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GP leaders have urged the government to scrap the imposed GP contract for 2023/24 – warning access targets are unachievable and calling for reinvestment of […]

GP leaders have urged the government to scrap the imposed GP contract for 2023/24 – warning access targets are unachievable and calling for reinvestment of […]

The BMA has set out a list of actions that could appear on a future industrial action ballot of GPs in England, which includes the […]

The BMA has set out a list of actions that could appear on a future industrial action ballot of GPs in England, which includes the […]

Mortality rates for children are rising at rates not seen in at least half a century, interrupting a long era of progress in shepherding America’s […]

Health officials are bracing for chaos as states begin to determine — for the first time in three years — who is eligible for Medicaid, […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom, whose administration is struggling to contain a worsening homelessness crisis despite record spending, is trying something bold: tapping federal […]

The Biden administration’s decision to end the covid-19 public health emergency in May will institute sweeping changes across the health care system that go far […]

OSH events Back to events Safety and Health at Work in the Digital Age; La sécurité et la santé au travail à l’ère numérique ; […]

Threats to Medicare’s new drug negotiation power Drugs likely to be involved in Medicare price negotiation. Future of the US vaccine programs. Will GPT automate […]

Hollister, Calif.-based Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital is withdrawing its Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notice, first issued in December 2022, after the hospital has […]

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear signed into law a measure that will boost Medicaid payment rates for outpatient procedures, legislation designed to protect rural hospitals in […]

Artera, a company using artificial intelligence to develop predictive cancer tests, launched with a $90 million funding round that saw participation from Johnson & Johnson […]

Ogi Kavazovic, CEO of House Rx joined Matthew Holt to explain how his company is trying to ungum the specialty pharmacy market. Its a huge […]

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Morristown (N.J.)  Medical Center, part of Atlantic Health System, has named Stanley Fiel, MD, chief medical officer. 

Large health systems are more likely to say they don’t have an optimistic view of Oracle Cerner, with reasons including delays in its revenue cycle […]

General acute care hospitals don’t need a significant increase in 2024 Medicare rates to stay afloat, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s annual March […]

Members of the California Nurses Association are set to strike March 28 at MarinHealth Medical Center in Greenbrae, Calif. 

Giving Home Health Care has secured a $300 million credit facility led by Brightwood Capital Advisors. With that backing, GHCC plans to grow its patient […]

Mandated nurse-to-patient staffing ratios are on trial in legislative sessions nationwide — stalling in some states, clearing hurdles in others. Here are six updates from […]

From an EHR expert to an account executive who will work with health system C-suite leaders, here are five healthcare jobs at Amazon.

Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth was downgraded as the 10-hospital system continues to deal with “considerable operating stress,” Fitch Ratings said March 21.

Workers across industries are securing large raises at the bargaining table, with about 100 labor deals ratified in 2022 including a double-digit pay increase in […]

Donna Peters has been named senior vice president and CIO of Cincinnati-based TriHealth, Cincinnati Business Courier reported March 21.

The FDA revised its list of medical device shortages spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic on March 16 to update more than a dozen products returning […]

Health care professionals working in acute settings are often in the line of fire when it comes to workplace violence. That is well documented. Yet, […]

A new labor and delivery model was recently implemented at Cleveland Clinic Akron General in Ohio, making it one of only four other hospitals in […]

While many providers in the larger home-based care space have struggled with collecting data, MD at Home considers data utilization one of the pillars of […]

Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health’s IT services company, enGen, reported more than $1 billion in revenue for the fiscal year of 2022 as demand for services increased. 

While demand for healthcare services is robust, the biggest question mark remains over the sector’s ongoing struggle with labor costs, S&P said in a March […]

An FDA advisory panel voted for and against the clinical benefit of tofersen — Biogen’s investigational drug for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which failed to pass […]

An FDA advisory panel voted for and against the clinical benefit of tofersen — Biogen’s investigational drug for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which failed to pass […]

An FDA advisory panel is scheduled to discuss tofersen — Biogen’s investigational drug for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which failed to pass its primary endpoint in […]

The Justice Department has withdrawn its appeal to block UnitedHealth Group’s $7.8 billion acquisition of Change Healthcare, Reuters reported March 21. 

