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Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services posted a $41 million operating loss on $1.8 billion in revenue in the second quarter, down from a $95.2 million loss […]

Six of the world’s top universities for life sciences and medicine are outside the U.S., according to QS World University Rankings.

QS World University Rankings has named University of Pennsylvania the world’s best nursing university four years in a row. 

Sparrow Health System President and CEO James Dover is stepping down from the Lansing, Mich.-based organization, effective Sept. 15. 

America’s top-earning physicians practice in some unexpected pockets of the country. 

Weber State University in Ogden, Utah, is using virtual reality to teach nursing students how to respond during mass-casualty situations, the Standard-Examiner reported Aug. 10. 

Proper investment in nursing is what is needed and not empty executive platitudes, says Rebecca Love, MSN, RN, TedTalk speaker and chief clinical officer for […]

Denmark-based Novo Nordisk plans to acquire Inversago Pharma for up to $1.8 billion dollars, depending on whether the clinical-stage obesity drugmaker meets certain development and […]

Houston-based Nutex Health, a micro-hospital network, plans to open one to two more microhospitals this year and 14 more by the end of 2025.

Cary Medical Center in Caribou, Maine, is combining the CFO and COO roles into one position.

One of the latest ways hackers are getting into hospital and health system IT networks is through “smishing,” or phishing via text messages, HHS reported […]

The Supreme Court temporarily blocked a national settlement with Purdue Pharma on Aug. 11 that would have shielded Sackler family owners from additional civil suits […]

Over 18 years, more than $50 billion in settlement funds from pharmaceutical companies that made and sold opioid painkillers will be paid to state and […]

Older Americans are more concerned than their younger counterparts about artificial intelligence being used in their healthcare, business analytics firm Morning Consult reported.

Monitors beeping, equipment shuffling, and patients, nurses and physicians coordinating care can make hospitals uncomfortably loud places for individuals both with or without hearing disorders […]

Nursing Process found 50 work-from-home jobs for nurses with salaries that range from $60,000 to $116,000.

The data breach toll due to a hacking incident at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine has increased from 5,500 people to 310,405, WBAL reported Aug. 10. 

Here are nine notes on Epic’s dominance in the U.S. EHR market:

From 12 people sentenced for defrauding Blue Cross Blue Shield to a federally qualified health center settling improper billing allegations, here are 12 healthcare billing […]

Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare reported a significant reduction in its contract labor expenses during the second quarter even as its overall expenses increased.

The verdict is in: Workers prefer money, not pens, when they serve a health system for five years. But if they are going to receive […]

Hospital and health system CIOs told Becker’s that IT staffing remains a major challenge for their organizations as they are in a global competition with […]

To gauge the effectiveness of revenue cycle management (RCM), hospices need to manage five key performance indicators (KPIs). These KPIs are linked to cash collection, […]

Marriottsville, Md.-based Bon Secours and HCA Healthcare clashed during an Aug. 10 meeting to navigate Virginia’s approval process for competing plans to develop emergency centers […]

Top executives aren’t immune to weak passwords that put the entire organization at risk for a cyberattack.

Microsoft recently posted several job openings related to its health business. Below are three open positions as of Aug. 11:

The number of U.S. suicide deaths reached an all-time high in the year of 2022, according to provisional data released Thursday from the Centers for […]

The CDC found the percentage of adults experiencing long COVID-19 has fallen in the last year.

Generation Z has earned a reputation as work-averse, namely due to trends they circulate on TikTok. 

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth is suing MultiPlan for an alleged ongoing conspiracy among commercial health insurers to reduce the reimbursement rates they pay to providers […]

Loretto Hospital in Chicago and Service Employees International Union Healthcare Illinois have reached a new labor agreement.

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The year 2022 saw the highest number of suicides in U.S. history with 49,449 people taking their own lives, the CDC found.

St. Louis-based Mercy has been placed in the top 16 percent of all health systems using the Epic Systems application.

Miami-based Cano Health plans to cut about 700 workers, or almost one-fifth of its workforce, and seek a sale of the company amid concern it […]

GPs could be asked to take part in ‘coordinated actions’ as opposed to engaging in full scale industrial action this autumn in a bid to […]

Some states are prioritizing Medicaid renewals for enrollees flagged as likely to be ineligible. Early data from Arizona, Idaho, and Pennsylvania show disenrollment rates for […]

Provider organizations are retooling their short- and long-term workforce strategies, according to Modern Healthcare’s annual Hospital Systems Survey.

Elon Musk’s neurotech startup and an investment by Optum Ventures leads this week’s digital health funding roundup. 

