Hundreds of retired nurses who worked at Ascension Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo, Mich. — now Beacon Kalamazoo — are set to lose a Medigap reimbursement benefit, according to the Michigan Nurses Association. South Bend, Ind.-based Beacon Health System completed its…
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Frontline leaders play a key role in shaping and adopting innovations that help the healthcare industry deal with the many challenges it faces, including workforce shortages, a shifting reimbursement landscape, increasing patient acuity, and the acceleration of automation and AI.…
Union activity in healthcare in 2025 has included more than three dozen reported strikes as of Dec. 2. Thirty-eight strikes reported by Becker’s Hospital Review this year: Note: This article was created Feb. 20 and last updated on Dec. 2. …
Advanced practice providers at Portland, Ore.-based Legacy Health are set to begin an open-ended strike Dec. 2 at Legacy Emanuel and Legacy Good Samaritan medical centers, according to a Nov. 21 news release from the Oregon Nurses Association. The ONA…
After being postponed indefinitely due to the government shutdown, a union vote for nurses at four UnityPoint Health hospitals in central Iowa has been rescheduled, a spokesperson for the health system confirmed to Becker’s. The National Labor Relations Board, which…
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Duncan, Okla.-based DRH Health has partnered with healthcare technology company Commure to implement AI–powered clinical documentation across its hospitals and clinics. The health system plans to integrate Commure Ambient AI into its Meditech Expanse EHR to reduce administrative workload, improve…
Nurses at University Medical Center New Orleans, represented by National Nurses United, plan to begin a three-day strike Nov. 11 — the hospital’s fifth since October 2024. The union represents 600 nurses at the hospital, according to an union news…
More than 2,800 employees across three hospitals that are part of Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic Health have ratified new four-year contracts. Registered nurses and service, technical and clerical staff at Kenmore Mercy Hospital in Buffalo, Mercy Hospital of Buffalo and Sisters…
Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente workers across multiple states are set for a five-day strike Oct. 14. Seven things to know: 1. The strike involves several member locals of the Alliance of Health Care Unions, a federation of 23…
Members of the Hawaii Teamsters Local 996 plan to strike Oct. 17 at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children in Honolulu, KHON reported. The union represents technicians, housekeeping, dietary employees and other workers at the hospital, the local said,…