- + Mississippi hospital names CEO—Travis Sisson was named CEO of Merit Health Wesley in Hattiesburg, Miss. [Category: Featured, Hospital Executive Moves, Channels, Hospital Rev...
- + Colorado school plans new medical college for 2026—Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill May 1, allowing the state to help finance the University of Northern Colorado's proposed College of Osteopat...
- + Nurse staffing levels are improving, surveys suggest—Health systems are working diligently to improve nurse staffing, and early evidence suggests these efforts are starting to pay off. [Category: F...
- + Rising labor costs eat into hospitals' Q1 profits—Hospital financials, on average, worsened in the first quarter, despite a relatively strong start to the year, as operating margins, volume and revenu...
- + Wellstar names new external affairs chief —Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System has named John Hatfield as its new executive vice president and chief external affairs officer. [Ca...
- + Emergent BioSolutions to close 2 sites, start layoffs—Emergent BioSolutions is consolidating operations, closing two manufacturing plants and laying off about 300 employees, the Maryland-based drugmaker ...
- + Hospitals gain ground in mitigating HAIs —Hospitals are gaining ground in reducing healthcare-associated infections after unprecedented highs during the COVID-19 pandemic, data from The Leap...
- + Nurse pleads guilty to 22 counts of patient murder, attempted murder —Heather Pressdee, a Pennsylvania nurse, pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree murder and 19 counts of attempted homicide, the Pittsburgh Po...
- + Intermountain expands AI copilot enterprisewide—Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health is rolling out an AI copilot from Microsoft's Nuance enterprisewide in a move to increase clinical and ope...
- + People in rural counties more likely to die of preventable causes: CDC—Americans living in rural counties are more likely to die of preventable causes than those living in urban areas, a new CDC study suggests. [C...
- + Noncompete ban complicates hospital staffing issues: Fitch—The Federal Trade Commission's final rule banning noncompete clauses could hit nonprofit hospitals with more staffing complications at a time when t...
- + What it's like when your EHR shuts down—When a hospital's EHR went down recently, staff communicated with patients and one another more and cut down on unnecessary tests and documentation, a...
- + 14 more health system leaders to design 'smart hospital' model—Fourteen more health system leaders have been added to an advisory panel defining standards for what constitutes a "smart hospital." [Category: Feat...
- + Oracle Health workforce steadily decreases—Since acquiring EHR vendor Cerner, Oracle Health's local workforce has decreased, the Kansas City Business Journal reported April 30. [Categ...
- + 2 WVU Medicine hospitals move to Epic—South Charleston, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine Thomas Hospitals went live with an Epic EHR system on May 1. [Category: Featured, EHRs, Channels, H...
- + 11 hospital, health system CEO resignations—Several hospital and health system CEOs have stepped down or announced plans to step down from their positions. [Category: Featured, Hospital Ex...
- + The condition EDs often miss in children —Seizures are telltale signs of epilepsy, but a subtle type of seizure in children is less likely to be noticed by emergency department physicians, whi...
- + Kansas system to acquire 1st hospital in Missouri—The University of Kansas Health System and Liberty (Mo.) Hospital have signed definitive agreements for the hospital and its clinics to join the Kan...
- + The man with the longest-lasting COVID-19 infection: Case study—The person with the longest consecutive COVID-19 infection was a 72-year-old man in Amsterdam who was documented to have the infection for 612 days, ...
- + Major cities with the highest, lowest salaries singles need to live comfortably—GOBankingRates released a new study April 30 that determined the minimum salary a single adult would need to live comfortably in 100 major U.S. citie...
- + Cone Health opens renovated heart hospital—Cone Health opened its new and renovated heart center after a $34.2 million investment. [Category: Featured, Capital, Channels, Hospital Review, Stati...
- + Bird flu vaccines are ready, milk is safe, and 3 other updates—The U.S. has two vaccines ready to circulate if bird flu begins spreading easily to humans, with doses that could begin shipping widely within weeks, ...
- + Georgia system reopens hospital to inpatient services—Piedmont Augusta (Ga.) is reopening the emergency department and inpatient services at its Summerville campus after converting the location into an ...
- + Ex-Illinois hospital COO sentenced in fraud scheme —An attorney who worked as a vice president and COO of an Illinois hospital and pleaded guilty to a federal mail fraud charge has been sentenced to...
- + 18 states leaving MGMA—On May 1, the Arizona Medical Group Management Association told the national MGMA it would end its affiliation. In the last few months, 17 other state...
- + Another system partners with Cost Plus Drugs—Louisville, Ky.-based ScionHealth will begin purchasing certain bulk drugs from Mark Cuban's Cost Plus Drug Co., the 94-hospital system said May 1. ...
- + 'A crisis of your creating': UnitedHealth CEO grilled by Congress on cyberattack—UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty expressed that he was "deeply deeply sorry" about the impact that the late February cyberattack against Change H...
- + Why hospital executives think Walmart Health failed—Health system leaders told Becker's they're not surprised by the failure of Walmart Health given the arduous economics of healthcare and the difficu...
- + Travel nurse pay by state—Average weekly travel nurse pay in the U.S. in April was $2,333.12, down 1.12% from the previous month, according to data shared with Becker's from ...
- + Louisiana hospital makes interim CEO permanent —New Orleans-based Touro hospital, part of New Orleans-based LCMC Health, has tapped Christopher Lege, MD, as its permanent CEO. [Category: Featured, H...
- + U.S. healthcare job openings decrease—U.S. job openings hit 8.5 million in March of 2024, the lowest level of openings since March of 2021. [Category: Featured, Workforce, Channels, Hosp...
- + Novant Health plans cancer-focused hospital —Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health is looking to build a 26-bed, cancer-focused hospital. [Category: Featured, Finance, Channels, H...
- + Health systems vs. payers and the consolidation debate—The largest health systems, on average, have far less market share than the top three payers in each state, despite concerns from policymakers and the...
- + Vermont hospital sees 800% increase in blood infection cases—University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington saw an 814% increase in blood infections, and the increase coincides with the arrival of xylazine...
- + Disruptors are retreating from healthcare—Several major players in the healthcare industry — Walmart, Optum and Walgreens' VillageMD — are closing or scaling back their healthcare services in ...
- + Patient experience on the upswing, Leapfrog data suggests—Patient experience measures are showing early signs of rebounding after falling dramatically amid the pandemic, according to an analysis from The ...
- + FTC cracks down on drug patents —The Federal Trade Commission sent letters to 10 drugmakers April 30 warning them that hundreds of patent listings for 20 drugs are invalid. The agen...
- + HHS' final rule to combat disability discrimination: What healthcare leaders should know—HHS finalized a rule May 1 that updates protections against disability discrimination in healthcare. [Category: Featured, Human Resources, Channels,...
- + HHS' new rule to combat disability discrimination: What healthcare leaders should know—HHS finalized a rule May 1 that updates protections against disability discrimination in healthcare. [Category: Featured, Human Resources, Channels,...
- + Amazon pharmacy home delivery services to expand to more cities—Amazon's first-quarter earnings increased 225% in 2024 compared to last year, and the company listed its pharmacy services as one of its recent wins...
- + Wisconsin hospital pauses labor and delivery services —Marshfield Medical Center-Rice Lake (Wis.), a regional hospital of Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System, said it will temporarily pause labor and ...
- + McLaren Health hospital names new president, CEO —Tracey Franovich, RN, has been named president and CEO, of Mount Clemens, Mich.-based McLaren Macomb Hospital, part of Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLare...
- + Patient fires gun at Detroit hospital employee, shoots self: Police—A patient fired a gun at an employee at Detroit-based DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital before turning the gun on himself, Fox2 reported April 28. [Categor...
- + Medline to acquire surgical products business—Medline is planning to scoop up Ecolab, a global surgical solutions and medical product company. [Category: Featured, Supply Chain, Channels, ...
- + CDC: Hospitals no longer required to report COVID-19 data—The CDC has announced that starting May 1, hospitals are no longer required to report COVID-19 hospital admissions, hospital capacity or hospital oc...
- + Will WHO's airborne transmission update influence CDC's mask rules?—The World Health Organization updated its classification of airborne diseases last month in a move expected to influence infection control policies ...
- + J&J to resolve most cancer talc claims for $6.5B—Johnson & Johnson plans to settle 99.75% of claims alleging its talc-based baby powder products led to ovarian cancer, the company said May 1.&n...
- + Why Epic trimmed its noncompete list—Epic says it winnowed its noncompete list to a "few dozen" health IT companies after leadership realized how large the index had grown. [Category: Fea...
- + Top 50 cities for startups—San Francisco and New York City top the list of the best cities for startups, according to PitchBook. [Category: Featured, Rankings & Ratings, C...
- + CIOs' top 15 priorities over next 3 years—CIOs' top priority over the next one to three years will be driving business innovation, according to a recent CIO survey . [Category: Featured, He...
- + Alabama hospital names inaugural chief medical officer—Mobile, Ala.-based USA Health's Children's & Women's Hospital appointed Manimaran Ramani, MD, its inaugural chief medical officer. [Category: Feat...
- + Cone Health names CIO—Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health has named Keith Jones as its new CIO. [Category: Featured, Hospital Executive Moves, Channels, Hospital Rev...
- + CHS, Cost Plus Drugs to drive 'significant advantages' for hospitals—Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems is the first health system to partner with and buy medicines manufactured by Mark Cuban Cost Plus Dru...
- + Piedmont aims to expand after Wellstar closure—Piedmont Atlanta Hospital plans to add 130 beds and hire more than 300 employees to address increased capacity pressures in the wake of Wellstar Atl...
- + Healthcare billing fraud: 11 recent cases —From the conviction of a New Jersey physician for submitting more than $5.4 million in fraudulent claims to the indictment of a Mississippi man for hi...
- + The health system board's job gets complicated—Boards of health systems face an expanding range of concerns, decision-making and subjects, and they are evolving in many ways based on today's govern...
- + CVS reports $1.1B income in Q1, cuts earnings guidance—CVS Health cut its earnings guidance for 2024 based on rising medical costs. [Category: Featured, Finance, Channels, Hospital Review, Static, RO...
- + Tenet adds 45 ASCs, sells 9 hospitals in Q1 —In the first quarter, Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare sold nine hospitals while its outpatient business United Surgical International Partners acquire...
- + 4 things to know about Ascension's new CFO —St. Louis-based Ascension named Saurabh Tripathi executive vice president and CFO on April 29 to succeed Liz Foshage, who is retiring in September. ...
- + 7 RCM headlines to know from April —From updates on the Change Healthcare cyberattack to Tower Health outsourcing its revenue cycle operations, here are seven RCM headlines to know from ...
- + Arizona to open new inpatient rehab hospital—Cross Hospitals broke ground on Tucson (Ariz.) Rehabilitation Hospital. [Category: Featured, Post-Acute, Channels, Hospital Review, Static, ROOT]
- + Where are Leapfrog's 10 'F' hospitals?—Three California hospitals and three New York hospitals made the list of the 10 nationwide to receive an "F" grade in The Leapfrog Group's spring safe...
