 million hospital to be built in Elk Grove
- Dignity Health’s innovation chief on healthcare’s “membership culture” shift
- California hospital reexamines transition to nonprofit operator
- Cottage Health opens outpatient cardiology clinic
- Ken Keller named new president/CEO of Memorial Hospital
- California community hospital’s reopening delayed until spring
- Dignity Health’s Memorial Hospital promotes COO to CEO
- California jumped five spots in 2018 national health rankings over 2017
COLORADO
- Pagosa Springs Medical Center Pays $111,400 for HIPAA Violations
- DaVita Celebrates 2018 Achievements
- CHI, Dignity Health Push Back Hospital Merger Closing Date
- Colorado hospitals to post prices online
- Telemedicine helps transplant patients stay close to home
- Children’s Hospital North expansion changes OK’d
- Colorado ranked top 10 in healthiest state report
- Banner Health Recovered From EHR Downtime Following Network Outage
- Oversight of Pueblo state hospital to begin
- SA virtual health care company acquires Colorado business
- Colorado Is Stepping up Its Game to Prevent Hospital-Related Infections
HAWAII
- Nonprofit works to address physician shortage
- North Hawaii Community Hospital hosts ground blessing for new ER
- Hospital patients in Hawaii soon to be able to price compare health care online
- Hamakua-Kohala Health expands to Waimea
- Hawaii law allowing medically assisted suicide takes effect
NEVADA
UTAH