As the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions begins to develop bipartisan legislation to curb the healthcare workforce crisis, the American Hospital Association […]

Humans have an evolutionary instinct to be lazy. We will always choose the path of least resistance. Take the remote control, for example. Years ago, […]

Humans have an evolutionary instinct to be lazy. We will always choose the path of least resistance. Take the remote control, for example. Years ago, […]

Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spectrum Health has agreed to pay $6 million to settle an alleged violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, Pension and […]

From using quantum computing to screen and optimize drugs, to using quantum-enhanced prediction models for cardiovascular disease, Cleveland Clinic and IBM’s 10-year Discovery Accelerator partnership […]

The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the state’s constitution guarantees a “limited right” to abortions after reproductive rights activists challenged the abortion ban […]

Forty-five percent of women forgo preventive healthcare, according to a recent poll conducted by the Alliance for Women’s Health and Prevention and Ipsos. Millicent Gorham […]

Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center will build a new $70 million, 60,000-square-foot outpatient facility at a former Sears site on the West Side, NBC Chicago […]

Governments around the world could stand to learn a thing or two from firefighters when it comes to preparing for infectious disease outbreaks, Bill Gates […]

Stonish Pierce was named president and CEO of Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health’s Georgia Region, which includes Athens, Ga.-based St. Mary’s Health Care System and Mercy […]

Here are four health systems that launched, expanded or announced plans to launch a “hospital-at-home” program:

Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare developed its own proprietary mental health app at the outset of COVID-19 in early 2020, to fulfill a need hospital leadership […]

House Republicans are turning to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) response to the baby formula shortage as part of its oversight of the Biden […]

From staffing shortages to burnout, multiple factors have damaged the nurse-physician dynamic over the last few years — but that relationship can be fixed, Angel […]

A comatose woman will not be sent to the Dominican Republic by the Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest administration, The Morning Call reported March […]

Meade, Kan.-based Artesian Valley Health System has named Dawn Unruh, MSN, RN, its next CEO. 

Last week, the ongoing debate about COVID-19’s origins acquired a new plot twist. A French evolutionary biologist stumbled across a trove of genetic sequences extracted […]

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Members of UE Local 1004 held a strike March 20 at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in Valencia, Calif., according to The Santa Clarita Valley Signal.

UnitedHealth spent $100 million to integrate Change Healthcare into its fast-growing OptumInsight arm last year. 

Bedford, N.H.-based SolutionHealth has reached an agreement with New Hampshire to operate a new $60 million behavioral health hospital in the southern part of the […]

Members of the Florida Senate Health Policy Committee voted unanimously March 20 to advance a bill that would enhance criminal penalties for people who knowingly […]

In advance of the ending of the COVID-19 public health emergency on May 11, the FDA will end some of the 72 pandemic-related guidance policies […]

Georgia’s lieutenant governor is pressuring the state’s House to pass a measure allowing hospitals to be built in smaller counties without applying for a certificate […]

UK GPs are under extreme pressure from a ‘fundamental mismatch’ between rising demand and a shrinking workforce – and are more stressed and dissatisfied than […]

UK GPs are under extreme pressure from a ‘fundamental mismatch’ between rising demand and a shrinking workforce – and are more stressed and dissatisfied than […]

Emollient bath additives should not be offered for the management of atopic eczema in children under 12 years, according to updated draft NICE guidance.

Emollient bath additives should not be offered for the management of atopic eczema in children under 12 years, according to updated draft NICE guidance.

The FDA placed a clinical hold on drug research conducted by Athenex, a biotech company based in Buffalo, N.Y., after a patient died during a […]

The BMA is preparing to ballot GPs over potential industrial action after NHS England imposed contract changes for 2023/24, doctors’ leaders have confirmed.

The BMA is preparing to ballot GPs over potential industrial action after NHS England imposed contract changes for 2023/24, doctors’ leaders have confirmed.

Ninety-six percent of patients said they prefer getting their test results through online portals, a March 20 JAMA Network Open survey found. 

OU Health is notifying patients that some of their protected health information may have been compromised after an employee’s laptop was stolen. 

The COVID-19 pandemic brought on a tidal wave of challenges across all healthcare systems. And cancer hospitals and oncology departments had to manage not only […]

Mediwhale, a South Korean artificial intelligence-powered health diagnostics company, has been selected for the MedTech Accelerator, an entrepreneurial and business development program for healthcare companies […]

DAX Express will be Nuance’s first fully automated clinical documentation software. Historically, Nuance has sent the notes generated by its AI to a human for […]

As the U.S. reports a rise in Candida auris cases, which spreads rapidly in healthcare sites, there are five drugs recommended to treat the fungus […]

Health systems are considering moving their Epic EHRs to the public cloud to cut capital costs and boost system reliability, a March 21 KLAS Research […]

The FDA issued a third warning letter to Olympus Medical, which manufactures endoscopes, following an inspection and 160 complaints of faulty equipment.