- + Where are Leapfrog's 15 straight-'A' hospitals?—The Leapfrog Group has bestowed 15 U.S. hospitals with consecutive "A" safety grades since 2012. [Category: Featured, Rankings & Ratings, ...
- + Penn Medicine names 1st data, technology VP—Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine created a new role: senior vice president for data and technology solutions. [Category: Featured, Hospital Ex...
- + Bellin and Gundersen Health System to rebrand as Emplify Health—La Crosse, Wis.-based Bellin and Gundersen Health System is getting a new name and brand. [Category: Featured, Digital Marketing, Channe...
- + Task force lowers breast cancer screening age to 40—Starting at age 40, women should get a mammogram to screen for breast cancer every other year, according to new recommendations from the U.S. Preven...
- + JPS Health to pay fired CFO $900K in severance—Fort Worth, Texas-based JPS Health Network agreed to pay former CFO Sharon Clark more than $900,000 in severance after firing her in October, the Fo...
- + Advocate CEO responds to North Carolina officer shooting —Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health CEO Eugene Woods extended his condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of four law enforcement office...
- + 7 CFO moves in 2 days—The past week has been a busy one for hospital and health system CFO moves. [Category: Featured, Hospital Executive Moves, Channels, Hospital Re...
- + Corewell Health names president for Southwest Michigan—Natalie Baggio, DNP, RN, was named president of Corewell Health in Southwest Michigan. [Category: Featured, Hospital Executive Moves, Channels...
- + Geisinger workers reach deals to avert Nurses Week strike —Members of three unions affiliated with the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals have approved three-year contracts with ...
- + 15 million Americans still have medical bills on their credit reports —Despite changes from the three nationwide credit reporting companies, 15 million Americans still have medical bills on their credit reports, accordi...
- + Philips settles CPAP lawsuit for $1.1B—For $1.1 billion, Philips Respironics will settle personal injury and medical monitoring lawsuits related to the safety of its continuous positive a...
- + New York health system dedicates campus to former CEO—Rochester, N.Y.-based St. Lawrence Health has dedicated its administrative campus to former CEO David Acker, ABC50 reported April 30. [Categ...
- + Senators probe cyber agency's role in Change hack —Three senators wrote a letter asking the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency about its role in addressing the Feb. 21 breach on Unit...
- + Hospitals still affected by Change hack, AHA says—Hospitals continue to experience "financial and operational impacts" from the Change Healthcare hack more than two months after the cyberattack on t...
- + 12 nursing leaders to advise $500M generative AI startup—Hippocratic AI, a healthcare generative AI startup valued at $500 million, now counts 12 nursing leaders as advisors, including four from health syste...
- + 20 items on HR leaders' agendas: Mercer —Executives are zeroing in on talent strategies that they consider sustainable as they face an uncertain political and economic landscape, according to...
- + Rush opens ED food pantry—On April 22, Rush University Medical Center in Chicago opened a food pantry in its emergency department to support patients' recovery and well-being...
- + Gen Z's top job priorities—For students planning to graduate with bachelor's degrees in 2024, stability, location and employer reputation are top job considerations, according t...
- + Pfizer cervical cancer drug gets full approval — The FDA has granted full approval for Pfizer's Tivdak (tisotumab vedotin-tftv) to treat cervical cancer in patients whose disease has progress...
- + Annual refills can save physicians 2 hours a day: AMA leader—Physicians might be hesitant to write annual prescriptions, but Marie Brown, MD, director of practice redesign at the American Medical Association, s...
- + HCA Florida hospital taps CFO —Jacksonville, Fla.-based HCA Florida Memorial Hospital, part of Nashville-based HCA Healthcare, has tapped Drew Hartmann as CFO, effective May 20. [Ca...
- + How 1 rural hospital reduced no-shows by 6% —Sparta (Ill.) Community Hospital cut its no-show rate by 6% by combining the electronic health record with the communications system to deliver medi...
- + Pioneering nephrologist dies at 89—Eduardo Slatopolsky, MD, a pioneering physician-scientist and nephrologist at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, died April 24 a...
- + California, Amneal partner to deliver cheaper naloxone—California's drug label, CalRx, is teaming up with Amneal Pharmaceuticals to offer naloxone at a 40% discount, Gov. Gavin Newsom said April 29. [Cat...
- + Florida children's hospital pens 10-year deal with Philips—Miami-based Nicklaus Children's Health System secured a 10-year deal with Royal Philips, the companies announced April 30. [Category: Featured...
- + CEO pay growth reverts to historical norms—Median CEO pay climbed at many S&P 500 companies for the 2023 to 2024 filing period, indicating a return to historical norms in the growth of this...
- + Oracle Health in the last 30 days—Oracle Health had a busy April, with its parent company revealing relocation plans and its intentions to surpass Epic. Here are 10 times Becker's...
- + Kaiser Permanente names 2 new C-suite leaders—Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has named two new C-suite leaders to oversee business development and innovation. [Category: Featured, Hospi...
- + Lessons from Cleveland Clinic's 1st year of 'hospital at home'—Cleveland Clinic's hospital-at-home initiative has patient experience scores that rival any of the health system's inpatient units, the program's lead...
- + VA still committed to Oracle Health EHR rollout—The Department of Veterans Affairs is still committed to its Oracle Health EHR rollout despite the need for additional improvements, The Spokesman-R...
- + Ascension taps 2 hospital presidents—Two Ascension hospitals in Indiana have named new presidents. [Category: Featured, Hospital Executive Moves, Channels, Hospital Review, Static, ROOT]
- + Kaiser Permanente to roll out AI platform for value-based care—Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente is teaming up with healthcare technology company Innovaccer to deploy its AI platform to aid its value-based c...
- + 51 most livable US cities—Two of the five most livable American cities are located in Indiana. [Category: Featured, Rankings & Ratings, Channels, Hospital Review, Sta...
- + Harris Health shares plans for $1.6B Texas hospital project—Bellaire, Texas-based Harris Health has filed plans with the state of Texas for a $1.6 billion hospital project at the Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson...
- + A busy month for revenue cycle vice president moves—April saw a number of health systems name revenue cycle leaders. [Category: Featured, Hospital Executive Moves, Channels, Hospital Review, Stati...
- + World's 1st case of brain disease from fentanyl inhalation: Case study—Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University documented the world's first known case of brain disease from fentanyl inhalation. [Category: ...
- + Tenet posts $2.2B net income in Q1—Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare posted a net income of $2.2 billion in the first quarter of 2024 up from $143 million posted in the same period last y...
- + States ranked by cancer death rates—Mississippi had the highest cancer mortality rate in 2019 — over 20% above the national average, a USAFacts report found. [Category: Featured, Onc...
- + Best, worst states for nurses in 2024 —WalletHub has deemed Washington the best state for nurses to practice in 2024 — a recognition based on an analysis of earnings, job growth and worki...
- + Tornado closes 1 hospital, injures 100 people—Tornadoes in Oklahoma injured at least 100 people and killed four, and damaged a Mercy hospital, according to a report published April 29 on EMS1 ...
- + West Virginia health system's inaugural CEO to retire—Kevin Yingling, RPh, MD, will retire as CEO of Huntington, W.V.-based Marshall Health Network in 2025. [Category: Featured, Hospital Executive...
- + Ochsner sees $200M operating improvement in 2023—New Orleans-based Ochsner Health, a 46-hospital system, reported a $104 million operating gain in 2023, a more than $200 million improvement on the $9...
- + UnitedHealth CEO: Hackers used stolen credentials to access Change systems—The ransomware group responsible for the Feb. 21 cyberattack on UnitedHealthcare subsidiary Change Healthcare used stolen credentials to remotely ac...
- + Northwell operating income jumps 68% to $197.7M —New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health reported an operating income of $197.7 million in 2023, a 68% improvement on the $117.6 million operating g...
- + Walmart Health to close all 51 health clinics, virtual care—Walmart Health is closing all 51 of its health centers across five states and shutting down its Walmart Health Virtual Care services. [Category: Fea...
- + Henry Ford Health huddles up with Detroit Lions in new ad—Detroit-based Henry Ford Health's new ad is narrated by Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell. [Category: Featured, Digital Marketing, Channels, Ho...
- + FDA finalizes rule to regulate hospital lab tests —The FDA finalized a rule April 29 to treat laboratory-developed tests as medical devices, putting them in the purview of federal oversight. [C...
- + UK HealthCare plans to acquire Kentucky system—The University of Kentucky board of trustees has approved plans to proceed with the acquisition of St. Claire HealthCare in Morehead, Ky. [Cat...
- + Ochsner, Xavier University joint medical school names dean, board—Leonardo Seoane, MD, Ochsner Health executive vice president and chief academic officer, will serve as the founding dean of New Orleans-based Xavier...
- + Where patients go when primary care waits are too long—A growing number of Americans cannot access primary care when it is needed, so they turn to urgent care and telehealth to fill the gaps — but some exp...
- + Penn State Health flagship hospital temporarily pauses liver transplants—Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center has voluntarily paused its liver transplant program while it receives a performance review fr...
- + MultiPlan faces another price-fixing lawsuit—Data analytics firm MultiPlan is facing another lawsuit alleging that it conspired with major payers to underpay providers by tens of billions annua...
- + Tennessee solidifies hospital visitor rights—Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill into law that outlines visitation rights for hospital patients, ABC affiliate WKRN reported April 29. [Cat...
- + Ascension names new CFO—St. Louis-based Ascension named Saurabh Tripathi executive vice president and CFO Aprl 29 to succeed Liz Foshage, who is retiring in September. [Cat...
- + Why Ardent isn't focusing on 'technology just for technology's sake' —Nashville, Tenn.-based Ardent Health Services' chief digital information officer is focusing on three key pillars in 2024: cybersecurity, enhancing co...
- + Vermont hospital taps CFO —Newport, Vt.-based North County Hospital has named Fred Schaffner CFO, according to an April 27 post on his LinkedIn page. [Category: Featured...
- + RWJBarnabas Health goes live with Epic Hyperdrive—West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health went live on Epic Hyperdrive. [Category: Featured, EHRs, Channels, Hospital Review, Static, ROOT]
- + Cedars-Sinai creates patient-facing AI app—Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai has created a generative artificial intelligence app, CS Connect, that can interact with patients and ask them question...
- + Kansas health system names CEO—Amberwell Health, based in Atchison, Kan., has selected Jared Abel as its next CEO. [Category: Featured, Hospital Executive Moves, Channels, H...
- + Nonprofit hospitals' CEO retention tactics: Lown—As healthcare CEO compensation continues to rise , nonprofit hospitals are turning to alternative methods to remain competitive, according to an Apri...
- + AdventHealth's strategy to lower staff turnover —Terry Shaw, president and CEO of Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth, has been focused on replenishing the system's workforce and leadership pi...
