Month: March 2023

The team looks at whether GPs will be prepared to take industrial action and the action they might take, how satisfied patients are with the […]

The team looks at whether GPs will be prepared to take industrial action and the action they might take, how satisfied patients are with the […]

Elon Musk’s Neuralink is reportedly in talks with medical centers to test its brain implants on humans, Gizmodo reported.

National telehealth utilization declined by 79 percent from 2020 to 2021, according to Fair Health’s Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker. 

What is the best hospital in the United States? After asking ChatGPT that question on Feb. 20, Becker’s posed the same query to Google’s Bard […]

A Boston suburb is experiencing long ambulance wait times after severe flooding closed its hospital in 2020 and a transformer fire shut down a nearby […]

Health officials are sounding the alarm over a lack of new drugs in the pipeline to combat antibiotic resistance, warning the globe could face a […]

New MetroHealth CEO Airica Steed, EdD, RN, told cleveland.com in a recent interview that she is supportive of the Cleveland-based health system’s $1 billion “hospital-in-a-park” […]

The number of CEO changes at hospitals and health systems fell 22 percent in February after accelerating the month prior, according to a March 29 […]

The CDC updated its COVID-19 vaccine guidance, stating that one updated dose is enough even for individuals who received their last vaccination more than six […]

Mississippi lawmakers approved a $103.7 million grant program to support the state’s struggling hospitals, but some advocates and lawmakers argue the funding isn’t enough, Mississippi […]

Mark Klosterman, President and CEO of Sidney, Ohio-based Wilson Health, announced the appointment of two C-suite leaders in a March 28 news release. 

In the year since RaDonda Vaught was convicted for a fatal medical error, much has been said from leaders at all levels of healthcare about […]

The American Hospital Association and America’s Health Insurance Plans on March 28 filed an amicus curiae brief in ongoing lawsuits — U.S. vs. Supervalu and […]

As more drugs slip into shortage, rural hospitals could lose their failsafes as the healthcare industry grapples with dozens of inaccessible medications. 

Gregg Olson will retire as CEO of Rochelle (Ill.) Community Hospital on March 31, the Rochelle News-Leader reported March 28. 

Thomasville (Ala.) Regional Medical Center has named Quentin Whitwell its next CEO, CBS affiliate WKRG reported March 28. By the end of his tenure, he […]

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All 827 employees at the San Antonio-based Texas Vista Medical Center will be permanently laid off when it closes May 1, according to a notice […]

(NEXSTAR) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified Candida auris as an “urgent” threat as it spreads rapidly through U.S. hospitals, tripling in […]

CVS Health has completed its $8 billion acquisition of Signify Health, adding more than 10,000 clinicians to its network, the companies announced March 29. 

The first ever over-the-counter version of the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone was approved by the Food and Drug Administration Wednesday, a move that could […]

For decades, U.S. hospitals have generally stonewalled patients who wanted to know ahead of time how much their care would cost. Now that’s changing — […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Republican lawmakers say that, before California spends even more money battling homelessness, the public deserves to know exactly how the tens of […]

04/05/2023 Protecting those who protect us: prioritising workers in health and social care Image © DC Studio – stock.adobe.com Our new thematic web section on the […]

04/05/2023 Protecting those who protect us: prioritising workers in health and social care Image © DC Studio – stock.adobe.com Our new thematic web section on the […]

04/05/2023 Protecting those who protect us: prioritising workers in health and social care Image © DC Studio – stock.adobe.com Our new thematic web section on the […]

04/05/2023 Protecting those who protect us: prioritising workers in health and social care Image © DC Studio – stock.adobe.com Our new thematic web section on the […]

04/05/2023 Protecting those who protect us: prioritising workers in health and social care Image © DC Studio – stock.adobe.com Our new thematic web section on the […]

04/05/2023 Protecting those who protect us: prioritising workers in health and social care Image © DC Studio – stock.adobe.com Our new thematic web section on the […]

04/05/2023 Protecting those who protect us: prioritising workers in health and social care Image © DC Studio – stock.adobe.com Our new thematic web section on the […]

04/05/2023 Protecting those who protect us: prioritising workers in health and social care Image © DC Studio – stock.adobe.com Our new thematic web section on the […]

04/05/2023 Protecting those who protect us: prioritising workers in health and social care Image © DC Studio – stock.adobe.com Our new thematic web section on the […]

04/05/2023 Protecting those who protect us: prioritising workers in health and social care Image © DC Studio – stock.adobe.com Our new thematic web section on the […]

Search engine optimization (SEO) is a powerhouse for long-term revenue generation. It should never be an afterthought in your marketing strategy.  Businesses across every industry […]

Search engine optimization (SEO) is a powerhouse for long-term revenue generation. It should never be an afterthought in your marketing strategy.  Businesses across every industry […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — There are many unsung heroes from Monday’s school shooting that left seven dead (six victims and the shooter), including teachers that […]

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — The school board of Hillsborough County, Florida, held a special meeting on Tuesday and voted to ban a book from […]

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Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital is launching a new telehealth program that will allow Intermountain clinicians to remotely advise clinicians in neonatal intensive […]

Environmental, social and governance investment group Arjuna Capital is claiming a win after CVS Health committed to strengthening its reproductive health data privacy protections following […]

A school shooting that left six dead in Nashville, Tenn.,took place just 10 minutes away from the office of Ryan Mire, MD, president of the […]

Nearly one-third of the 25 best hospitals for pediatric care are in Florida, according to a new ranking from Money and The Leapfrog Group. 