A push to have more obesity care services covered under Medicare is picking up steam in Congress, buoyed by enthusiasm for newer medications and recognition […]

By summer 2021, Gilbert Milam Jr. was living a good life. A nationally renowned rapper who performs under the name Berner, Milam was also enjoying […]

When Mark Finney moved to southwestern Virginia with his young family a decade ago, there were different hospital systems and a range of independent doctors […]

Practices will be paid for any flu jabs delivered during appointments that have already been booked for September, despite the programme not officially starting until […]

The flu and COVID-19 vaccination programmes will begin in October this year, although practices will be paid for any jabs delivered during appointments that have […]

01/12/2023 Workers with disabilities and OSH: new thematic web section available now! Image © pressmaster- stock.adobe.com Among the 42.8 million people with disabilities of working […]

01/12/2023 Workers with disabilities and OSH: new thematic web section available now! Image © pressmaster- stock.adobe.com Among the 42.8 million people with disabilities of working […]

01/12/2023 Workers with disabilities and OSH: new thematic web section available now! Image © pressmaster- stock.adobe.com Among the 42.8 million people with disabilities of working […]

01/12/2023 Workers with disabilities and OSH: new thematic web section available now! Image © pressmaster- stock.adobe.com Among the 42.8 million people with disabilities of working […]

01/12/2023 Workers with disabilities and OSH: new thematic web section available now! Image © pressmaster- stock.adobe.com Among the 42.8 million people with disabilities of working […]

01/12/2023 Workers with disabilities and OSH: new thematic web section available now! Image © pressmaster- stock.adobe.com Among the 42.8 million people with disabilities of working […]

01/12/2023 Workers with disabilities and OSH: new thematic web section available now! Image © pressmaster- stock.adobe.com Among the 42.8 million people with disabilities of working […]

01/12/2023 Workers with disabilities and OSH: new thematic web section available now! Image © pressmaster- stock.adobe.com Among the 42.8 million people with disabilities of working […]

01/12/2023 Workers with disabilities and OSH: new thematic web section available now! Image © pressmaster- stock.adobe.com Among the 42.8 million people with disabilities of working […]

01/12/2023 Workers with disabilities and OSH: new thematic web section available now! Image © pressmaster- stock.adobe.com Among the 42.8 million people with disabilities of working […]

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The BMA is likely to push for changes to the GP contract that would limit partners’ liabilities, along with measures to reduce workload, in negotiations […]

The BMA is likely to push for changes to the GP contact that would limit partners’ liabilities, alongside measures to reduce workload, in negotiations for […]

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Less than one year after ChatGPT’s debut took the digital aspect of many industries by storm, 18 percent of healthcare employees say they use the […]

The boards of two of the most prominent home-based care associations are coming together to explore the formation of a new organization. On Thursday, the […]

More than $100 million will be invested by HHS’ Health Resources and Services Administration to aid the nursing workforce shortage, officials said during an Aug. […]

Hospital administrators and physicians must maintain strong working relationships to ensure a healthcare organization is functioning effectively. However, this is sometimes easier said than done, […]

Rural hospitals are continuing to close maternity wards across the country due to staffing issues and declining births, The Wall Street Journal reported Aug. 10.

St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare hoped to see more nurses go into medical-surgical once the COVID-19 pandemic died down and competitive pay rates for travel assignments […]

Julie Eastman, Orange, Calif.-based UCI Health’s new CIO, says as technology continues to develop rapidly, architecture will matter more than ever. This is why the […]

The Biden administration this week sent letters to state health officials, warning that many are failing to meet federal requirements about determining Medicaid coverage for […]

The membership-based primary care provider said it is exiting California, New Mexico and Illinois by the fall.

Hospital and health system workers have long participated in strikes and other labor actions across the U.S., citing concerns about staffing, patient care, working conditions […]

HHS is investing more than $100 million to train more nurses and address the rising demand for registered nurses, nurse practitioners, certified midwives and nurse […]

The University of California has released 2022 wage data for every employee on its payroll, including the CEOs of its six highly ranked academic health […]

Novo Nordisk will acquire a Canadian pharmaceutical company developing obesity and diabetes treatments for just more than $1 billion, the Danish drugmaker announced Thursday. Novo Nordisk, […]

Home health companies are contemplating mergers and sales due to rising labor costs, looming Medicare payment cuts and growth in Medicare Advantage.

Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded Mount Sinai Hospital’s rating to “Baa1” from “A3” as the agency expects the system’s operating performance and liquidity to be […]

The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to consider the Biden administration’s challenge to a bankruptcy settlement for Purdue Pharma, pausing the $6 billion deal over […]

Sanford Fargo (N.D.) Medical Center is applying predictive models and risk stratification to its electronic medical record to inform clinical decision-making, Susan Jarvis, vice president […]

The funding will be split among recipients in programs that seek to alleviate the shortage of nursing faculty members and registered nurses.