- + AdventHealth Florida hospital opens $26M expanded patient floor—AdventHealth Apopka (Fla.), part of Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth, opened a new $26.3 million patient floor on April 29 that increases th...
- + 4 cosmetic procedures linked to infectious outbreaks—The number of complaints from patients who are harmed by complications when undergoing cosmetic procedures has increased in recent years. Complaints h...
- + CVS, Cigna's Evernorth lean into Humira biosimilars—As some formularies begin to favor biosimilars, CVS Health and Cigna Group's Evernorth are veering further into the biosimilar business, The Wall St...
- + Idaho system reports jump in medical flights for emergency abortions—Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke's Health System has seen a steep increase in the number of patients requiring medical flights out of state for emergency a...
- + Why Ascension partners with Oracle—St. Louis-based Ascension is working with Oracle to build a technology platform to manage capacity, workforce issues and supply chain all in one place...
- + Hacker infiltrates emails of 23 employees at California health system—A hacker gained the log-in credentials of 23 employees of a Los Angeles-based health system during a recent phishing attack. [Category: Featured, Cybe...
- + Pennsylvania system makes 4 leadership changes amid 'resurgence of optimism'—West Reading, Pa.-based Tower Health has promoted various executives to strengthen its leadership team and operations as it continues to improve the s...
- + Hospitals grapple with radiologist shortage—Increased reliance on imaging for diagnosis and efficient patient care mixed with higher volumes of patients has left hospitals scrambling to meet dem...
- + Patient inquiries at forefront of healthcare AI adoption—Answering patient inquiries is the predominant application of large language model technology within the healthcare industry, a April 23 survey from...
- + CEO, CFO of Missouri hospital to resign—Salem (Mo.) Memorial Hospital District has announced that Interim CEO Jason Edwards and CFO Doug Hoban have submitted their resignations. [Category: F...
- + 10 states where income is rising for the top 5%—The rich are getting richer in a number of Western states, according to an April 25 analysis from GoBankingRates . [Category: Featured, Compens...
- + Rare symptoms popping up among syphilis patients, physicians say—Strange symptoms in syphilis cases are appearing sooner and in higher incidence rates than normal, CNN reported April 26. [Category: Feature...
- + States ranked by Ozempic demand—Demand for Type 2 diabetes drug Ozempic is high across the U.S., but interest varies by state, according to research conducted by Bison Pharmacy .&nb...
- + Support builds for Michigan's 1st pediatric rehab hospital —Midwest grocery chain Meijer has donated $3 million to support the construction of the Joan Secchia Children's Rehabilitation Hospital, which is sla...
- + Louisiana hospital closes after licenses revoked—Prairieville (La.) Family Hospital closed April 29 after the Louisiana Department of Health determined that the hospital violated state hospital laws ...
- + How the FTC's noncompete ban could affect Epic—The Federal Trade Commission's recent noncompete ban could affect the nation's largest EHR vendor, Wisconsin Public Radio reported. [Category: Fea...
- + Georgia hospital taps CEO—Sandy McKenzie has been named president and CEO of Dalton, Ga.-based Hamilton Medical Center: the flagship hospital of Hamilton Health Care System.&nb...
- + Breast cancer patients more likely to develop second cancer in lifetime: Study—A study from researchers at University of Cambridge in England found people with breast cancer are more likely to develop a second cancer in their l...
- + MD Anderson, Rush bring new partnership to Chicago —Rush MD Anderson Cancer Center is coming to Chicago. The new partnership marks University of Texas MD Anderson's seventh hospital partnership across...
- + Tower Health beats data-sharing lawsuit—West Reading, Pa.-based Tower Health successfully defended against a proposed class-action lawsuit that claimed it disclosed patients' personal heal...
- + 12 Epic updates in April —From detailing plans to release AI validation software to expanding its payer platform, here are 12 updates on Epic's operations, software products an...
- + 43 health systems ranked by long-term debt—Long-term debt has long been a staple in healthcare, but many hospitals and health systems are responding to the increasing cost of debt and debt serv...
- + FTC makes changes to healthcare breach reporting—The Federal Trade Commission made changes to the Health Breach Notification Rule as it aims to better address the evolving landscape of health techn...
- + Lovelace Health System to build 15-bed New Mexico hospital —Albuquerque, N.M.-based Lovelace Health System and Community Hospital Corporation have partnered to develop a 15-bed hospital in Los Lunas, N.M.&nbs...
- + HCA CFO sees 'encouraging signs' from 2-midnight rule—Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare CFO Bill Rutherford said although it is still early, the system is starting to see "encouraging signs" from CMS'...
- + What's 'in vogue' for chief pharmacy officers—The term "hospital pharmacy" is becoming a misnomer. [Category: Featured, Pharmacy, Channels, Hospital Review, Static, ROOT]
- + Dr. Michael O'Sullivan, Mayo Clinic Health System founder, trailblazer, dies at 88 —Michael O'Sullivan, MD, an integral founding member of the Mayo Clinic Health System and former member of its board of governors, died April 20 at t...
- + Bassett names pediatrics chief —Cooperstown, N.Y.-based Bassett Healthcare Network has selected Brandon Greene, MD, as its next chief of pediatrics. [Category: Featured, Hosp...
- + Hoag taps 2 oncology leaders from Cedars-Sinai—Newport Beach, Calif.-based Hoag Family Cancer Institute recruited an oncologist "power couple" — Monica Mita, MD, and Alain Mita, MD — to serve as ...
- + Ohio county reports mpox outbreak —There have been at least nine mpox cases reported in Cuyahoga County — which encompasses Cleveland and surrounding suburbs — since February, health ...
- + Virtua Health sues Trinity Health for $12M legal fee reimbursements —Marlton, N.J.-based Virtua Health has sued Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health and is seeking no less than $12 million in compensatory damages regardi...
- + Independent cardiology medicine board gets one step closer to reality—The American Board of Medical Specialties is one step closer to creating an independent board of cardiology medicine. Recently, it created a formal ...
- + Labor Department's new salaried overtime rule: What healthcare leaders should know —The Labor Department has issued its biggest increase to the federal overtime threshold in decades — and healthcare is among the most affected industri...
- + UC Davis Health to trim workforce—Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health is reducing its workforce and is eliminating 150 positions, a spokesperson for the health system told Becker...
- + Why Larry Ellison thinks Oracle can surpass Epic—While calling Epic a "great company," Oracle co-founder and chair Larry Ellison said his organization aims to service the entire healthcare industry b...
- + Mayo, AdventHealth, Emory: 6 Big Tech health system partnerships—Health systems continue to embrace Big Tech to advance their work in artificial intelligence and other digital technologies. Here are six partnerships...
- + Antibiotic-resistant hospital infections well above pre-COVID-19 levels—Hospital-acquired antimicrobial-resistant infections remain at least 12% above pre-pandemic levels, according to a new study from data at 120 U.S. h...
- + What Amazon pays for 10 health tech jobs—Amazon continues building out its healthcare artificial intelligence and pharmacy businesses. Here are 10 health tech jobs the tech giant is hiring fo...
- + COVID-19 reshaped physician ethics, study suggests—COVID-19 has upended a long-standing belief that physicians must care for infectious disease patients, irrespective of their own personal risk, sugges...
- + Teladoc posts $82M Q1 loss year over year —In the first quarter of 2024, Teladoc's revenue reached $646 million, a 3% increase compared to the $629 million in revenue it reported in the same ...
- + 11 drugs now in shortage—In the first three months of 2024, the U.S. reached a record with 323 ongoing medication shortages — the highest number since 2001. [Category:...
- + MGMA seeks clarity on breach notification burden in wake of Change cyberattack —The Medical Group Management Association is seeking clarity from the HHS' Office for Civil Rights regarding who carries the burden of providing HIPA...
- + How Tufts CEO aims to overcome 'fragmented', 'high-cost' healthcare market—Burlington, Mass.-based Tufts Medicine has partnered with population health company Navvis to scale value-based capabilities across its system, whic...
- + IU Health operating income drops 66% to $15.4M in Q1—Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health reported $15.4 million operating income (0.7% margin) in the first three months of 2024, a 66% decrease c...
- + The next 5 years of AI in healthcare—Hospitals have begun incorporating artificial intelligence into their operational and clinical workflows to identify areas where the technology boosts...
- + HCA posts $1.8B income in Q1, CEO points to 'strong fundamentals'—Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare posted $1.8 billion in net income for the first three months of 2024, up from $1.5 billion during the same tim...
- + Northwell cooking competition spices up patient menus —New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health is hosting its 12th annual cooking competition among its hospitals, where hospital chefs will present fine ...
- + Nemours Children's Health hospital taps chief medical officer—Nemours Children's Health, Jacksonville (Fla.) named Andrew Stec, MD, vice president and chief medical officer. [Category: Featured, Hospital Execut...
- + Top-paying settings for 17 physician specialties —Offices of physicians and outpatient care centers are the top-paying settings for 10 of 17 physician specialties, according to Bureau of Labor Statist...
- + FDA issues warning to Cardinal Health for unapproved syringes—Months after the FDA warned clinicians about plastic syringes made in China, the agency listed violations it discovered at Cardinal Health related t...
- + CHS seeing 'continued progress' with in-sourcing initiative—Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems CFO Kevin Hammons said the health system is seeing "continued progress from [its] in-sourcing and oth...
- + 1st known case of HIV passing through cosmetic injections: CDC—The CDC reported the first-known HIV cases transmitted via cosmetic injections after several middle-aged women were diagnosed with HIV following "va...
- + For-profit health systems' selling spree continues —The Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems announced April 18 it entered into a definitive agreement to sell 351-bed Tennova Healthcare-Clev...
- + Do nonprofit hospitals sidestep FTC's noncompete ban? —The Federal Trade Commission voted to implement a sweeping noncompete ban that would have seismic effects on the healthcare industry and the U.S. ec...
- + Queens Health System to buy psychiatric hospital from Sutter—Honolulu-based Queen's Health System plans to complete its acquisition of an 88-bed psychiatric hospital from Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health l...
- + The case against retention bonuses —Many health systems are zeroing in on bonus packages to stand out to potential recruits and incentivize current employees to stay — but some have th...
- + UHS' CEO-to-worker pay ratio over the past 5 years—CEOs for King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services were paid between 221 and 629 times more than the median annual salary for an employee a...
- + California system promotes hospital CEO —Southwest Healthcare has named Darlene Wetton group vice president, California, overseeing its facilities across the state's Southern region. [C...
- + How 6 health systems are spending donations —From hospital construction projects to launching hospital-at-home programs, here are how six health systems are spending donation funds, as reported b...
- + Gen Z nurses commit to work at this hospital: How its CNO aims to keep them—When Jonna Jenkins, DNP, arrived at Hutchinson (Kan.) Regional Hospital in 2022, she was shocked to learn that the facility did not have a strong rela...
