Oroville (Calif.) Hospital said Oct. 19 its board has voted to withdraw an application for an internal medicine residency program as it “navigates the Chapter 11 process.” Oroville Hospital filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in December, less than a…
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Meditech’s biggest customer is one of the largest health systems in the country. Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is partway through a multiyear move of its roughly 190 hospitals to Meditech’s cloud-based Expanse platform. Past HCA, the vendor’s largest single-platform customers…
Epic has developed AI agents that can execute clinical protocols and is exploring how they could help health systems manage routine patient visits, a company executive told Becker’s. Epic founder Judy Faulkner raised the possibility of an “Epic doctor” while…
Falls City, Neb.-based Community Medical Center shut down its computer network after a weekend cyberattack, prompting ambulances to take critical patients to other hospitals, MSC News reported Oct. 19. The attack appears to be the work of the Qilin hacker…
HHS has issued seven letters of potential nonconformity to companies suspected of illegally blocking access to electronic health information, Nextgov/FCW reported Oct. 19. Thomas Keane, MD, national coordinator for health IT, disclosed the previously unreported figure Oct. 15 at the…
St. Louis-based Ascension has opened two pharmacies in Oshkosh, Wis., expanding its Ascension Rx footprint to 13 sites in the state. The pharmacies opened at Ascension NE Wisconsin-Mercy Hospital and the Ascension NE Wisconsin-Koeller Street clinic, according to an Oct.…
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Hospitals face a two-part nursing problem: a constrained pipeline and difficulty keeping the nurses they have, as burnout, staffing challenges and workplace violence continue to drive nurses out of bedside roles, The Wall Street Journal reported Oct. 19. The U.S.…
Hospitals and health systems are still aiming most second-half 2026 job cuts at leadership, administrative and back-office roles, though clinical positions appear in about a quarter of the reductions Becker’s has tracked since July. Becker’s analyzed 31 workforce reductions announced…
Two hospitals are challenging Eli Lilly’s 340B claims data policy in federal court, and neither judge has ruled. At the center of both cases is whether hospitals can use state-law claims to challenge drugmakers that condition 340B discounts on claims…