Indiana Gov. Mike Braun signed nine executive orders Jan. 22 related to healthcare. 

Springfield, Mo.-based Drury University is launching a master of healthcare administration program led by two retired healthcare executives.

Officials on President Donald Trump's team have directed federal health agencies to pause external communications, including health advisories and scientific reports, The Washington Post reported Jan. 21, citing anonymous sources.

Christopher O'Connorhas served as CEO of Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health System, an academic health system with roughly 30,000 employees, since 2022. As he looks toward 2025, Mr. O'Connor is focused on navigating two major challenges: ensuring financial sustainability and addressing workforce issues, all while expanding access to care in underserved communities and advancing partnerships.

Following the Aug. 1 merger of Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health and Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network, the system has been working on integrating its 32 hospitals and more than 700 care sites. 

In November, all seven Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare hospitals received "A" safety grades from The Leapfrog Group for the second time. Since 2019, the health system has reduced hospital-acquired infections by 40% and serious safety events by 39%.

At Valley Children's Hospital in Madera, Calif., quality metrics are on full display for everyone to see — even in front of the Starbucks within the hospital walls. 

Health systems across the U.S. are preparing for shifts in Medicare and Medicaid programs, affecting their patient populations.

President Donald Trump signed multiple healthcare executive orders and selected additional cabinet members after he was sworn into office Jan. 20. 

AKASA, the preeminent provider of generative AI solutions for the healthcare revenue cycle, has been recognized by AIM Research as one of the “Fastest Growing GenAI Startups to Watch in the U.S. 2024.”

Specialty pharmacy and infusion services play a vital role in improving medication adherence, advancing patient outcomes and expanding access to therapies as well as being major revenue drivers for provider organizations, but cost constraints — including payers' limitations and conditions for reimbursing those services — are posing significant challenges to the financial and operational viability of these programs. 

For Varadarajan Subbiah, MD, focusing on daily actions, such as using huddle boards and regular communication to stay aware of factors impacting patient care, is a top priority.

President-elect Donald Trump will take office for his second term Jan. 20 and his administration could change the landscape for hospitals and health systems across the nation.

It's been a busy 2024 for Ardent Health acquisitions. The Brentwood, Tenn.-based health system acquired nine urgent care centers in 2024 in Topeka, Kan., and East Texas, and 18 urgent care clinics across New Mexico and Oklahoma in early 2025.

When it comes to the American healthcare system, we think about the frontlines of patient care; diligent doctors, overburdened nurses, icy stethoscopes, sterile exam rooms, and long wait times. But there is a hidden world behind the administrative desk—one where process inefficiencies create a ripple effect that undermines the system’s ability to deliver quality patient care.

Terry Shaw's four-decade career at Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth includes his tenure as president and CEO since 2016, during which he guided the organization’s strategic direction, unified the health system under one brand, and introduced the 10-year Vision 2030 plan.

President-elect Donald Trump's HHS appointees represent a broad spectrum of healthcare perspectives and are poised to significantly influence public health, pharmaceuticals and health systems.  With a $1.8 trillion budget in 2024, the department's leadership will have the authority to direct policy, allocate resources, and oversee pivotal agencies — including the CDC, FDA, CMS and NIH — affecting the lives of hundreds of millions of Americans

The Eaton fire broke out in Altadena, Calif., on the morning of Jan. 8, just eight miles from City of Hope's main campus in Duarte, Calif., where about 230 cancer patients were hospitalized.

Monica Bertagnolli, MD, will step down as director of the National Institutes of Health, having served in the role since November 2023.

President-elect Donald Trump is likely to select three health policy experts to senior roles at CMS, sources familiar with the matter told The Washington Post in a  Jan. 14 report.