- + Why Emory is all in on Apple—Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare is the first health system in the U.S. to implement Epic on a large scale on Mac platforms, and the move has had subs...
- + Tower Health taps VP of pharmacy—West Reading, Pa.-based Tower Health recently promoted Stephanie Goldman, PharmD, from a hospital pharmacy leadership role to a systemwide job. ...
- + The physician gender pay gap: 6 new findings—On average, a male physician practicing full-time in the U.S. earned about 29% more than a female counterpart in 2023. [Category: Featured, Compensati...
- + Weight loss drugs helped drive 13.5% increase in pharma costs: Study—Hospital pharmaceutical costs marginally decreased in 2023 because of the lessened need for COVID-19 drugs, but overall healthcare spending on ...
- + 8 health system finalists for digital marketing awards—Eight health systems were named finalists for PR Daily's 2024 Social Media & Digital Awards. [Category: Featured, Digital Marketing, Channels, H...
- + Hospital CEO turnover down 47% in March—Hospitals reported eight CEO changes last month, marking a 47% decrease from February. [Category: Featured, Hospital Executive Moves, Channels, Hospit...
- + Walgreens rolls out gene, cell therapy services—Walgreens is expanding its specialty pharmacy offerings, including gene and cell therapy services, the company said April 25. [Category: Featu...
- + Indiana Hospital Association president to step down—Brian Tabor plans to step down from his role as president of the Indiana Hospital Association. [Category: Featured, Hospital Executive Moves, Channe...
- + OU Health cancer center expands across state—Oklahoma City-based OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center is expanding to the northeastern part of the state. [Category: Featured, Oncology, Channels, ...
- + Why Americans skip primary care visits: 6 new findings —The majority of U.S. adults say they've had a recent annual physical exam, but among those who haven't, scheduling issues were the most common barrier...
- + Advocate to sell remote monitoring company it bought for $290M—Advocate Aurora Health, now part of Advocate Health, plans to sell a remote patient monitoring company it acquired for $290.7 million. [Category: Feat...
- + Nurses respond to noncompete ban —Contract provisions that stick nurses with the cost of training programs if they leave or are terminated before their contracts are up will largely be...
- + Mass General Brigham: Generative AI not 'best of both worlds' yet—More than half of patient portal messages written by artificial intelligence did not require any further editing, but the messages that did posed a ri...
- + Tenet Healthcare must face Facebook lawsuit—Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare has to face a class-action lawsuit claiming its patient portal shared data with Facebook and other third-party companies...
- + NYU Langone performs 1st-ever heart pump, pig kidney transplant surgery—New York City-based NYU Langone Health performed the first combined mechanical heart pump and organ transplant surgery and implanted the second gene...
- + Epic says it rarely loses customers—EHR vendor Epic Systems broke ground on its newest campus and is continuing to grow its workforce and customers, The Cap Times reported April 25.&...
- + FTC head raises alarm over algorithm-driven healthcare price fixing—Lina Khan, head of the Federal Trade Commission, cautioned about the risk of healthcare price fixing driven by advancements in technology, PYMNTS ...
- + FDA approves treatment for uncomplicated UTIs—The FDA approved the first new antibiotic for urinary tract infections in two decades. [Category: Featured, Infection Control, Channels, Hospital Re...
- + Optum shutting down telehealth business—UnitedHealth Group's Optum Virtual Care is shutting down, Endpoints News reported April 24. [Category: Featured, Disruptors, Channels, Hospital Re...
- + Franciscan Health taps new CFO for 2 Indiana hospitals—Justin Kats was named CFO of Fransciscan Health Crown Point (Ind.) and Franciscan Health Michigan City (Ind.), both part of Mishawaka, Ind.-based Fran...
- + Heart failure trends reverse, are rising again: Study—The decadelong reduction in heart failure deaths has "been entirely undone" in recent years, according to a research letter published April 24 in JA...
- + Health system mergers increase prices by 5.2%: Study—There have been 1,164 mergers among health systems between 2000 and 2020, and a recent study found those transactions increased prices by 5.2%. [Cat...
- + UHS Q1 net income up 61% to $261.8M —King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services saw a net income of $261.8 million in the first quarter of 2024, a 60.5% increase from a $163.1...
- + AdventHealth taps 3 leaders —AdventHealth has made several C-suite hires in Central Florida, including a new hospital COO and a new campus CFO. [Category: Featured, Hospital...
- + 7 health systems naming revenue cycle vice presidents—Here are seven health systems that have made revenue cycle vice president hires in 2024: [Category: Featured, Hospital Executive Moves, Channels...
- + Texas hospital gifted millions to complete heart center—Corpus Christi, Texas-based Driscoll Children's Hospital received a multimillion-dollar gift to support its heart center. [Category: Featured, Cardi...
- + WVU Medicine hospital CEO to retire—Steve Altmiller will be retiring as president and CEO of WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center in Parkersburg, W.Va. [Category: Featured, Hospita...
- + Highest-paying industries for RNs—Government is the highest-paying industry for registered nurses, where they earn an average of almost $30,000 higher than the lowest-paying industry, ...
- + Endeavor's financial performance hampered by legal, integration costs—Evanston, Ill.-based Endeavor Health, formerly known as NorthShore-Edward-Elmhurst Health, reported a $51.3 million operating loss (-0.9% margin) in...
- + Florida health system board race attracts 'medical freedom' candidates—Several candidates are running on a "medical freedom" platform in hopes of joining other candidates who won seats on the board for one of Florida's la...
- + CHS' debt driving M&A strategy—Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems continues to sell hospitals as part of its divestiture plan and aims to take in $1 billion from hospita...
- + 54 CXOs to know | 2024—Becker's Healthcare is thrilled to recognize 54 strong chief experience officers who are serving hospitals and health systems across the nation. [Cate...
- + Cleveland Clinic eHospital expands to monitor 300,000 patients—Cleveland Clinic's eHospital program has expanded and now monitors 248 patient beds in ICUs and other units across the organization's network. [Catego...
- + Tampa General enlists drones to respond to 911 calls —Beginning May 1, Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital will use drones to deliver critical equipment to certain 911 callers in Manatee County. [Catego...
- + How leaders are building the healthcare workforce pipeline—The workforce is top of mind for hospitals and health systems, and executives are investing in retention and upskilling to address shortages and r...
- + Adventist Health reorganizes post-M&A—Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health is modifying its service area models in California and Oregon after adding hospitals to its system from Tenet...
- + CHS posts $6M Q1 net loss as interest expenses eat into operating profit—Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems reported $231 million in operating income (7.4% margin) in the first quarter, up from $210 million (6...
- + Sutter Health may accommodate electives as California hospital faces CMS contract loss —Stanislaus Surgical Hospital has typically seen more than 400 elective surgeries per month. But the facility is likely to close April 30, when its Med...
- + Senate to probe Ozempic, Wegovy's cost—A Senate committee opened an investigation into Novo Nordisk's list prices for Ozempic and Wegovy, Novo Nordisk's diabetes and weight loss drugs.&nb...
- + CHS' CEO-to-worker pay ratio over the past 5 years —CEOs for Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems were paid between 96 and 161 times more than the median annual salary for an employee at the h...
- + Texas hospital taps dual chief operating, nursing officer—Methodist Hospital Atascosa in San Antonio named Jacalyn DeHarte, BSN, its COO and chief nursing officer. [Category: Featured, Hospital Execut...
- + Inmate shot, killed by officer in Georgia hospital—A 31-year-old man was shot and killed by an officer in Washington County Regional Medical Center in Sandersville, Ga., April 23, after what local offi...
- + US Chamber of Commerce sues to block FTC noncompete ban—The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is asking a federal court to halt the Federal Trade Commission's noncompete ban, alleging it violates the law in "numer...
- + Nearly 4 million Medicare patients with heart disease may be eligible for Wegovy coverage—Nearly 4 million Medicare patients could be eligible to have Wegovy covered after the FDA approved it to reduce risk of heart attack and strokes, KF...
- + CVS invests $19M for affordable housing in Colorado—Arvada, Colo., will soon have 85 more affordable housing units because of a $19.2 million contribution from CVS Health, the healthcare company said ...
- + HealthPartners names new hospital president —Emily Blomberg was selected as the next president of St. Paul, Minn.-based Regions Hospital and the Regions Hospital Foundation. [Category: Featured...
- + A new metric may provide insight into healthcare disparities—A Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health study suggests nearly 80% hospitals admit a significantly different proportion of Black Medicare p...
- + UPMC to lay off around 1,000 employees—Pittsburgh-based UPMC will lay off more than 1% of its 100,000 workforce — approximately 1,000 employees — due to ongoing post-pandemic challenges, th...
- + Weill Cornell names COO of physician organization—Adam Cheriff, MD, was appointed COO of Weill Cornell Medicine's Physician Organization, effective May 1. [Category: Featured, Hospital Ex...
- + Sutter workers begin 3-day strike—Members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers began a three-day strike April 23 at the Sutter Center for Psychiatry in Sacramento, Calif., acc...
- + Children's Hospital of Orange County taps quality chief—Emma Sandhu, MSN, RN, was named chief quality and patient safety officer of Orange, Calif.-based Children's Hospital of Orange County. [Category: Fe...
- + Premier Health Ohio hospital to close level 3 trauma center—Centerville, Ohio-based Miami Valley Hospital South, part of Dayton, Ohio-based Premier Health, will discontinue operations at its level 3 trauma cent...
- + WellSpan breaks ground on Pennsylvania micro-hospital —York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health and Emerus, a micro-hospital developer, broke ground April 23 on the WellSpan Shrewsbury Hospital in York County, Pa...
- + FDA: Bird flu virus fragments detected in pasteurized milk—On April 23, the FDA said remnants of the bird flu virus have been detected in samples of pasteurized milk in the U.S. The agency said the finding d...
- + Mediation fails in Johns Hopkins All Children's 'Netflix' case —A civil case between the Kowalski family and St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital entered mediation, but according to cour...
- + Shortage of IT workers leaves hospitals vulnerable to cyberattacks —Cleveland Clinic's CEO said that cyberattacks pose a significant threat to health systems due to insufficient security measures across various departm...
- + Why nurses are protesting AI—Nurses took to the streets of San Francisco this week to protest the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare. But what were their specific comp...
- + Oracle moving HQ to Nashville to be near healthcare industry—Oracle plans to move its world headquarters to Nashville, Tenn., to be amid a healthcare epicenter, according to co-founder and chair Larry Ellison. [...
- + Novant Health launches 'hospital at home' with $2.7M donation—Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health launched a hospital-at-home program thanks to a $2.7 million donation. [Category: Featured, Innovation, Chan...
- + Supply chain goals for HCA, Lifepoint Health—Rising costs in the medical supply chain are pushing health system leaders to get creative, according to Jay Kirkpatrick at Lifepoint Health and Bill ...