The University of Kansas Health System has been able to cut clinicians’ documentation time from five hours to one using AI technology from Abridge, Fox4 […]

Violence against nurses, physicians and hospital staff continues to plague the healthcare industry, and despite multiple calls for action, in a recent poll from Becker’s […]

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare has appointed Roy Blunt, former senator of Missouri, to its board.

Amazon Web Services recently launched AWS HealthScribe, a clinical documentation program that uses speech recognition technology and generative artificial intelligence (AI) to automate note taking […]

Digital transformation in healthcare has been turbocharged by the integration of artificial intelligence. AI tools have emerged as a game changer, creating opportunities to enhance […]

The home health and hospice segments of Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: AVAH) continue to struggle. Nevertheless, company leaders strongly believe in those segments’ long-term […]

On Wednesday — ahead of its earnings call with investors and stakeholders — Enhabit Inc. (NYSE: EHAB) announced plans to launch a strategic review process. […]

When it comes to weaving AI into daily hospital work, executives are rushing the field while their employees hesitate on the sidelines.

Phoenix-based Abrazo Health has tapped Ruben Castro to lead two hospital campuses, the Daily Independent reported Aug. 10. 

Juan Mejia has been promoted to president of NewYork-Presbyterian/Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in New York City. 

Cigna Healthcare is offering customers new digital health tools through a partnership with Virgin Pulse.

Former Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.) opened up about his son’s cancer battle in a series of social media posts on Thursday, saying that his son […]

Nashville Biosciences, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center, is collaborating with Standigm, a company that uses artificial intelligence for drug discovery […]

Cincinnati Children’s and Parkview Health have expanded their partnership to offer telehealth clinics in Northeast Indiana and Northwest Ohio with experts in pediatric neurosurgery, rheumatology […]

The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health […]

A patient in custody of corrections officers escaped New York City-based Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital by rappelling down the side of the building with […]

The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating an accident involving an ambulance and a car that left one person dead, ABC affiliate WFTS reported Aug. 9.

New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System is partnering with digital health company Clearstep to install new digital and artificial intelligence tools within the system.

The investment aims to reduce “bottlenecks in nurse training” that stakeholders say hamper recruitment efforts.

A life-threatening blood clotting disorder may be caused by the common infection adenovirus, according to researchers at Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC School of Medicine.

In connection with its acquisition of For Papa’s Sake Home Care (FPS), Havencrest Capital Management has formed its own home care platform. The new company […]

Over 40 million patients have been affected by the 327 data breaches that have been reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights since the […]

Portneuf Medical Center, based in Pocatello, Idaho, has partnered with Care.ai to implement virtual nursing, according to an Aug. 8 report from East Idaho News.

The consumer price index, a measure of the prices of goods and services, rose 3.2 percent year over year in July.

The chief marketing officers at U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-24 Honor Roll hospitals come from a variety of backgrounds, including a former Coca-Cola executive, […]

At the start of 2022, as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus blazed across the United States, Seema Lakdawala was in Pittsburgh, finalizing plans to […]

The number of ongoing drug shortages is nearing an all-time high, causing most U.S. hospitals to inject 5 percent to 20 percent more funds into […]

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport, Calif., was named the top hospital for nurses to work, according to rankings from Nurse Journal.

Dr Katie Bramall-Stainer was elected chair of the BMA’s GP committee for England at the start of August. In her first interview in the role […]

Dr Katie Bramall-Stainer was elected chair of the BMA’s GP committee for England at the start of August. In her first interview role she speaks […]

The New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners permanently revoked the license of a physician who had sexual relations with a cognitively impaired patient who […]

A number of health systems reported on their debt levels as second-quarter results began to trickle in during July. Some of the information below on […]

Respiratory therapists at the Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center in Columbus have voted to affiliate with the Ohio Nurses Association and the American Federation […]

CEO Jeff Tangney attributed the company’s slowdown to “post-COVID upsell weakness,” while also reducing Doximity’s revenue guidance for fiscal year 2024.

While vendors can share exciting stats, how can you make sure you’re getting the best deal possible with vendors? These 22 industry leaders share how […]

Becker’s has compiled a list of the hospitals with the highest and lowest rates of postoperative sepsis using CMS data released July 26.

Healthcare workers have more anecdotal evidence of rising violence in their places of work, and one key data point backs the notion that jobs in […]

Here are three hospitals and health systems appointing new chief marketing officers to their teams, as reported by Becker’s since June 20:

El sistema de seguro médico de la nación está en plena convulsión: cerca de 8,2 millones de personas necesitan encontrar nueva cobertura desde que terminaron […]

In the first half of the year, hospitals and health systems have been laser focused on efforts to bolster the nursing workforce and have been […]

While juggling workforce challenges and burnout among their teams, nursing leaders remain focused on the ultimate goal: providing patient-centric experiences.

