Today's Top 20 Healthcare News Articles
  1. Illinois health system invests in $25M round for AI-driven clinical tool

    Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare participated in a $25 million growth financing round for Pieces Technologies, a healthcare AI research and development firm offering a clinical generative AI solution.
  2. 36 health systems ranked by Q2 revenue

    The monthly operating margin index for hospitals was 3.8% in July, up from 3.3% in June, indicating the beginning of a slow and sustained recovery for nonprofit hospital systems, according to Kaufman Hall. 
  3. When clinicians become cancer patients

    More people younger than 50 are getting cancer, and clinicians are not immune to this trend.

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  1. Kaiser Permanente, CommonSpirit Health to share EHR in Colorado

    Kaiser Permanente, based in Oakland, Calif., and Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health have expanded their partnership through a long-term agreement in Colorado, which will provide both organizations with a fully integrated EHR system.
  2. UNC Health satellite campus files plan for new $462M hospital

    Raleigh-based UNC Health Rex, a satellite campus part of Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health, has filed a certificate of need application to build a hospital in Wake Forest, N.C., for $462.1 million, a spokesperson for UNC Health told Becker's Sept. 11. 
  3. 8 notes on resident salary and debt

    U.S. resident physicians saw their salaries or stipends increase this year. However, in a new Medscape report, many argued they are not paid enough for their work and needs.
  4. AHA calls out 'skyrocketing' administrative costs for hospitals

    "Skyrocketing" administrative costs and increasingly burdensome insurer policies are driving up care denials, straining hospital resources and delaying patient care, the American Hospital Association reported Sept. 10. 

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  1. New Deloitte report debunks common healthcare myth: 4 notes

    Fifty percent of women say they have skipped or delayed medical care, undercutting a longstanding myth that men are more likely to put off routine healthcare, according to a new report from Deloitte. 
  2. UPMC launches $200M fundraising campaign

    UPMC Children's Hospital Foundation has launched a campaign to raise $200 million for the Pittsburgh hospital.
  3. AMA posts 2025 CPT code set: 4 things to know

    The American Medical Association released updates Sept. 10 to its Current Procedural Terminology code set for 2025.
  4. 351 hospitals best rated for staff responsiveness

    Becker's has compiled a list of the best hospitals for staff responsiveness in each state using data from CMS.

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  1. The top geriatric hospital in each state

    Becker's has compiled a list of the top geriatric hospitals in every state based on U.S. News & World Report's 2024 rankings.
  2. Ohio rehab hospital names CEO

    Jennifer Jones has been appointed CEO of Cincinnati Rehabilitation Hospital in Blue Ash, Ohio, effective Aug. 28.
  3. Nation's first fully robotic lung transplant performed at NYU Langone

    A surgical team at NYU Langone Health in New York City recently performed the first fully robotic lung transplant in the U.S. 
  4. Sale of 3 Steward Florida hospitals to Orlando Health approved for $439M

    U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Christopher Lopez approved the sale of three Dallas-based Steward Health Care hospitals in Florida to Orlando (Fla.) Health for $439.42 million in cash ina Sept. 10 court hearing. 
  5. New medical drama to film at Allegheny Health Network hospital

    A Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network hospital will be featured in the medical drama "The Pitt" on the streaming platform Max.
  6. California hospital hires new chief medical officer

    James Keany, MD, has been named chief medical officer of Long Beach, Calif.-based St. Mary Medical Center. 
  7. CEO departs for new HCA hospital role

    Kirk McCarty, MSN, RN, became CEO of Kansas City, Mo.-based Research Medical Center, an affiliate of HCA Midwest Health, on Sept. 3. The move comes three months after he took over as CEO of another HCA hospital.
  8. HCA Texas hospital plans $142M expansion

    Medical City McKinney (Texas), part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, is planning an estimated $142 million in construction projects set to begin next year.
  9. WVU Medicine hospitals, Associated Radiologists partner

    Associated Radiologists, known as ARI, is now providing on-site radiology services exclusively for WVU Medicine Thomas Hospitals in South Charleston, W.Va.

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