- + Hospitals slam FTC's noncompete ban—The Federal Trade Commission on April 23 voted 3-2 to ban noncompete agreements in a move it estimates will save up to $194 billion in healthcare co...
- + Alabama hospital laying off 95—Union Springs, Ala.-based Bullock County Hospital laid off 95 employees beginning April 9, according to regulatory documents filed with the state. [...
- + Providence Oregon taps chief executive—Jennifer Burrows, RN, was named chief executive of Providence Oregon, effective May 6, according to a message to staff from Joel Gilbertson, chief exe...
- + 800 California hospital nurses plan strike—Members of California Nurses Association/National Nurses United plan to hold a 24-hour strike from May 1-2 at Washington Hospital Healthcare System ...
- + Intermountain to exit Kansas with clinic changes—Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health is making changes with three Kansas clinics, effectively ending its operations in the state. [Category: Feat...
- + 4 RCM companies making executive moves —Here are four revenue cycle management companies that have made executive leadership moves since March 25: [Category: Featured, Finance, Channel...
- + Tenet's CEO-to-worker pay ratio over the past 5 years—Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare CEOs were paid between 189 and 452 times more than the health system's median employee between 2019 and 2023, according ...
- + Joint Commission unveils new accreditation —The Joint Commission has created a new telehealth accreditation program for eligible hospitals, ambulatory and behavioral healthcare organizations. ...
- + Why healthcare should start outside the hospital—There are two issues in healthcare that Bruce Swords, MD, is highly focused on: Physicians struggling to stay independent, and systems focusing on sol...
- + 4 Ozempic updates—Debates are swirling about surgery disruptions, a baby boom phenomenon and additional uses for Ozempic and other glucagon-like peptide-1 medicines.&nb...
- + How healthcare's view of AI has shifted —Since the launch of ChatGPT in 2023, generative artificial intelligence has gathered buzz, with many healthcare workers, leaders and staff expressin...
- + Community Health Network to scale home-based care program—Indianapolis-based Community Health Network is working with technology company Biofourmis to scale its care-at-home services. [Category: Featured, H...
- + Hospital groups react to Medicaid access and payment rules —CMS published two final rules on April 22 designed to expand access in the Medicaid fee-for-service and managed care programs. [Category: Feat...
- + 41 hospitals, health systems among Forbes' best employers for diversity—Forbes released its seventh annual ranking of the nation's best employers for diversity on April 23, and the rankings include 41 hospitals and heal...
- + OhioHealth hospital embarks on $400M expansion—In 2028, OhioHealth plans to open a new, seven-story trauma and critical care center at Grant Medical Center in Columbus as part of a $400 million exp...
- + HHS: No breach notification from Change—HHS said it has not received a breach notification from UnitedHealth's subsidiary Change Healthcare in the wake of the February cyberattack it suffe...
- + Nurse practitioner median annual wage across states —Nurse practitioners in the U.S. earn a median annual wage of $126,260 and a median hourly wage of $60.70, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Stat...
- + Bill would extend hospital-at-home program through 2027—U.S. lawmakers have drafted legislation to expand the CMS waiver for hospital-at-home programs through 2027, drawing applause from the American Hosp...
- + City of Hope invests $33M in cancer support startup—Duarte, Calif.-based City of Hope has invested $33 million in AccessHope, a cancer support startup that partners with health systems around the coun...
- + Best states to retire, per Gen X and boomers—Upon retirement, baby boomers and Gen Xers would overwhelmingly prefer to live in Southern states, according to a recent survey from GoBankingRates ....
- + C-suites pump brakes on office activism —Executives and boards are rethinking their responses to geopolitical issues and losing patience with employees who are "eager to be the conscience of ...
- + Drones to deliver meds, supplies to Memorial Hermann patients—Memorial Hermann Health System is the latest hospital system to partner with Zipline, a drone and logistics company. [Category: Featured, Supp...
- + HealthSource of Ohio taps new president, CEO —Loveland-based HealthSource of Ohio, a community health center, has tapped Jody Prather, MD, as its new president and CEO, effective May 30. [Catego...
- + HCA Idaho hospital names new CFO—Caldwell, Idaho-based West Valley Medical Center, part of Nashville-based HCA Healthcare, has named Jared Rucks CFO. [Category: Featured, Hospital Exe...
- + Tampa General names board of managers for new division—TGH North, a new division of Tampa General Hospital, has appointed a board of managers for its TGH Brooksville and TGH Spring Hill hospitals. [Categ...
- + HHS finalizes rule to shield reproductive healthcare data—HHS on April 22 finalized a rule to shield patients' reproductive healthcare data from being used in criminal investigations. [Category: Featu...
- + Large language models are poor medical coders: Study —Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at New York City-based Mount Sinai found that large language models were poor medical coders. [Category:...
- + Inside NCH Healthcare System's rebrand—The rebranding initiative for Naples, Fla.-based NCH Healthcare System, which recently changed its name to NCH, will roll out in a "phased approach" o...
- + Florida hospital gets loan to support $82M renovation project—Blountstown, Fla.-based Calhoun Liberty Hospital has received a $9.6 million bridge loan from XRL ALC, an affiliate of X-Caliber Rural Capital, and ...
- + Bird flu a 'great concern' to public health: WHO—While emphasizing that no human-to-human transmission has occurred, global health officials are urging countries to closely track bird flu to detect a...
- + Tenet reaches labor deal with 2,800 California workers—Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare has reached a tentative labor contract with Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West. [Cat...
- + Adventist HealthCare CEO heading to Health First—Terry Forde, president and CEO of Gaithersburg, Md.-based Adventist HealthCare, will step down from his role this summer. [Category: Featured, Hospi...
- + Ascension names new head of marketing—Dino Rhodes has been named vice president and head of marketing at St. Louis-based Ascension. [Category: Featured, Hospital Executive Moves, Channel...
- + Hackers lurked in Change Healthcare's network for more than a week—Hackers gained entry to Change Healthcare's IT systems nine days before the ransomware attack on the UnitedHealth Group subsidiary, The Wall Street ...
- + HCA's CEO-to-worker pay ratio over the past 5 years —Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare CEO Sam Hazen was paid between 254 and 556 times more than the health system's median employee since becoming ...
- + UHS hospital's dual CEO-COO resigns—St. Mary's Regional Medical Center in Enid, Okla., is seeing a change at the top with the resignation of the leader who served as both its COO and int...
- + 74 hospitals with 5+ Magnet designations—About 1% of U.S. hospitals have five or more Magnet Designations, according to data from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. [Category: ...
- + 45 top healthcare workplaces for mental well-being: Newsweek—Newsweek has named 45 hospitals and health systems among its 750 greatest employers for mental well-being. [Category: Featured, Rankings &...
- + SUNY Downstate gets $300M in New York 2025 budget —New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's final 2025 budget has provided $300 million in capital funding and up to $100 million in operating expenses to support ...
- + Vanderbilt hospital at home integrates with Epic—Vanderbilt Home Care, Vanderbilt Medical Center's home-based care program, went live with an Epic EHR system on Jan. 16. [Category: Featured, ...
- + Flexible work availability at 10 major healthcare companies—Flexible work policies vary widely across different major healthcare companies, according to a recent report from LinkedIn . [Category: Feature...
- + 314-bed Texas hospital taps president —Methodist Health System has selected Michael Stewart as president of Methodist Charlton Medical Center in Dallas. [Category: Featured, Hospital ...
- + Ardent taps DEI leader from IU Health —Nashville, Tenn.-based Ardent Health has tapped Lisa Gutierrez as vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion. [Category: Featured, Hosp...
- + Sentara hospital appoints 2 new execs—Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center in Woodbridge has welcomed two new leaders to its executive team: Heather Casseaux, MSN, NP, has been named v...
- + Availity taps R1 RCM exec as chief product officer —Revenue cycle management company Availity has named Sean Barrett chief product officer. [Category: Featured, Finance, Channels, Hospital Revie...
- + Emory Healthcare promotes pharmacy leader—Emory Healthcare recently promoted Ryan Haumschild, PharmD, to the role of vice president of ambulatory pharmacy. [Category: Featured, Pharmac...
- + Lee Health projects $1B gain in 10 years with private nonprofit conversion—Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health, a public hospital, would realize $1 billion more net patient revenue over the next decade if it becomes a private n...
- + Providence's data-driven value-based care approach—Renton, Wash.-based Providence is investing in technological infrastructure and patient-centric care to navigate the complexities of value-based care,...
- + Contracted ED providers at Ascension St. John strike—At least a dozen physicians and physician assistants who work in the emergency department at Ascension St. John in Detroit began a 24-hour strike on t...
- + 3 CEO retirements in 3 days —Becker's recorded three health system CEOs' retirement announcements between April 16 and April 18, adding to a growing list of exits in 2024: ...
- + Novant, CHS push back against FTC's 'distorted' antitrust case—Winston-Salem, N.C.,-based Novant Health has fired back against a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit that aims to prevent the health system's acquisit...
- + Worker confidence wanes — U.S. workers' confidence has dropped by two points since January, according to LinkedIn's most recent Workforce Confidence survey . [Cate...
- + Trinity splits hospital president's duties in succession plan—Shelleye Yaklin is retiring as president of Trinity Health Grand Haven (Mich.) after 17 years in the role, leading its parent system to reassign lea...
- + FDA adds new warning to CAR-T therapies—After investigating the safety of CAR-T cell drugs, the FDA decided to include a serious risk on the boxed warnings of six approved immunotherapies....
- + Ryan Seacrest to build interactive studio at Children's Hospital New Orleans—TV and radio host Ryan Seacrest has been building broadcast media centers, named Seacrest Studios, in children's hospitals, and the latest will be...
- + Mark Cuban's company ships drugs to CHS—Community Health Systems' hospitals in Texas and Pennsylvania now stock epinephrine manufactured by Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co. [Category: Feature...
- + Nemours Children's, UCF expand partnership to establish pediatrics department —Jacksonville, Fla.-based Nemours Children's Health and Orlando-based University of Central Florida have expanded their partnership to establish the Un...
- + Supreme Court to hear cases on whether EMTALA preempts state abortion bans—A nearly 40-year old federal law requires Medicare hospitals to provide all patients experiencing a medical emergency a medical screening and stabiliz...
- + Pay dropped for 6 physician specialties last year—Plastic surgery saw the largest drop in compensation in 2023 — more than double the drop of the next highest specialty, according to Medscape's " 20...
- + The healthcare generation with highest depression rates, lowest burnout: Vivian—Gen Z and millennials healthcare workers are less likely to report feeling unsafe at work and suffering burnout, but are more likely to report experie...
- + Vanderbilt exec takes new role at Tufts —Jessica McAllister joined Tufts Medicine April 15 as vice president of clinical operations. [Category: Featured, Hospital Executive Moves, Channels,...
- + New York governor reaches deal to keep SUNY Downstate open—New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has reached a deal with state legislature to keep University Hospital at Downstate in New York City's Brooklyn borough open...