Epic clients can now run their EHR databases on Microsoft’s Azure Large Instances, with New York City-based Mount Sinai becoming the first.

The BMA is seeking an urgent meeting with the government to clarify plans for this year’s flu vaccination campaign after NHS England said it intends […]

The BMA is seeking an urgent meeting with the government to clarify plans for this year’s flu vaccination campaign following suggestions that NHS England intends […]

Jefferson Health is on a journey toward building a unifying culture as it adapts to growth and changes, according to its leader.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is supporting 48 healthcare artificial intelligence and large language model startups with up to $100,000 in funding.

Amazon and CVS Health are now both in the business of caring for Medicare patients, with each having a line of healthcare clinics specifically for […]

Walgreens and VillageMD have expanded their primary care offerings to Illinois with the opening of a new Village Medical at Walgreens primary care practice.

New York City-based Mount Sinai Hospital is using a series of artificial intelligence-based algorithms to generate a score that predicts patient risk, The Washington Post […]

London-based digital-first healthcare platform Babylon is undergoing a business overhaul that includes closing U.S. operations.

The prevalence of Clostridium difficile infections in children has increased over the years, with more than 20,000 cases reported annually, according to research published Aug. […]

Health officials in Minnesota are reportedly tracking a tuberculosis outbreak with seven confirmed cases and a possible eighth across three counties, ABC affiliate KSTP reported […]

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem, N.C., was approved for its $246 million Greensboro, N.C., hospital by the North Carolina Department of Health and […]

Among generations, Generation Z — those born in 1997 or later — struggle the most to disconnect from work.

A HIPAA enforcement discretion policy that provided temporary leniency to covered healthcare providers’ use of telehealth ended Aug. 9 at 11:59 p.m.

Prospect Medical Holdings, a 16-hospital system based in Culver City, Calif., and its hospitals are still feeling the effects of a cybersecurity incident that took […]

Americans remain wary of artificial intelligence in healthcare, with 70 percent of adults telling Morning Consult they have concerns about it.

Healthcare operating cash flows may be gradually improving but will take years to recover and may never reach pre-pandemic margins, Moody’s warned in an Aug. […]

Half of Americans in a new Gallup survey said they have tried marijuana recreationally, though far fewer use the drug regularly. The poll, published Thursday, […]

Nonprofit hospitals have been hit hard over the last 18 months with rising costs, workforce shortages, inflation and more leading to tighter margins and tough […]

The American Hospital Association has labeled CMS’ $957 million cut to Medicare disproportionate share hospitals for 2024 as “simply unacceptable” and criticized the agency for […]

Bridgeport, Conn.-based federally qualified health center Optimus Health agreed to pay more than $470,000 to settle false claim improper billing allegations.  

Continuing financial pressures could keep deal-making low in the second half of the year, but M&A could heat up in early 2024, a new KPMG report […]

Deaths and years of disability from exposure to air pollution increased 31 percent worldwide since 1990, according to a study published Aug. 9 in the […]

Teddy Jones has been named CFO of Medical City North Hills, effective Aug. 14.

Hawaii is home to the fewest preventable hospitalizations in the nation per 100,000 Medicare patients, whereas West Virginia most exceeds the national average of 2,770.

The board of regents has approved the University of Iowa’s request to purchase most of Mercy Iowa City’s assets for $20 million, The Gazette reported […]

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health has reported net income of $265 million on revenues of $3.8 billion for the second quarter.

Tenet Healthcare CEO Saum Sutaria, MD, has been elected to serve as chair of the board of directors of the Dallas-based system, effective immediately. 

Rebounding volume, including increased demand for elective surgeries, boosted toplines for HCA, Tenet, CHS and UHS in the second quarter.

Star ratings bonuses jumped 30% from 2022 to 2023 to reach $12.8 billion, according to the KFF, as the Medicare program faces a growing spending […]

Filling hospitals and other healthcare facilities with more police and armed guards may be necessary, but that approach to security presents its own risks, experts […]

Kaiser Permanente will pocket an additional $523 per member this year because of its high performance in the Medicare Advantage star ratings program, according to a KFF report. 

In the months following the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision that gave states the power to ban abortion, voters in a half-dozen states spoke on the […]

Seniors face more than $50 billion in unpaid medical bills, many of which they shouldn’t have to pay, according to a federal watchdog report. In […]

After Ohio voters soundly defeated a ballot initiative Tuesday that was largely viewed as a proxy for abortion, the spotlight now turns to November’s abortion-rights […]