Officials with the Massachusetts health department have launched an incident command system meant to safeguard access to care and minimize any potential service disruptions amid Dallas-based Stew...
Hospitals and health systems are at a crossroads of increasing demand for higher acuity care and deepening financial instability, caused by rising costs due to ongoing workforce shortages, severe...
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/hospitals-see-no-respite-from-cost-pressures.html
Expenses per provider remained considerably higher than revenue generated in the first quarter of 2024, although there are signs the gap could be closing, according to the Kaufman Hall "Physician...
Hackers accessed employee email accounts at Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health, compromising the data of 183,079 patients, the health system said in a May 3 notice on its website.
Charleston, S.C.-based MUSC Health is partnering with AI company Andor Health to use artificial intelligence to enhance the patient experience in its emergency departments.
Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health is suing Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings, from whom it is attempting to acquire three Connecticut hospitals, as it seeks to get out of the deal, CT Mirro...
Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital has appointed Julia Mason, DNP, RN, chief nursing officer and senior vice president of patient care services, effective June 11.
Miami-based Nicklaus Children's Hospital's credit rating was upgraded to "AA-" from A+ by Fitch.
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/fitch-boosts-nicklaus-childrens-rating.html
Fifteen years after meaningful use incentives propelled the shift to EHRs, health system leaders told Becker's that digitizing medical records has been a net positive for the industry — with so...
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/ehrs/have-ehrs-been-good-for-healthcare.html
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar is calling on the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission to investigate potentially anticompetitive conduct by data analytics firm MultiPlan.
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/legal-regulatory-issues/senator-calls-for-multiplan-probe.html
An anonymous $15 million donation will enable Valley Children's Healthcare to establish an advanced cellular and gene therapy program, which the Madera, Calif.-based system said will eliminate t...
The board for John C. Fremont Healthcare District in Mariposa, Calif., has dismissed the CEO after less than five months on the job, the Mariposa Gazette reported May 2.
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-executive-moves/california-hospital-fires-ceo.html
Physicians and advanced practice providers are opting for the flexibility of temporary, locum tenens work in seek of improved job conditions and to relieve burnout, according to an April 23 surve...
Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine has named Beth Carlson vice president of revenue cycle.
The National Labor Relations Board has asked a federal court to force Trinity Health Grand Haven (Mich.) Hospital, part of Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health, to recognize SEIU Healthcare Michi...
The Nebraska Hospital Association established a relief fund to support hospital employees who were affected by tornadoes April 26.
Delayed gastric emptying, also known as gastroparesis, is a more common side effect of GLP-1s than other diabetes and weight loss treatments, according to new research.
VCU Health Tappahannock (Va.) Hospital has named L'Andrea McLaughlin, RN, DNP, chief nursing officer. She had been serving as CNO in an interim capacity since January.
The following hospital and health system executive moves have been shared with or reported by Becker's this year:
A number of hospitals and health systems are reducing their workforces or jobs due to financial and operational challenges.
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/4-hospitals-health-systems-cutting-jobsjan19.html