- + Ascension taps 2 hospital CEOs—St. Vincent's, part of St. Louis-based Ascension, has named new leaders for its hospitals in Northeast Florida. [Category: Featured, Hospital Executiv...
- + MU Health Care working to meet financial goals—Columbia-based University of Missouri Health Care's expenditures are exceeding its operating budget, KBIA reported April 19. [Category: Feat...
- + Jefferson cancer center earns NCI designation—The National Cancer Institute recognized Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health's Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center as a comprehensive cancer center. [Catego...
- + Inside Ascension's maternal health work—Ascension clinicians deliver about 1 in 50 infants born in the U.S. every year, according to its 2024 Maternal Health Report. [Category: Featur...
- + CHS to sell Tennessee hospital—Community Health Systems is preparing to sell off a 351-bed hospital in Tennessee. [Category: Featured, Hospital Transactions and Valuation , Ch...
- + AI feedback boosts physician notes quality, NYU Langone study finds—Researchers from New York City-based NYU Langone Health found that artificial intelligence feedback on physicians' notes improved their quality.&nbs...
- + Renown Health taps new CFO—Reno, Nev.-based Renown Health has tapped Anna Loomis as CFO, effective July 1. [Category: Featured, Hospital Executive Moves, Channels, Hospital Re...
- + 'We have to be more people centric': Grady CFO on the future of financial leadership —Coming off a March promotion that added COO to his existing CFO title, Anthony Saul is dedicated to expanding healthcare access at Atlanta-based Gra...
- + Banner Health names 1st technology chief—Michael Reagin has been named executive vice president and chief technology officer of Phoenix-based Banner Health. [Category: Featured, Hospit...
- + Johns Hopkins Medicine taps CFO—Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine has named Cherly Sadro senior vice president and CFO. [Category: Featured, Hospital Executive Moves, Chan...
- + Women CEOs take a pay cut —CEO pay, as a whole, is on the rise . But for the female CEOs of high-revenue companies, 2023 brought a "significant" drop in compensation, according...
- + How AdventHealth is advancing responsible AI —Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth is participating in two initiatives that focus on implementing and developing artificial intelligence res...
- + WVU Medicine gets board approval for $400M expansion projects—The Morgantown-based West Virginia University Health System board of directors approved April 17 nearly $400 million to fast track growth and develo...
- + 10 best fertility clinics: Newsweek —Newsweek and Statista on April 18 released their second annual list of America's Best Fertility Clinics , with many clinics on the East Coast sittin...
- + The 'comfortable' income threshold in all 50 states—A new study from SmartAsset has determined the minimum salary a single adult would need to live comfortably in each state. [Category: Featured...
- + Health disparities across states: 6 new findings—The Commonwealth Fund released a new report April 18 examining racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare access, quality and outcomes across the U...
- + Grady to build $38M freestanding ED in Atlanta—Grady Health System plans to begin construction on a $38 million standalone emergency department in South Fulton County, Ga., this fall. [Cate...
- + UC Davis Health, Amazon fight health misinformation with AI—Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health and Amazon are using generative artificial intelligence to counter health misinformation. [Category: Featur...
- + Health systems undergoing rebrands—In highly competitive markets, hospitals and health systems are rebranding to differentiate themselves and stand out from competitors. [Category: Feat...
- + Minnesota hospital could transition to state's 1st rural emergency facility—Mahnomen (Minn.) Health Center has submitted plans to the state department of health to transition it to the state's first rural emergency hospital....
- + Walgreens pharmacists plan Chicago-area demonstrations—Nearly 900 pharmacists are planning to demonstrate at 46 Walgreens locations in the Chicago area over the next month. [Category: Featured, Pharm...
- + Researchers explore 9 more diseases GLP-1s could treat—Researchers are expanding horizons for the diseases and disorders that GLP-1s such as Ozempic, Mounjaro and Wegovy could treat. [Category: Featured, G...
- + 10 hospitals, health systems looking for CFOs—Here are 10 hospitals and health systems that are seeking CFOs and assistant CFOs in recent job listings. [Category: Featured, Hospital Executive Move...
- + Experts call for more data on weight loss meds as fertility drugs —Physicians and researchers say more data is needed on pregnancy outcomes in patients taking GLP-1s as a growing number of women turn to the class of w...
- + How Mercy accelerated rare disease diagnoses in rural areas—Children's Mercy Kansas City (Mo.) researchers found a way to reduce the time to diagnosis for rare disease by 5.5 months. [Category: Featured, Publ...
- + 1st-of-its-kind law protects 'neural data'—With the increasing number of technologies that track brain activity, a new Colorado law aims to protect people's "neural data" from falling into the ...
- + How the Change Healthcare hack affected patient care—While the financial impacts of the Change Healthcare hack have gotten a lot of attention, the cyberattack has also harmed patients, health system le...
- + Why the former Allscripts is banking on AI—The company formerly known as Allscripts plans to turn its fortunes around by using generative artificial intelligence to find insights in its decades...
- + HCA California hospital faces pushback on trauma center closure—Local stakeholders are pushing for the state of California to stop the planned summer closure of trauma services at Regional Medical Center in San Jos...
- + 40% of physicians ready to use gen AI in patient care—Forty-percent of U.S. physicians said they are prepared to use generative artificial intelligence during patient interactions at the point-of-care, an...
- + PeaceHealth nurses authorize 2nd strike—Members of the Oregon Nurses Association at Springfield, Ore.-based PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Home Care Services have voted to authorize an open-ended ...
- + CEO of Oregon system to retire amid merger talks —Kathryn Correia plans to retire as president and CEO of Portland-based Legacy Health, the system said in an April 17 news release. [Category: ...
- + $90M Indiana hospital opens to patients—Indianapolis-based Eskenazi Health opened its nearly $90 million Eskenazi Health Thomas and Arlene Grande campus in Indianapolis to patients on Apri...
- + How Wesley Healthcare is using minute-by-minute coordination technology to improve OR performance and revenue—Hospitals and health systems don't just compete with one another to attract patients; they also compete to attract surgeons to perform procedures at t...
- + HSHS names CEO to oversee market, 4 hospitals—Hospital Sisters Health System has named Robert Erickson president and CEO of its Wisconsin Market. [Category: Featured, Hospital Executive Move...
- + Tampa General Hospital breaks ground on 12-floor tower —Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital broke ground on a 12-floor tower that will house the health system's surgery, neuroscience and transplant service line...
- + Phoenix Children's makes 4 leadership moves in 4 days—Phoenix Children's appointed a new chief medical officer, two associate CMOs and a physician-in-chief in a matter of four days. [Category: Featured, H...
- + Hardware failure cancels surgeries at MaineHealth —Three surgeries had to be canceled at MaineHealth due a hardware failure, NBC affiliate WCSH reported April 17. [Category: Featured, Healthcar...
- + Women's remote work conundrum—Women continue to dominate the applicant pool for remote jobs — but there aren't nearly enough positions to satisfy the demand, according to a new re...
- + Cleveland Clinic launches women's health center—Cleveland Clinic is launching a new research center dedicated to women's health. [Category: Featured, Innovation, Channels, Hospital Review, S...
- + Mass General Hospital to add 94 inpatient beds —Health officials have granted Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital permission to add 94 inpatient beds to the hospital to confront capacity iss...
- + North Carolina backs FTC bid to block Novant's $320M hospital deal —North Carolina Treasurer Dale Folwell has backed the Federal Trade Commission's bid to block Novant Health's proposed acquisition of two hospitals fro...
- + Mercy taps president in Oklahoma —Bennett Geister is the new president of Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City Communities. [Category: Featured, Hospital Executive Moves, Channels, Hospi...
- + Where employers struggle most, least with hiring—Employers in Alaska struggle the most with hiring, and employers in California struggle the least, according to an analysis released April 17 by Wal...
- + Eli Lilly to seek label expansion for Mounjaro, Zepbound—After achieving promising outcomes for patients with sleep apnea, Eli Lilly said April 17 it plans to seek a wider FDA approval for Mounjaro and Zep...
- + 20 large health systems ranked by reputation score—A new ranking shows where the largest U.S. health systems fall based on reputation score, which evaluates both solicited and unsolicited feedback from...
- + Tenet taps CFO of Massachusetts market—Jeffrey Thomas has been named CFO of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare's Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., and Tenet's Massachusetts market.&n...
- + BayCare taps VP of home, post-acute care —Jimmy Baumgartner has been named vice president of home care and post acute services at BayCare. His appointment is effective immediately, the Clear...
- + Massachusetts governor to hold meetings on Steward finances —Starting April 18, a series of regional meetings will be held by Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey's administration with hospitals and community health ...
- + 30 systems sign on to new effort to advance age-friendly care —Thirty health systems are participating in a new collaborative through the Institute for Healthcare Improvement that aims to accelerate the adoption...
- + The nation's 15 biggest pharmacies—With $159.4 billion, CVS Health accounts for a fourth of the U.S. pharmacy industry, according to 2023 prescription dispensing revenue data compiled b...
- + Alabama hospital wellness center to close —Huntsville (Ala.) Hospital is closing its wellness center at the Medical Mall in Huntsville on July 1. [Category: Featured, Capital, Channels, Hospita...
- + Pennsylvania hospital to reopen obstetrical unit—WVU Medicine Uniontown (Pa.) Hospital has received funding for medical equipment needed to reopen its obstetrical unit. [Category: Featured, ...
- + Adults may need whooping cough booster as cases rise: CDC—In recent months, parts of the U.S. have reported outbreaks of pertussis, or whooping cough. While some regional outbreaks are expected each year, hea...
- + HHS secretary: Rural health would improve if states expand Medicaid—HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra told a Senate panel that rural health outcomes would improve if more states expanded Medicaid, The Hill reported Apri...
- + Hackers start selling Change Healthcare data—Hackers have reportedly begun to sell patient data and business agreements they claim were stolen in the Change Healthcare cyberattack. [Category: Fea...
- + Cedars-Sinai's tech venture arm generates $1B in revenue—Cedars-Sinai Technology Ventures has generated more than $1 billion in revenue for the Los Angeles-based health system in the past five years by dev...
- + White House unveils new strategy to prevent future pandemics—The Biden administration launched a new global health security strategy April 16 to prepare for future outbreaks, pandemics or biological threats.&n...
- + CIOs' top 15 focus areas—Improving cybersecurity and IT operations are the top focus areas of CIOs, CIO reported April 15. [Category: Featured, Healthcare Information Tech...
- + Elon Musk's Neuralink selects study site—Elon Musk's neurotechnology company, Neuralink, has selected Phoenix-based Barrow Neurological Institute as the inaugural site for conducting its Ne...
- + Cancer rates in younger adults: 4 trends to know —A growing body of research shows cancer rates are on the rise in adults younger than 50. In response, many oncologists have pointed to the need for ...
- + California hospital chair resigns amid alleged $23M exec overpayment—The chair of Bakersfield, Calif.-based Kern County Hospital Authority's board of governors has resigned after nearly a decade of service. [Categ...
