Today's Top 20 Healthcare News Articles
  1. Michael Dowling: We've revolutionized care for aging adults, but is America's health system ready for the senior population boom?

    Like many baby boomers and those from earlier generations, I have vivid memories from my younger years of my grandparents and other aging adults struggling with an assortment of ailments that their doctors told them were just an inevitable part of growing old.
  2. The tools lowering turnover at Hackensack Meridian

    Over the past three years, Hackensack Meridian Health has reduced turnover for full- and part-time employees from a high of 14% to just over 8%. This improvement is partly due to heightened attention translating to greater engagement, Linda McHugh, the health system's chief experience and people officer, told Becker's.
  3. 19 recent hospital, health system executive moves

    The following hospital and health system executive moves have been shared with or reported by Becker's this year:

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  1. Shorter surgeon wait times, fewer ED visits: 11 Biden Cancer Moonshot updates

    The Biden Cancer Moonshot marked the one-year anniversary of CMS finalizing six navigation service billing codes by sharing reported outcomes from a variety of navigation programs. 
  2. Risk of heart problems persists years after COVID infection: 4 study findings

    A recent study using data from the UK BioBank highlighted the extended risk of major adverse cardiac events in individuals who have recovered from COVID-19. 
  3. 26 straight 'A' safety grades: Inside 1 Northwestern hospital's approach

    Ken Hedley and his team at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital are guided by a patient-first mission.
  4. Why UMass Memorial Health is expanding care at home

    Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Health already has one of the largest hospital-at-home programs in the country. Now the health system is expanding into other home-care domains.

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  1. Alabama hospital to expand behavioral health services

    Muscle Shoals, Ala.-based North Alabama Shoals Hospital has received state approval to expand its behavioral health services.
  2. Oracle Health in the last 30 days

    Oracle Health, the EHR company formerly known as Cerner, has been busy developing artificial intelligence and interoperability features.
  3. Mercy takes to Capitol Hill on AI

    Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy represented the healthcare industry recently on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., to educate federal lawmakers about artificial intelligence.
  4. Northwell posts $77.5M operating income in Q3

    New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health reported an operating income of $77.5 million (1.7% margin) in the third quarter of 2024, up from an operating loss of $11.6 million (-0.3% margin) during the same period last year, according to its Nov. 27 financial report. 

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  1. CMS finalizes new kidney transplant model: 10 things to know

    HHS and CMS have finalized a new, mandatory model for kidney transplant coordination across 103 hospitals. The model aims to increase access, address disparities and improve care coordination for patients navigating the kidney transplant process, while also reducing Medicare expenditures. 
  2. 4th drugmaker seeks 340B changes

    As several pharmaceutical companies challenge their role in the 340B drug pricing program, Bristol Myers Squibb filed a lawsuit Nov. 26 against the HHS agency that oversees the federal program. 
  3. How Cook Children's plans to care for a booming population

    With a booming population in Fort Worth, Texas, Cook Children's is expanding its capacity and access to care. 
  4. Health systems opening AI hubs

    As hospitals and health systems seek to integrate AI into healthcare operations, many are establishing dedicated AI centers to test and develop new AI tools.
  5. Fairview creates 'Fair Table' food equity program

    Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services has launched a new program aimed at reducing diet-related health disparities.
  6. Physician expenses tick up: 5 notes

    Physician practice costs have increased throughout the year, a trend that could continue into the new year, according to data from Strata Decision Technology.
  7. 277 million patients' data drives Epic's research findings

    Epic Research, the digital publication from EHR vendor Epic, taps into the company's extensive patient data repository to address pressing medical questions, Wisconsin State Journal reported Nov. 27.
  8. Medicare prescription drug pricing variance: 5 things to know

    Medicare beneficiaries are facing wide price discrepancies for prescription drugs, with the same medication costing vastly different amounts, depending on the plan and location, The Wall Street Journal  reported Nov. 26. 
  9. The ongoing Steward financial saga: 70 things to know

    Over the last few months, Dallas-based Steward Health Care has been subject to increased scrutiny regarding the health system's troubled finances and the status of its more than 30 hospitals across eight states. 

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