Today's Top 20 Healthcare News Articles
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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. 

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  1. 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. 
  2. 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. 
  3. 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.
  4. Kentucky system appoints 2 new leaders

    Covington, Ky.-based St. Elizabeth Healthcare appointed a new chief operations officer and chief clinical officer.

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  1. 'This mindset must change': 4 things industry leaders want to change in healthcare

    From workplace violence to affordability, medical association leaders have their eyes on several issues in the healthcare field that need to be changed.
  2. McLaren debuts ER self-scheduling for patients

    In a bid to reduce wait times, Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health is now offering an online scheduling option for patients seeking care at two of its emergency departments. 
  3. Hospital financial performance linked to analytics, AI strategy

    Technology has become one of the dividing lines between financially successful and struggling hospitals, according to Kaufman Hall's National Hospital Flash Report, released Feb. 28.
  4. TikTok sparks misinformation, fears about 'mysterious virus' spread

    Multiple videos have been circulating on TikTok with individuals claiming to be sick with a 'mysterious virus' after testing negative for three of the most prevalent viruses currently in circulation across the U.S.: COVID-19, flu and respiratory syncytial virus.

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  1. Major R1 RCM shareholder opposes acquisition offer

    One of R1 RCM's largest shareholders is asking the revenue cycle management company's board to reject a potential offer to take the firm private.  
  2. Hackensack Meridian taps EVP of revenue operations

    Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health has named Leah Klinke executive vice president of revenue operations, according to a post on her LinkedIn page. 
  3. Texas hospital receives $70M to expand behavioral health division

    Baptist Behavioral Health, part of Beaumont, Texas-based Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas, has received $70 million in improvement funding from the 88th Texas Legislature. 
  4. Long COVID therapies drag as research chugs along

    Patient advocates and physicians are growing frustrated about the lack of treatments for long COVID-19 despite more than $1 billion of federal investments and continuous research, USA Today reported Feb. 26. 
  5. PBMs not complying with federal probe: FTC

    In June 2022, the Federal Trade Commission launched a probe into the business practices of pharmacy benefit managers and how they affect drug affordability and access. No PBM has fully complied with the probe, FTC Chair Lina Khan said in a recent letter obtained by Axios. 
  6. UPMC back in the red with $198M operating loss, -0.7% margin

    Pittsburgh-based UPMC reported a $198 million operating loss (-0.7% margin) in 2023, down from a $162 million gain (0.6% margin) in 2022, according to financial documents published Feb. 28.
  7. Ascension's latest executive appointments

    Barbara Martin, BSN, RN, was appointed president of Ascension Saint Joseph-Joliet (Ill.).
  8. Beth Israel hospital nurses approve labor deal

    Members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association at Newburyport, Mass.-based Beth Israel Lahey Anna Jaques Hospital have approved a new three-year contract.
  9. Another Oregon system sued over charity care

    St. Charles Health System, a private nonprofit system in Bend, Ore., has been named in a lawsuit after allegedly denying charity care to eligible patients, according to The Lund Report. 

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