- + Inova gets $20M donation for critical needs support—Falls Church, Va.-based Inova, a nonprofit health system, has received a $20 million donation to support critical needs. [Category: Featured, Capita...
- + 18 hospitals with 6+ Magnet designations—Eighteen of the 599 Magnet-designated hospitals have received the certification at least six times. [Category: Featured, Quality, Channels, Hosp...
- + Take the vacation, says Children's National CEO —Michelle Riley-Brown is less than a year into her role as president and CEO of Children's National Hospital in Washington, D.C., and she brings a p...
- + Private equity healthcare bankruptcies are on the rise: 8 things to know—Healthcare bankruptcies spiked in 2023 amid high debt levels and rising interest rates, with private equity firms owning 17 out of the 80 (21%) compan...
- + UnitedHealth CEO: '[It's] important for the country that we own Change Healthcare'—UnitedHealth Group on April 16 held its first earnings call since it reported the cyberattack of its Change Healthcare subsidiary. On the call, CEO An...
- + Nurses' workweeks grow longer: 5 notes—On average, registered nurses' workweeks were 84 minutes longer in 2022 than in 2018, federal data shows. [Category: Featured, Nursing, Channels, Ho...
- + Ascension's latest executive appointments—Patti Consolver was selected as vice president of front end revenue cycle at Ascension. [Category: Featured, Hospital Executive Moves, Channels, Hos...
- + Physician specialties with the highest, lowest projected gaps in staffing—Approximately 24,200 openings for physicians and surgeons are projected , on average, to open every year for the next decade — many coming from the n...
- + MD Anderson partners on mRNA cancer vaccines—Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has partnered with CureVac, a global biopharmaceutical company, to develop novel mRNA-ba...
- + 'Do well while doing good': The dual benefits of Providence's equity work—Renton, Wash.-based Providence is empowering team members to spearhead quality improvement and health equity efforts via its Health Equity Fellowship ...
- + Kaiser med school names CEO —John Dalrymple, MD, was selected as the new dean and CEO of the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine in Pasadena, Calif. [Category:...
- + RN annual median wage for all 50 states —Registered nurses in the U.S. have a median annual wage of $86,070 annually and a median hourly wage of $41.38, according to the latest Bureau of Labo...
- + 10 of 20 most popular drugs are in shortage—In the first quarter of 2024, the U.S. hit a 23-year record after logging 323 active drug shortages. And among GoodRx's list of the nation's 20 mo...
- + 15 best healthcare companies for career growth—LinkedIn has named 65 companies among the best to grow a career — including 15 companies in the healthcare, insurance, biotechnology and pharmaceutica...
- + New York health system CEO to retire—Michael Israel will retire as president and CEO of Westchester Medical Center and the Westchester Medical Center Health Network in Valhalla, N.Y., a...
- + Sutter Health names first CMO of medical education and science —Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health has named Lindsay Mazotti, MD, as its first chief medical officer of medical education and science. [Category: ...
- + Executive compensation at HCA, CHS, Tenet and UHS: 7 things to know—Most of the top-earning executives, including CEOs and CFOs, at four of the largest for-profit health systems in the U.S. saw their overall compensati...
- + Mississippi county explores hospital sale—The Oktibbeha County, Miss., board of supervisors has hired a consultant to survey Starkville, Miss.-based OCH Regional Medical Center in a first step...
- + Lawmakers express fury toward UnitedHealth in first Change attack hearing—UnitedHealth Group drew the ire of federal lawmakers during the first hearing on the fallout surrounding the unprecedented cyberattack on Change Hea...
- + Tenet CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 2023—Dallas-based Tenet CEO Saum Sutaria was paid 305 times more than the health system's median employee in 2023, according to a proxy statement filed A...
- + FDA nixes anti-ivermectin posts — but maintains its stance—The FDA has removed social media posts decrying the use of ivermectin for treating COVID-19 following a court ruling, Bloomberg News reported Apri...
- + UCI Health lowered deaths from antibiotic-resistant organisms by 24% with this collaboration—A study led by researchers at Orange, Calif.-based UCI Health found that use of antiseptic soap and nasal ointment among patients in hospitals and r...
- + OSF HealthCare to create AI training assistants—Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare is partnering with technology company Brand Engagement Network to develop artificial intelligence assistants to he...
- + Northwestern Medicine posts $105M in Q2 operating income —Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine posted an operating income of $104.8 million in the second quarter of 2024, down from $120.3 million posted over t...
- + Lawsuit claims Atrium shared patient data with Facebook, Google—A federal lawsuit filed against Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health alleges the health system shared patient information with Facebook and Google, T...
- + California hospital workers hold 1-day strike —Members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers are holding a one-day strike April 16 at MarinHealth Medical Center in Greenbrae, Calif. [Category...
- + ChristianaCare taps former SUNY Downstate exec as 1st chief experience officer—Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare has named Wren Lester, PhD, to serve as inaugural chief experience officer. She joins the health system from SUNY ...
- + Inside healthcare's imposter problem—It has been over a year since the FBI and Justice Department disclosed "Operation Nightingale," which cracked open a fake nursing degree scheme at t...
- + After rise in ED visits, melatonin makers asked to tweak standards—Following a spike in emergency department visits among children ingesting unsafe amounts of melatonin, the Council for Responsible Nutrition recomm...
- + Mayo Clinic data network names 8 founding health systems—Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic has named the eight founding members of a global data-sharing network that aims to tailor medical care with artif...
- + AdventHealth hospital taps CFO —Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth has named Jonathan Armstrong CFO of AdventHealth DeLand (Fla.). [Category: Featured, Hospital Executi...
- + Shuttered Illinois hospital assets to be auctioned off —All medical and nonmedical assets from shuttered St. Margaret's Health-Spring Valley (Ill.) are set to be auctioned by Centurion Service Group, a me...
- + Top 15 specialty pharmacies by 2023 revenue—Two in five accredited specialty pharmacies are owned by hospitals and other healthcare providers, but the nation's three biggest pharmacy benefit man...
- + Best, worst small cities to start a business—Cedar City, Utah, was named the best small city to start a business, while most of the worst small cities for that purpose are in California, accordin...
- + North Dakota hospital settles EEOC racial harassment suit for $45K—A critical access hospital in North Dakota will pay $45,000 to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit accusing it of illegall...
- + $100M Texas children's hospital set to open—Corpus Christi, Texas-based Driscoll Children’s is set to open its $100 million Driscoll Children's Hospital Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg, Texas, o...
- + 273 injuries, 14 deaths reportedly linked to heart device—Abbott and its subsidiary Thoratec Corp. warned customers of 13,883 heart devices after receiving reports of 273 injuries and 14 deaths related to b...
- + HHS: Vaccines targeting bird flu strain that infected Texas resident underway —Vaccines are in development that target the bird flu strain that infected a Texas resident, an HHS official told Politico in an April 12 report. E...
- + Idaho group adds providers, ENT practice from shuttered Saltzer Health—Boise, Idaho-based Primary Health Medical Group has added multiple providers and acquired an ear, nose and throat practice from Nampa, Idaho-based S...
- + 11 hardest roles for CIOs to fill—CIOs expect to have the most trouble filling roles specializing in artificial intelligence and machine learning, CIO reported April 15. [Category:...
- + Providence, Microsoft apply generative AI to cancer care—Renton, Wash.-based Providence and Microsoft are using artificial intelligence to scan massive amounts of patient data to improve cancer care. [Cate...
- + How Cleveland Clinic uses Epic to prevent workplace violence —In a move to bolster patient safety and caregiver well-being, Cleveland Clinic has integrated a feature within its Epic EHR system aimed at preparin...
- + AI boosts physician, nurse collaboration at Stanford—Artificial intelligence is helping improve collaboration between physicians and nurses at Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Health Care. [Category: F...
- + Mercy hospital promotes physician to chief medical officer—Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy Springfield Communities has named Sadaf Sohrab, MD, chief medical officer. [Category: Featured, Hospital Executive Mov...
- + CDC probing illnesses linked to fake Botox in 9 states —The CDC is working with the FDA to investigate at least 19 reports of harmful reactions linked to counterfeit or mishandled Botox injections in nine...
- + Akron Children's, Cincinnati Children's expand partnership—Akron (Ohio) Children's Hospital has expanded its collaboration with Cincinnati Children's to provide a wider range of specialty care for children in ...
- + MemorialCare expands AI documentation tool rollout—Fountain Valley, Calif.-based MemorialCare is expanding the use of a generative AI tool for clinical documentation to its physicians across southern...
- + Indiana hospital names CEO —Jessica Campbell is the new CEO of Wellstone Regional Hospital, a 100-bed psychiatric hospital in Jeffersonville, Ind. [Category: Featured, Ho...
- + North Dakota offering affordable cybersecurity for hospitals—The North Dakota Hospital Association has created a new cybersecurity initiative that provides hospitals with an affordable option for cybersecurity s...
- + 66,000 qualified nursing applications turned down amid faculty shortages: AACN —From 2022-23, four-year colleges and universities turned down 65,766 qualified applications — not applicants, as people may apply to more than one pro...
- + Michigan nurses begin 5-day strike—Members of the Michigan Nurses Association began a five-day strike April 15 at MyMichigan Medical Center Sault in Sault Ste. Marie. [Category: Feature...
- + Tenet hospitals by state—Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare operated 61 hospitals as of Dec. 31. [Category: Featured, Finance, Channels, Hospital Review, Static, ROOT]
- + Best senior living centers, per US News—U.S. News & World Report named the 10 cities and 15 companies for best senior living. [Category: Featured, Post-Acute, Channels, Hospital Revie...
- + BayCare taps Tampa General leader for CMO—Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System named Jennifer McVan vice president of physician affairs. [Category: Featured, Hospital Executive Moves...
- + Fairview names chief medical officer—Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services has appointed Jaya Kumar, MD, chief medical officer, effective May 6. [Category: Featured, Hospital E...
- + TriStar Health plans to build new $250M hospital—Brentwood, Tenn.-based TriStar Health, part of HCA Healthcare, plans to build a $250 million full-service hospital in Spring Hill, Tenn., local news ...
- + A 4-letter red flag for healthcare leaders—As chief clinical officer of UNC Health and president of UNC Physicians in Chapel Hill, N.C., Matt Ewend, MD, keeps his ears peeled for one seemingly ...
- + Nursing schools struggle to sustain enrollment, new data show: 4 notes—Enrollment in BSN programs at nursing schools across the U.S. held steady in 2023, though fewer students are entering in master's and PhD programs, ac...
- + Hackers leak Change Healthcare contracts, patient data—Hackers leaked contracts and patient records purportedly stolen in the Change Healthcare cyberattack, TechCrunch reported April 15. [Category: Fea...
- + Rite Aid to shutter 53 additional locations —Multiple April bankruptcy court filings revealed that Camp Hill, Pa.-based Rite Aid has plans to shutter 53 additional locations across nine states af...
