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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 […]

Enhabit Inc. (NYSE: EHAB), one of the largest freestanding home health and hospice companies in the market, intends to launch a strategic review process that […]

The nation’s health insurance system is undergoing tremendous upheaval as an estimated 8.2 million people will need to find new coverage since pandemic protections for […]

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — From an early age, Pasha Wrangell felt different. Societal expectations of boys, and many characteristics of masculinity, did not match how […]

Value-based care and operational context. Miss diagnosis. Explaining variation in health care costs: ⅘ utilization, ⅕ prices. All of Us. Enneagrams.

When life changes, your health coverage and saving options may change too. If you’ve had a change, like you got married or moved to a […]

The post Lives are at stake: Why is injury prevention an underfunded public health concern? appeared first on Healthy Debate.

Wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui have killed six people, consumed homes and destroyed multiple commercial buildings — including one hospital-run clinic and one […]

Biosense Webster, a Johnson & Johnson-owned company focused on cardiac arrhythmia treatment, announced that several of its catheter products have received FDA approval for a […]

Dignity Health’s St. Bernardine Medical Center in San Bernardino, Calif., has named Charlie Abraham, MD, as its new chief medical officer, City News Group reported […]

NRC Health has identified 12 health systems, hospitals and medical groups that go above and beyond to provide excellence in patient experience, the healthcare data […]

Earlier this year, As You Sow issued its annual report on “overpaid” CEOs among the S&P 500. 

Andrew Chang has been named vice president and chief marketing officer of University of Chicago Medicine.

It’s a good question. 

As funding for healthcare artificial intelligence funding cools down in 2023, hospital leaders are targeting vendors that can be easily integrated within their system’s infrastructure. 

Sanford Health Fargo (N.D.) is launching Sanford Caresignal, a remote monitoring program that allows patients to self-report symptoms via call or text.

Four senators sent a letter to the IRS and the Treasury inspector general for tax administration asking them to probe nonprofit hospitals’ potential abuse of […]

Epic’s RCM software has the highest number of hospital installations, according to an Aug. 1 report from the data analytics company Definitive Healthcare.

Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System is extending any debt coverage obligation waivers until the end of 2023, the system said in an Aug. 9 filing.

The Missouri Department of Social Services released an advisory statement on Aug. 8 in response to IBM Consulting’s data security incident involving Progress Software’s MOVEit […]

Cleveland-based MetroHealth has reported a significant decrease in its operating income on revenue of $870.3 million for the first half of the year.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, plagued by financial troubles, is laying off 51 workers across support services, administration and service lines. 

UC Health is moving to a registered nurse-led site leadership model across the Cincinnati-based system.

When Cleveland Clinic said in 2022 it would charge patients up to $50 for sending certain MyChart messages to their physicians, many in the healthcare […]

A total of 108 team members will be affected by the closure of Lakeview, Mich.-based Spectrum Health Kelsey Hospital in October, a letter to the […]

Physicians make a lot of money, according to an Aug. 4 article in The Washington Post. Physicians know this, according to social media — and […]

Despite regulatory headwinds, The Pennant Group Inc. (Nasdaq: PNTG) continues to build on successes in its home health and hospice segments. It’s doing so by […]

The Ohio State Medical Board indefinitely suspended the license of prominent anti-vaccine advocate and physician Sherri Tenpenny, DO, on Aug. 9.

Hospital pharmacy leaders are working on drug supply mitigation strategies every day, but they might be underutilizing their pharmacy technicians when it comes to spotting […]

Two industry leaders discuss how healthcare organizations are working to center consumer engagement amid growing competition. 

Hospitals and health systems around the country have been accused of sharing confidential patient information with social media giants such as Meta, Facebook and Google. […]

Sixty-four percent of hospital and health system leaders said generative AI will have a “huge impact” on healthcare in the next five years. 

Optum Ventures and Blue Cross of Idaho were among the backers of an $8 million funding round for Endear Health, a digital engagement platform specializing […]

Health systems are happy to point out how their contract labor costs are declining significantly from COVID-19 highs as results season gets into full swing. […]

Ashley Hindman was named CEO of two North Carolina hospitals that are part of Brentwood, Tenn.-based Duke LifePoint Healthcare.

Decatur County Memorial Hospital in Greensburg, Ind., has the fastest median time to transfer a patient to another facility for acute coronary intervention, CMS found.

MemorialCare has tapped Todd Blake as chief operating officer of two California hospitals: Long Beach Medical Center and Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital Long Beach. 

Southern Illinois Healthcare is facing a lawsuit for allegedly using pixel tracking technology on its website that allowed third parties to gain access to some […]

Walmart Healthcare Research Institute is seeking a director of operations and implementation. 

Nurses are raising concerns surrounding how the opening of Kaiser Permanente’s third hospital in the San Diego area is affecting staffing at the health system’s […]

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth has chosen Medline as its primary supplies vendor for years, but with a new deal, the two companies said Aug. 9 […]

With hospitals reporting packed emergency rooms and halted surgeries as parts of the nation swelter, the HHS launched the first national dashboard to track heat-related […]

Five of U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-24 Honor Roll hospitals were also listed on Healthgrades’ 2023 “America’s 50 Best Hospitals” list.

