Hospitals In an opinion piece called “Keeping Our Defenses Up Against Cyberattacks,” American Hospital Association (AHA) President and CEO Rick Pollack links cybersecurity to patient safety. Mr. Pollack notes that there has been a “troubling increase in cyber threats perpetrated by international cyber gangs and state-sponsored hackers this summer” who are…
TriStar Health announced that TriStar Greenview Regional Hospital, part of HCA Healthcare, has completed a seven-month renovation of its surgical department. All 10 of the hospital’s operating rooms have been upgraded with “advanced technology and equipment designed to support safe, efficient and high-quality surgical care.” The enhancements include: three-dimensional surgical…
Newsweek has published its rankings of the World’s Greenest Hospitals of 2026. The inaugural edition of the program highlights the 250 hospitals that the publication finds are “leading the way in sustainability by reducing emissions, conserving water and improving waste management.” Newsweek, which partnered with data gathering and visualization firm…
Wellstar Health System has completed its acquisition of Mountain Lakes Medical Center, a 25-bed critical access hospital and Level IV Trauma Center in Clayton, Ga., that serves Rabun County and surrounding northeast Georgia communities. Renamed Wellstar Mountain Lakes Medical Center, it’s the 12th hospital in Wellstar’s integrated health system. “Patients…
U.S. News & World Report has released its 2026-2027 edition of Best Hospitals, an annual study that “helps patients and their families make informed, data-driven healthcare decisions in consultation with their medical providers and care teams.” This year’s edition highlights 505 Best Regional Hospitals across 49 states and Washington, D.C., “that…
Knox Community Hospital in Mount Vernon, Ohio, announced that it has signed a non-binding letter of intent to join Western Ohio nonprofit health system Kettering Health to “strengthen local access to care.” “Throughout this evaluation, our focus has been on finding the right long-term path for Knox Community Hospital and…
Parkview Health this week broke ground on a future full-service hospital and medical office building in West Lafayette, Ind., which it calls one of the Hoosier State’s “fastest-growing communities.” The approximately $200 million project, first announced in July 2025, is projected to produce a nearly 200,000-square-foot hospital with “up to”…
The University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Clinton in St. Johns has received the go-ahead from its Board of Regents to build a new 22,000-square-foot ambulatory clinic center, add 19,000 square feet of new hospital space and perform a major hospital renovation. The health system called the $62 million project a “response…
After formal approval by state and federal regulators, Allegheny Health Network (AHN) and Heritage Valley Health System have finalized an affiliation agreement that will add two Heritage Valley hospitals, dozens of clinical locations, and hundreds of physicians to AHN’s western Pennsylvania-based network. The organizations are now focused on integration of “operations and clinical programmatic…
Baptist Health held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday to welcome South Arkansas Regional Hospital in El Dorado, Ark., into its system after officially assuming the hospital’s operations the day before. The 151-bed hospital has been renamed Baptist Health Medical Center-El Dorado, becoming the 13th hospital in the Baptist Health system. “The…