Portland-based MaineHealth is piloting the use of Dragon Ambient Experience, a tool to record and transcribe patient conversations, from software and artificial intelligence company Nuance’, […]

Two lawmakers are seeking information from the CEO of an HCA Florida hospital about its care quality and working conditions after a news report with […]

Cardiologists received more than $1 billion in speaker fees, consultation fees and other industry payments from 2014 to 2019, a study found.

Pittsburgh-based UPMC had various ratings affirmed at “A” as its developing insurance business helped offset general industry pressures, S&P Global said March 20.

Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health plans to use digital “nudging” to try to change the behaviors of chronic disease patients.

Trinity Health Michigan, part of Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health, is standing by its decision to fire 11 workers, who were in the process of organizing […]

There is an emerging threat of Candida auris, a fungus that is becoming more resistant to treatment, the CDC said March 20. 

Allegheny Health Network operated at a loss last year despite an increase in revenue and COVID-19 funding, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Despite rumors circulating online, Elon Musk isn’t buying The Joint Commission, PolitiFact reported March 20.

Rising costs and ongoing staff shortages have led many rural hospitals to close labor and delivery units, leading to maternity care deserts — counties without […]

The Massachusetts Hospital Association is urging the state to grant hospitals more financial flexibility when it comes to costs for travel nurses after the state’s […]

A physician and pharmacist were sentenced in a pain cream scheme that cost healthcare benefit providers more than $515 million in Mississippi, Clarion Ledger March […]

As the workforce of more than 4 million registered nurses in the U.S. endures a shortage that is expected to persist through 2030, hospitals and […]

Below are three health systems that launched a new Epic EHR system or announced plans to do so since March 6:

12/04/2023 ESENER workshop draws focus to safety and health in Europe’s education sector Image © Drazen – stock.adobe.com Time pressure, prolonged sitting, loud noise and […]

12/04/2023 ESENER workshop draws focus to safety and health in Europe’s education sector Image © Drazen – stock.adobe.com Time pressure, prolonged sitting, loud noise and […]

12/04/2023 ESENER workshop draws focus to safety and health in Europe’s education sector Image © Drazen – stock.adobe.com Time pressure, prolonged sitting, loud noise and […]

12/04/2023 ESENER workshop draws focus to safety and health in Europe’s education sector Image © Drazen – stock.adobe.com Time pressure, prolonged sitting, loud noise and […]

12/04/2023 ESENER workshop draws focus to safety and health in Europe’s education sector Image © Drazen – stock.adobe.com Time pressure, prolonged sitting, loud noise and […]

12/04/2023 ESENER workshop draws focus to safety and health in Europe’s education sector Image © Drazen – stock.adobe.com Time pressure, prolonged sitting, loud noise and […]

12/04/2023 ESENER workshop draws focus to safety and health in Europe’s education sector Image © Drazen – stock.adobe.com Time pressure, prolonged sitting, loud noise and […]

12/04/2023 ESENER workshop draws focus to safety and health in Europe’s education sector Image © Drazen – stock.adobe.com Time pressure, prolonged sitting, loud noise and […]

12/04/2023 ESENER workshop draws focus to safety and health in Europe’s education sector Image © Drazen – stock.adobe.com Time pressure, prolonged sitting, loud noise and […]

12/04/2023 ESENER workshop draws focus to safety and health in Europe’s education sector Image © Drazen – stock.adobe.com Time pressure, prolonged sitting, loud noise and […]

The agency had previously paused and resumed earlier disputes between payers and providers after a Texas judge ruled against the federal government and vacated portions […]

The Federal Reserve must confront a deeply consequential choice: Raise interest rates to fight inflation or take a timeout amid “the most intense banking crisis […]

Steven Salyer will resign as CEO of Watsonville (Calif.) Community Hospital.

Combatting the opioid epidemic has long been an HHS priority, and the department provides resources and technical assistance to states, health care providers, and other […]

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New legislation proposed in the Colorado House of Representatives would require nonprofit hospitals to spend 3 percent of their revenue on community benefit, with the […]

Phoenix-based Banner Health reported operating income of $16.6 million for the year ending Dec. 31 — its third straight year of positive income — amid […]

President Joe Biden on March 20 signed a bill into law to declassify information about the pandemic’s origins. 

Chuck Lorre — a TV producer and writer known for creating The Big Bang Theory — has donated $30 million to fund Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s […]

The IBM Quantum System One is the first quantum computer solely dedicated to healthcare research, and the first IBM-managed quantum computer in the U.S. outside […]

The Michigan Academy of Family Physicians is asking the state for more financial support for medical students doing their residency in an underserved market.