St. Louis-based Mercy has named a new senior vice president and chief people officer: Catherine Codispoti. 

The number of lawsuits filed against former psychiatrist Brian Hyatt, MD, has grown to 31, 5 News Online reported Aug. 8.

North Dakota has the lowest average turnover rate for registered nurses while New Mexico has the highest, CMS found.

Texas County Memorial Hospital received a $47,450 grant to implement an FDA-approved artificial intelligence tool to enhance stroke care.

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia received a $1 million gift from the Giant Company to expand its food pharmacy program.

Hospitals are expected to focus more on providing care for high-acuity patients as healthcare is increasingly being delivered at home, according to Monique Reese, DNP, […]

Advocates are pushing regulators to investigate if racism played a part in the death of a patient at Inglewood, Calif.-based Centinela Hospital, but the state […]

Many health insurance policies are a burden to patients and strain hospitals’ finances and burden physician time, Rick Pollack, president and CEO of the American […]

While three health systems recently announced plans to close emergency departments, several others are working on projects to build or expand their departments. Here are […]

Official figures for cancelled NHS appointments and procedures due to junior doctor and consultant industrial action are only the ‘tip of the iceberg’ – and […]

Official figures for cancelled NHS appointments and procedures due to junior doctor and consultant industrial action are only the ‘tip of the iceberg’ – and […]

With healthcare being a 24/7/365 business, Michael Dowling, CEO of Northwell Health in New Hyde Park, N.Y., said hospital CEOs have a responsibility to be […]

Health systems in Minnesota, California and Florida opened up new hospitals.

Surgeons at Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine have successfully performed double lung transplants on two patients with situs inversus, a rare condition in which patients’ organs in […]

Large tech disruptors such as Amazon and smaller digital health companies have laid off workers as the industry experiences post-COVID-19 churn.

CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) pointed out Wednesday that only 1% of care in the U.S. is delivered in the home. It also pointed out that […]

Some experts are concerned that new COVID-19 shots that would be more effective at preventing severe disease from current circulating strains than the existing bivalent […]

Sherrie Somers, DO, has been named the new chief medical officer of HCA Florida’s North Florida Hospital in Gainesville, according to an Aug. 7 news […]

Coeur D’Alene, Idaho-based Kootenai Health has reduced its contract labor costs significantly so far in 2023, but its labor and overall expenses still increased in […]

A large majority of Americans said abortion as an important issue for them in a new The Economist/YouGov survey. The poll, published Wednesday, found that […]

The Massachusetts Department of Health determined that UMass Memorial HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital Leominster (Ma.) Campus’ maternity ward is an essential service, complicating plans from the system […]

Three of Mon Health System’s four hospitals are implementing a software that uses barcoding and cameras to verify sterile compounding doses, the Morgantown, W.Va.-based system […]

MemorialCare’s Long Beach (Calif.) Medical Center and Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital Long Beach have a new chief operating officer, Todd Blake, and CFO, Patti […]

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, the largest operator of hospitals in the country, is further developing its presence in Virginia with plans to add to its […]

Amazon’s One Medical is opening its first Connecticut location in Darien as the group partners with Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare, CT Insider reported Aug. 8.

VillageMD’s Summit Health opened a new 30,000-square-foot multispeciality healthcare center in New York, continuing its rapid growth.

Healthcare C-suites are zeroing in on system “redesigns” to provide more care and services with fewer staff members and tighter margins than ever before.

Monique Reese, DNP, RN, senior vice president of home and community care at Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health, said the system has seen the average number of […]

Patients with commercial insurance or those enrolled in privately-managed Medicare and Medicaid plans were responsible for 59 percent of Universal Health Services’ patient service revenues […]

An American nurse and her child on a humanitarian mission in Haiti have been freed two weeks after they were kidnapped and held hostage. 

Here are four hospitals and health systems appointing new IT executives to their teams as reported by Becker’s since July 26:

All elective surgeries at a Miami VA Hospital were halted Aug. 8 after an air conditioning unit stopped working, the Miami Herald reported.

The Biden administration on Wednesday launched a new information system to map emergency medical services (EMS) responses to heat-related illness across the country. The online […]

Oracle Health will soon be right in the middle of healthcare’s American “mecca” when its parent company opens a new $1.35 billion facility in Nashville, […]

CMS is making key changes to HCAHPS to modernize the survey and increase patient response rates, the agency said in its Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment […]

Patient data from Chicago-based Lurie Children’s Surgical Foundation was leaked due to a breach on its third-party electronic billing provider, NextGen Healthcare. 

Krista Curell, RN, has been appointed executive vice president and COO of University of Chicago Health System, according to an all-staff message shared with Becker’s.

Hospital and health system executives are cutting service lines operating at a loss to shore up finances, address staffing shortages and focus on more in-demand […]

From “loud quitting” to “quiet quitting,” various workforce trends have gained traction in recent years. Among the latest trends: “Grumpy staying.” 

The study, published in Health Affairs, found large national insurers had higher price ratios than other payers.