CVS and Optum have struggled to integrate behavioral health into their payer-provider models, Behavioral Health Business reported.

House GOP lawmakers repeatedly grilled Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra on Tuesday on topics ranging from reproductive health services, gender-affirming care and migrant […]

Oracle Cerner employees have been posting online that the company will not give raises or promotions in fiscal 2024, adding to the recent job cuts […]

Since Allina Health formed Inbound Health in 2020, the hospital-at-home and SNF-at-home enablement platform has helped the Minneapolis-based health system deliver more than 5,000 home-based […]

Sixty-three hospitals and health systems were honored by Reputation for effectively managing their online reputations.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA) has been building out its health care delivery arm – which includes home-based care capabilities – for some time […]

Mount Sinai Health System has launched a new program to provide more career advancement opportunities for Black men within the organization.

Some employees at Walgreens will not see any “further” wage increases, the chain’s CEO said March 28. 

Friday Health Plans reported a $244.4 million shortfall in Texas at the end of 2022. Rival health insurance companies will be left holding the bag.

Private equity firm Enhanced Healthcare Partners is investing in RCM tech platform Janus Health. 

Resident physicians employed by Detroit Education & Research and working at Detroit Medical Center hospitals are seeking a unionization election.

Hospitals and health systems across the country are facing lawsuits alleging that they have put pixel tracking technologies onto their websites and patient portals for […]

Lori Rakes, RN, was named CEO of Piedmont Cartersville (Ga.) Medical Center, part of Atlanta-based Piedmont.

Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center and the Digital Medicine Society will co-host CancerX, an initiative to use digital innovation to fight cancer. 

Generation Z may become “the true modernizer of the retirement industry,” according to a recent survey from Principal. 

Stanford Medicine Children’s Health in Palo Alto, Calif., has named Cormac Maher, MD, as its new chief of pediatric neurosurgery.

Health officials in China have reported a positively identified case of H3N8 avian flu, according to a March 27 report from the Center for Infectious […]

Sales for Walgreens’ U.S. healthcare segment exceeded $1.6 billion in the second quarter, compared with $527 million a year ago.

Kettering (Ohio) Health has hired an outside firm to conduct an internal investigation into allegations of inappropriate fiscal and operational management, the Dayton Daily News […]

Jon Sendach was named deputy regional executive director for New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health’s central region, according to a March 28 news release shared […]

The term “burnout,” as it relates to clinicians, has become part of the lexicon in hospitals. Why are nurses leaving? They are burned out in […]

The term “burnout,” as it relates to clinicians, has become part of the lexicon in hospitals. Why are nurses leaving? They are burned out in […]

The virus that causes COVID-19 has the ability to alter the genome structure of cells, which may play a role in long COVID-19, according to […]

A former top official for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned lawmakers on Tuesday that the U.S. is only one crisis away from experiencing […]

Fort Belvoir (Va.) Community Hospital, a Department of Defense medical facility, went live with its new EHR system MHS Genesis on March 25. 

Major hospital groups are ramping up resistance to physician-owned hospitals, which were checked by the Affordable Care Act but have recently become subject of renewed […]

Amazon’s Dr. Nworah Ayogu said the company is no stranger to furthering innovation in challenging industries. 

A congressman has introduced a bill aimed at closing a “shocking loophole” that has led to Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse, Kaiser Health News […]

Franklin, Ind.-based Johnson Memorial Health spent six months trying to get their operations back to normal after Hive ransomware group ​​infiltrated its networks in October […]

This March we commemorate the many achievements and contributions that millions of women have provided to society.  Women make up 50.5% of the U. Posted […]

The meaning of digital transformation varies depending on whom you ask, but health IT leaders at ViVE 2023 agree that the time for innovation in […]

Herb Watson, CRNA, a “living legend” in nurse anesthesia education, died March 7 at age 94.

The International Council of Nurses has declared nurse shortages to be a global health emergency, with 13 million nurses needing to be replaced globally in […]

Facilities owned by Pittsburgh-based UPMC are among several properties the city’s mayor says should not enjoy their current tax-exempt status, according to a March 28 […]

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When Laura Lopez took over the marketing department at Houston Methodist a decade ago, she brought a consumer focus that didn’t really exist in healthcare […]

A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel will meet in May to help decide whether the agency should approve an over-the-counter birth control pill. Opill, […]

Members of SEIU District 1199 New England at Care New England’s Women & Infants Hospital in Providence, R.I., have voted no confidence in their employer.

