Today's Top 20 Healthcare News Articles
  1. Kaiser looks to build new California hospital, demolish current one

    Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has proposed a project that would demolish its existing San Jose (Calif.) Medical Center and construct a new hospital.
  2. Wisconsin governor approves $15M crisis response bill amid HSHS/Prevea closures

    Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has approved Senate bill 1015, now known as 2023 Wisconsin Act 97, which will secure $15 million in crisis response funding to help provide care access in Western Wisconsin amid the planned closure of two Hospital Sisters Health System hospitals and regional clinics it operates with Green Bay, Wis.-based Prevea Health. 
  3. How WellSpan Health cut ED utilization by 32%

    York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health has cut its emergency department utilization by 32% after implementing a new program that incorporates behavioral care and addiction treatment, a spokesperson for the system shared with Becker's Feb. 28. 

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  1. Hospitals make incremental progress on leadership diversity

    Hospitals are making progress to diversify their C-suites, management and boards, though there is still significant room for improvement, according to a Feb. 28 report from the American Hospital Association. 
  2. Hospital expenses per inpatient day across 50 states

    Below are the adjusted expenses for nonprofit, for-profit and government hospitals per inpatient day in 2022 in every U.S. state, according to the latest estimates provided by Kaiser State Health Facts. 
  3. Biden issues order to protect Americans' personal data

    President Joe Biden issued an executive order to protect Americans' sensitive personal data — including health data — from countries of concern. 
  4. Epic install affects NCH Healthcare's operating performance

    Naples, Fla.-based NCH Healthcare System's operating performance weakened mainly because of challenges with labor, rising prices, longer hospital stays and the introduction of a new EHR system, according to a Feb. 28 Fitch report. 

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  1. Mitch McConnell to exit Senate leadership post: 5 things to know

    Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will step down from his leadership post in November, multiple news outlets reported Feb. 28. 
  2. Where some COOs, CFOs are passing the baton

    Nearly a quarter of health systems are appointing new executives to lead provider compensation — a function previously headed by COOs and CFOs, according to a recent report shared with Becker's. 
  3. 35% of 3rd-party breaches affect healthcare

    Healthcare organizations experienced 35% of third-party breaches, according to a Feb. 28 report from Security Scorecard. 
  4. Being CEO can take its toll

    The CEO role provides the opportunity to play a role in shaping organizational culture and comes with various advantages. However, the challenges and pressures associated with the position can also be hazardous to the individual's health, Callum Borchers argues in a Jan. 31 column in the The Wall Street Journal.

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  1. Weight loss drugs wrinkle economies worldwide

    GLP-1s, such as Type 2 diabetes therapies Ozempic and Mounjaro and weight loss drug Wegovy, are expected to bulk up the U.S. economy as more Americans shed pounds. 
  2. Maryland hospital CEO agrees to restraining order after threat allegations

    Scott Moran, MD, CEO of Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center, a maximum-security forensic psychiatric hospital in Jessup, Md., agreed in court Feb. 28 to a restraining order prohibiting him from coming to Clifton as well as the state administrative offices for the Maryland Department of Health, according to The Washington Post.
  3. 'Be skeptical … but don't be cynical': How 4 hospitals use AI

    Many hospital CEOs are finding new ways to use AI and encouraging colleagues to embrace positive changes.
  4. Hospital staff experience workplace violence every 40 hours

    Hospital staff members experience 1.17 aggressive events — verbal and/or physical — for every 40 hours worked, with more aggression events occurring when staff have significantly greater numbers of patients assigned to them, a recent study found.
  5. Viewpoint: ED boarding has a solution, why haven't hospitals implemented it?

    Emergency department boarding has a solution, but hospitals aren't implementing it, according to Hashem Zikry, MD, a current emergency medicine physician at UCLA, and former chief resident in the emergency department at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.
  6. 75% of healthcare professional foresee widespread AI adoption

    Seventy-five percent of healthcare professionals say widespread AI adoption will happen within the next three years, a Feb. 27 report from Berkeley Research Group found. 
  7. Where Epic ranks in home health, per KLAS

    Epic secured the title of Best in KLAS for health system-owned home health agencies in 2024, according to a Feb. 27 report from KLAS. 
  8. Penn Medicine puts $28M toward weapons detection systems

    For many working in healthcare, violence is a daily, palpable issue. Solving the crisis will involve consistent coordination between multiple stakeholders, but it starts with employers getting serious about prevention, executives at the University of Pennsylvania Health System said in a commentary published Feb. 27 in the Pennsylvania Capital-Star. 
  9. Hospitals see uneven financials as margins dip

    Hospital margins were down slightly month over month in January, but up to begin the year as compared to 2021 and 2022, according to Kaufman Hall's National Hospital Flash Report, released Feb. 28.

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