This year the Scottish parliament will debate a bill that could legalise assisted dying. In a special podcast, GPonline editor Emma Bower looks at the […]

This year the Scottish parliament will debate a bill that could legalise assisted dying. In a special podcast, GPonline editor Emma Bower looks at the […]

Scotland is ‘sleepwalking towards a two-tier health service’ with a dire workforce crisis leaving almost every GP practice in the country potentially at risk of […]

Scotland is ‘sleepwalking towards a two-tier health service’ with a dire workforce crisis leaving almost every GP practice in the country potentially at risk of […]

New point-of-care tests for diagnosing UTIs are being considered for use in the NHS by NICE in a bid to improve antimicrobial prescribing.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) – Tick-borne illness cases in the United States are up 25% since 2011, according to a new report from the Centers […]

WASHINGTON (WPIX) – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has issued a public safety alert warning Americans about the widespread threat of fentanyl mixed with xylazine, […]

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted mental health struggles among healthcare workers. Health systems such as Oschner Health and CommonSpirit are sustaining their efforts to aid staff.

OSH events Back to events Austrian EU-OSHA network meeting Event Details City Vienna Country Austria Organisation Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Wirtschaft Date 28/03/2023 Description EU-OSHA’s […]

For two decades — as opioid overdose deaths rose steadily — the federal government limited access to buprenorphine, a medication that addiction experts consider the […]

KNOXVILLE, Iowa ― Bette Helm was glad to have someone to talk with about her insomnia. Helm lives in a nursing home in this central […]

Modivcare Inc. (Nasdaq: MODV) has announced a new president of its rapidly-growing home division in Anne Bailey. Bailey is new to the organization. As president […]

The only hospital in Sandpoint, Idaho, has announced it will no longer provide obstetrical services, blaming stringent restrictions on reproductive care enacted by the state’s […]

Candida aurism, a rare and sometimes deadly fungal disease, is spreading through the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned this week, […]

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A political action committee (PAC) created to advocate for psychedelic medicine use in the country aims to elect leaders to support pro-psilocybin reforms.  NBC News […]

Becker’s Healthcare is thrilled to announce its 2023 list of 150 top places to work in healthcare. This list is meant to call attention to […]

Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Hospital continues to face political pressure regarding its COVID-19 policies and treatment protocols, despite a recently published internal review that concluded the […]

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador told U.S. lawmakers over the weekend that he would personally work with China to quell trans-Pacific shipments of fentanyl […]

Resident physicians at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., are moving to unionize, citing pandemic burnout.

Marking the three-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic seems like a good time for reflection.

Bend, Ore.-based St. Charles Health has had to deal with many of the challenges facing health and hospital systems across the country. For St. Charles, […]

Best Buy isn’t just the place where you buy big-screen TVs and computers. It also provides technology that might one day help take care of […]

The staffing crisis has affected nurses nationwide — but recently, multiple complaints have clustered in the Golden State. 

Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care had its ratings affirmed at “AA-” as the 14-hospital system continues to enjoy strong market share and resilient profitability, […]

In several cities across Texas and the Midwest, a $100,000 salary isn’t eaten up by taxes and a high cost of living, Bloomberg reported. 

President Biden on Monday signed legislation to declassify information related to the origins of COVID-19 after the measure was passed unanimously in Congress. The House […]

A Harvard Business Review analysis of 42 hospital-leveraged buyouts from 2003 to 2017 urged policy discussions on private equity in healthcare to move beyond a […]

Private equity involvement in a rural hospital in Iowa raises questions over a possible link with the recent death of a hospital staff member there […]

In less than two weeks, there may be far fewer eligible Medicaid beneficiaries. Medicaid membership ballooned during the pandemic. Millions of people were suddenly eligible […]

Retail and tech giant Amazon plans to cut 9,000 workers after the company laid off 18,000 workers in January, CBS News reported March 20.

Miami-based Nicklaus Children’s Hospital has launched a virtual reality driving program for autistic and neurodivergent teens preparing to take their driver’s exam.

The Gates Vascular Institute at Buffalo (N.Y.) General Medical Center is partnering with brain-computer interface company Synchron to launch a trial exploring restoring functionality to […]

Newsweek and Statista, a global data research firm, have released their “2023 America’s Best Nursing Homes” list.

Beth Israel Lahey Health has named Robert (Rob) Fields, MD, as executive vice president and chief clinical officer.

Following the U.S. Senate’s request for information (RFI) regarding solutions to the national health care workforce crisis, the Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare (PQHH) submitted […]