In 2023, Becker'sreported on 18 hospitals and health systems looking to switch over to an Epic EHR system, and although installs are slated to take a couple of months, many organizations are making significant progress.

Healthcare workers are increasingly using generative artificial intelligence on the job, though the industry's adoption of the technology still lags beyond other sectors, a new study found.

The quantity and risk of fungal infections continues to grow worldwide, particularly as global temperatures warm, creating new environments for fungus to thrive, but drugs to treat these new and emerging infections haven't kept the same pace.

Tenet Healthcare and HCA Healthcare, two of the largest for-profit hospital operators in the U.S., reported significant net incomes in 2023, but Tenet's profits improved substantially over the prior year's while HCA's were down slightly.

Liberty (Mo.) Hospital said an IT incident that was discovered Dec. 19 may have compromised some patient information.

Front-line managers and supervisors are a critical part of the future of healthcare yet are often overlooked by executive leaders, Tamra Minnier, MSN, RN, chief quality and operational excellence officer at Pittsburgh-based UPMC, told Becker's.

 Around 16 million people are expected to call in sick at work this Super Bowl Monday, a day that has become known as one of the least productive days of the year. 

A 53-year-old man has been charged in connection with the stabbing of an employee at Sutter Health's Mills-Peninsula Medical Center in Burlingame, Calif., San Mateo County prosecutors said in a Feb. 9 media statement shared with Becker's.

CMS is proposing rules that would tighten oversight and accountability of its accrediting organizations, saying it believes not all are issuing accreditation properly during site visits.

The investigation into a possible cancer cluster at Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health will continue after the air quality inspection came back clean.

A chemotherapy drug could potentially be a treatment for Parkinson's disease, a recent study found.

Airica Steed, EdD, RN, has spent the last year tightening oversight on compensation and revising policies to install more granular checks and balances, according to a report from cleveland.com.

Knoxville-based University of Tennessee Medical Center has a new IT chief.

Gil Peri is exiting his role as president of Indianapolis-based Riley Children's Health, according to a statement from IU Health.

Medford, Ore.-based Asante health system has laid off about 3% of its workforce, according to a report from NBC affiliate KOBI-TV, which is based on an internal memo sent to staff Feb. 9. 

Intermountain HealthCare's new full-service children's hospital campus in Lehi, Utah, is opening for patient care Feb. 12. 

La Crosse, Kan.-based Rush County Memorial Hospital has decided to transition to a rural emergency hospital due to ongoing rural healthcare challenges like reimbursement changes, cost increases, governmental change, and a local population decrease.

One health system wanted to aim its technology focus on digital innovation and patient care. So it outsourced its IT department.

The board of trustees for Chadron (Neb.) Community Hospital and Health Services has accepted the resignation of Nathan Hough as CEO.

PeaceHealth Medical Group Chief Executive Scott Foster, MD, is resigning from the post.