- + Diabetes care in the US needs a revamp—The diabetes epidemic continues unabated in this country. Over the past decade, fewer than 50% of people with the condition have met the recommended A...
- + What a paper route taught Baylor Scott & White's CEO about business—Pete McCanna serves as CEO of Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health, the largest nonprofit health system in Texas, and he brings with h...
- + CEO named for 2 Tower Health hospitals —Richard McLaughlin, MD, was named president and CEO of Tower Health's Phoenixville (Pa.) Hospital and Pottstown (Pa.) Hospital. [Category: Featured, H...
- + EEOC finalizes rule to implement pregnant worker protection law—The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued a final rule April 15 to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act . [Category: Featured, Wo...
- + FTC slaps Cerebral with $7M fine for privacy violations—Cerebral has agreed to pay the Federal Trade Commission $7 million due to the telemedicine company sharing consumers' private health information and...
- + Tenet portfolio 'transforms' amid USPI growth—Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare is accelerating its portfolio transformation towards a more value-based care enterprise with a leading specialty care ...
- + RIP Medical Debt rebrands, broadens goal —RIP Medical Debt, which has helped to relieve more than $11 billion since its founding in 2014, has rebranded as Undue Medical Debt. [Category...
- + AI helping UC San Diego physicians draft more empathetic responses—UC San Diego Health has been piloting the use of generative artificial intelligence in its Epic EHR system to help draft responses to patient messages...
- + Northwest Texas breaks ground on $14M freestanding ED—Amarillo, Texas-based Northwest Texas Healthcare System broke ground on a new $14.4 million emergency department location April 12 in Amarillo. ...
- + Northwest Texas breaks ground on freestanding ED—Amarillo, Texas-based Northwest Texas Healthcare System broke ground on a new emergency department location April 12 in Amarillo. [Category: F...
- + Norton Healthcare receives $20M donation for Parkinson's programs expansion —Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare has received a $20 million donation to expand its "Just Imagine" campaign that supports Parkinson's disease ...
- + Cleveland Clinic, Advocate Aurora back letter to lawmakers over CMS concerns—The Washington, D.C.-based National Rural Health Association and several health systems, hospitals, academic health centers, and state hospital associ...
- + HCA hospital names CEO—HealthOne — a Denver-based branch of HCA Healthcare — has named Ryan Thornton, BSN, RN, president and CEO of its North Suburban Medical Center in Th...
- + Kansas system taps CEO from New York —Community HealthCare System in Onaga, Kan., has named Kerry Herbine CEO, effective in May. [Category: Featured, Hospital Executive Moves, Chan...
- + New York City reports rise in leptospirosis cases — Last year, New York City saw 24 cases of human leptospirosis — the highest number in a single year. Six cases have been reported so far this yea...
- + Biotech CEO sentenced for $28M fraud scheme—The CEO of biotech company Decision Diagnostics Corp., Keith Berman, was sentenced to seven years in prison for a securities fraud scheme that resul...
- + Tampa General plans men's health center after $6.5M gift —Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital is planning to open a new center focusing on men's health after receiving a $6.5 million donation from Jagadamba Chivu...
- + 30 most diverse US cities —Maryland and Texas are home to the five most diverse cities in the United States, according to an April 15 analysis from WalletHub . [Category:...
- + 17% of cardiologists may leave medicine due to burnout—Seventeen percent of cardiologists said their burnout was so severe that they may leave medicine, according to a Medscape report . [Category: Featu...
- + Froedtert and ThedaCare's 1st 100 days as a combined 18-hospital system—Imran Andrabi, MD, is more than 100 days into his role as president of the newly combined 18-hospital system in Wisconsin formed by Froedtert Health a...
- + 18% of oncologists consider leaving medicine due to burnout—Eighteen percent of oncologists said their burnout is so severe that they may leave medicine, according to a Medscape report . [Category: Featured,...
- + US healthcare's 'mind-numbing burden': Advocate CEO —The biggest challenges American health systems face are largely out of their control, according to Eugene Woods, CEO of Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate...
- + US should prep for smallpox's return, experts say—Smallpox, the only human disease to be fully eradicated, could reappear in the U.S. and across the globe, researchers said in a new report . [C...
- + Amid syringe probe, FDA places import alert on China-based manufacturer—The FDA said U.S. healthcare workers should avoid all plastic syringes manufactured by Jiangsu Shenli Medical Production as the agency investigates...
- + Congress probes popular China-based drugmaker—WuXi AppTec, a drugmaker in China that manufactures multiple chemotherapies for U.S. patients, is facing scrutiny from lawmakers concerned about secur...
- + West Virginia rehab hospital changes ownership, rebrands—A rehabilitation hospital has changed ownership and will operate as two partner organizations in West Virginia, WTRF.com reported April 12. [Categ...
- + Another state considers nixing collaborative agreements for PAs—New Hampshire is the latest state to consider nixing collaborative agreements for physician assistants, the New Hampshire Bulletin reported April ...
- + Teladoc's chief accounting officer resigns —Shortly after Teladoc's CEO Jason Gorevic exited the company, its chief accounting officer announced his resignation, Market Screener reported Apr...
- + IT disruption persists at California health system—Fairfield, Calif.-based NorthBay Health's IT systems are still not fully operational due to a cybersecurity incident that started on April 2 . [Cat...
- + MUSC looks for state approval to develop $705M hospitals —Patrick Cawley, MD, CEO of Charleston, S.C.-based Medical University of South Carolina, has received approval from the MUSC board of trustees for the ...
- + Hospital group calls HHS' web tracking rules unlawful—The American Hospital Association is challenging HHS' bulletin regarding online tracking technologies for HIPAA-covered entities, calling it "substa...
- + Valley Health moves 200 patients to new $800M facility —Valley Health System has moved 203 patients out of its hospital in Ridgewood, N.J., to a new $800 million facility in Paramus, N.J. The transfer took ...
- + 3 health system leaders testify before Congress on telehealth extension—Health system leaders testified in support of extending telehealth flexibilities set to expire Dec. 31 at a recent Congressional hearing . [Category:...
- + Missouri lawmaker tapped as Cross Trails Medical Center CEO —Rick Francis , a state representative for District 145, was appointed CEO of Cape Girardeau, Mo.-based Cross Trails Medical Center, Southeast Missou...
- + Why healthcare AI treatments cost more—Mammograms read by artificial intelligence don't have a billing code so radiologists may pass the extra $40 to $100 in out-of-pocket costs on to patie...
- + Medical Properties Trust offloads 5 Steward Utah hospitals for $1B—Medical Properties Trust, one of the world's largest hospital real estate owners, has offloaded five Dallas-based Steward Health Care-operated Utah ho...
- + The second leading cause of death worldwide—Viral hepatitis is the second leading cause of death among non-COVID-19 communicable diseases in the world, according to the World Health Organizati...
- + Mayo Clinic $5B expansion sparks financial planning reboot—Mayo Clinic recently announced plans to make a $5 billion investment in its Rochester, Minn.-based campus late last year to replace old facilities a...
- + Florida system raises $93M for cancer institute—Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Healthcare Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Sarasota Memorial Hospital, has raised more than $93 million in six years to ...
- + Cardiologist pleads guilty to $1.9M fraud—A New Jersey cardiologist and practice owner pleaded guilty to a $1.9 million healthcare fraud scheme. [Category: Featured, Legal & Regulatory I...
- + No link between cardiac deaths in young people, COVID-19 vaccine: CDC—COVID-19 vaccination is not linked with sudden cardiac death among previously healthy young people, an April 11 CDC report found . [Category: Feature...
- + Tenet's highest-earning executives in 2023 —The five highest-earning executives at Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare saw their overall compensation increase in 2023, according to a proxy statement ...
- + Memorial Hermann aims for 'quick reactivation' of kidney transplants—Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center is planning to quickly reactivate its kidney transplant program, which the hospital halted earlier this month ...
- + Cleveland Clinic taps VP of revenue cycle management—Cleveland Clinic has named Tracy Peffley vice president of revenue cycle management, according to a post on her LinkedIn page. [Category: Feat...
- + 26 hospitals with excellent Black patient outcomes: US News—U.S. News & World Report has recognized 26 maternity care hospitals in 13 states that achieved excellent outcomes among Black patients. [Catego...
- + 9 health systems seeking revenue cycle vice presidents—Nine hospitals and health systems recently posted job listings seeking revenue cycle vice presidents. [Category: Featured, Finance, Channels, Ho...
- + 11 hospital closures in 2024—Many hospitals and emergency departments have been forced to close in 2024 due to circumstances like high costs and shifts in care needs. [Categ...
- + 19 states reporting measles cases—Measles activity is rising nationwide, with more than one-third of states reporting new cases in 2024, CDC data shows. [Category: Featured, Public H...
- + 10 health systems outsourcing RCM functions—Becker's has reported on 10 health systems that have opted to outsource finance jobs or other revenue cycle functions in 2024: [Category: Featu...
- + 34 recent hospital, health system executive moves—The following hospital and health system executive moves have been shared with or reported by Becker's this year: [Category: Featured, Hospital Exec...
- + 32 recent hospital, health system executive moves—The following hospital and health system executive moves have been shared with or reported by Becker's this year: [Category: Featured, Hospital Exec...
- + How much 8 health systems are paying for EHRs—Here is how much eight hospitals and health systems are expected to pay or have paid for the cost of purchasing, installing and upgrading a new or cur...
- + 48 recent CEO exits —Ousters, retirements and a slew of C-suite switch-ups — Becker's has reported the following hospital and health system CEO departures in 2024. ...
- + 62 CFO moves in 2024—The following hospital and health system CFO moves have been shared with or reported by Becker's this year: [Category: Featured, Hospital Executive ...
- + 55 CFO moves in 2024—The following hospital and health system CFO moves have been shared with or reported by Becker's this year: [Category: Featured, Hospital Executive ...
- + 23 hospitals, health systems cutting jobs—A number of hospitals and health systems are reducing their workforces or jobs due to financial and operational challenges. [Category: Featured,...
- + 10 providers seeking RCM talent—Ten hospitals and health systems recently posted job listings seeking revenue cycle management expertise. [Category: Featured, Finance, Channels, Hosp...
- + 16 women making moves in healthcare—The following leadership moves made by women have been reported by or shared with Becker's this year: [Category: Featured, Hospital Executive Moves,...
- + 6 recent hospital, health system CEO moves—The following hospital and health system CEO moves have recently been reported by Becker's: [Category: Featured, Hospital Executive Moves, Channels, ...
- + 10 recent hospital, health system CEO moves—The following hospital and health system CEO moves have recently been reported by Becker's: [Category: Featured, Hospital Executive Moves, Channels, ...
- + 5 hospitals seeking CEOs—Here are five hospitals that recently posted job listings seeking CEOs. [Category: Featured, Leadership & Management, Channels, Hospital Review, S...
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