New Orleans-based Ochsner Health has tapped Claire Chitwood to oversee two hospitals as divisional chief operating officer. 

Four drugs listed as products with the greatest risk of supply disruption and vulnerability after a U.S. drugmaker closed in February are on back order. […]

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Oklahoma City-based OU Health has appointed Stefanie Beavers, DNP, RN, as its inaugural chief nurse executive, the health system said March 28.

Among the many difficulties imposed upon America by the pandemic, the scourge of anti-vaccine sentiment—and the preventable deaths caused as result—ranks among the most frustrating, […]

An anonymous patient from Orlando Health filed a lawsuit March 16 alleging that the health system’s website used pixel tracking technology that sent some patient […]

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has appointed Lara Khouri executive vice president and COO.

Antibiotics are overprescribed or inappropriately prescribed between 30 and 50 percent of the time, according to a recent study, but the implementation of antibiotic stewardship […]

Ohio Attorney General David Yost filed suit on Monday against the payers’ PBMs, along with Prime Therapeutics, for allegedly sharing pricing information and driving up […]

Bright Health Group shares are at risk of being delisted from the New York Stock Exchange and forced into the over-the-counter markets.

Public satisfaction with the NHS has slumped to just 29% – the lowest level ever recorded – according to the British Social Attitudes (BSA) Survey, […]

Public satisfaction with the NHS has slumped to just 29% – the lowest level ever recorded – according to the British Social Attitudes (BSA) Survey, […]

MercyOne North Iowa will close its hospice facility in Mason City April 17 amid familiar industry pressures of inflation and high labor costs, according to […]

Oscar Health, billed as a health insurance company for the 21st century, has hired Mark Bertolini, the ex-CEO of 19th century insurer Aetna, as chief […]

University of Miami Health became the first health system to deploy an Epic EHR outside a traditional clinical setting when it outfitted three mobile units […]

The CDC has recently called attention to the growing threat posed by Candida auris, a drug-resistant fungus that spreads rapidly in healthcare facilities and can […]

Former health system CEO Stephen Klasko, MD, and his wife, Colleen Wyse, donated $500,000 to the American Cancer Society for a new grant program to […]

Walgreens’ U.S. healthcare division, including VillageMD, recorded $1.6 billion in sales in the quarter, an increase of $1.1 billion from last year.

Dallas-based Tenet Health had its default rating affirmed at “B+” as its operating income remains resilient in the face of industry pressures and debt levels […]

If another public health crisis struck tomorrow, how would each state fare?

While the new Tisch Cancer Hospital at New York City-based Mount Sinai Hospital will not officially open completely until 2027, new “patient-centric” treatment initiatives, inspired […]

Health systems have been partnering with tech companies on artificial intelligence, mobile apps and telehealth. Here are five of those collaborations Becker’s reported on in […]

Bipartisan lawmakers in the House and Senate introduced legislation Tuesday to crack down on the illegal use of a veterinary tranquilizer that is increasingly being […]

When inefficient workflows and antiquated communication tools are added to an already-stressful emergency department (ED) environment, physician burnout increases, and both staff and patient satisfaction […]

Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health’s internal travel nurse program grew threefold during the pandemic, CNBC reported March 28.

Nine health systems were named to the CIO 100 list for excellence in IT.

The Iowa Board of Medicine issued an emergency order to suspend the license of a Davenport-based dermatologist due to incompetence and practicing in an unsafe […]

St. Louis-based Mercy is spending $6.5 million to install Epic at its recently acquired Perryville, Mo.-based Perry County Memorial Hospital.

Delta (Colo.) County Memorial Hospital is looking for ways to stabilize its financial situation after discovering that nearly all of its cash on hand was […]

State health officials cited St. Luke’s Hospital-Monroe Campus for failing to properly monitor a patient experiencing suicidal ideation, The Morning Call reported March 27.

Washington (Pa.) Health System — one of only three independent health systems in the Pittsburgh area — may be considering a merger, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette […]

ChatGPT could revolutionize healthcare as it could help healthcare researchers develop questions, act as an interactive encyclopedia for medical students and could be incorporated into […]

St. Louis-based Mercy has finalized a lease agreement to operate and manage the county-owned Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville, Mo., with the organizations expected […]

Bertolini brings decades of experience in the payer sector — including overseeing Aetna’s $70 billion sale to CVS in 2018 — to Oscar as the insurer works toward profitability.

A 61-year old man is in custody after he barricaded himself in a hospital room at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center, where his mother was a […]

McLaren St. Luke’s Hospital in Maumee, Ohio, will lay off 743 workers when it permanently closes this spring, according to a notice filed with state […]

A whistleblower lawsuit filed against Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System alleges hospital leaders knowingly overlapped surgeries and allowed trainees to operate without physician supervision, leading […]

Hospital finances are starting to stabilize as razor-thin margins become the new normal, according to Kaufman Hall’s latest “National Flash Hospital Report,” which is based […]