UnitedHealth Group’s count of subsidiaries and related entities has reached 2,807, according to the latest “Sunlight Report,” updated in October. The report comes from the Center for Health & Democracy and is funded by Arnold Ventures. The updated report identified…
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Sonal Bahl has been named vice president and chief digital transformation officer at Springfield, Mass.-based Baystate Health. Ms. Bahl made the announcement via an Oct. 17 LinkedIn post. Prior to this, she served as executive director of enterprise lab, research…
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Oct. 19 establishing a White House Women’s Health Task Force and directing HHS to create a Women’s Health Division at the National Institutes of Health within 90 days, according to a White House…
The board chair of the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Md., has admonished HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for opening a vaccine injury clinic at the hospital, The New York Times reported Oct. 16. In a six-minute opening statement…
Roche has entered a strategic collaboration and license agreement with Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group covering a portfolio of antibody-drug conjugate programs across multiple cancer types. Hansoh will receive $400 million upfront and $110 million on the first anniversary and is eligible…
Health systems that use Epic can now connect to the Veterans Affairs Department’s External Provider Scheduling system, allowing VA staff to book veterans’ specialist appointments directly. The connection lets VA staff book a veteran’s appointment with a participating community provider…
A growing number of hospitals are adopting Epic, reinforcing the company’s position as the dominant electronic health record vendor in the U.S. hospital market. Epic expanded its lead in 2025, increasing its share of the acute care hospital EHR market…
Patients taking GLP-1 medications had lower rates of major cardiovascular complications and infections after surgery than those not taking the drugs, according to a study of more than 2 million adults presented Oct. 18 at the American Society of Anesthesiologists’…
San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare and UC San Diego Health are trying to manage patient expectations in North County, where the hospitals they began operating July 1 still run Oracle Health (formerly Cerner) EHRs instead of their new partners’ Epic platforms,…
WalletHub ranked Juneau, Alaska, as the safest U.S. city, according to an Oct. 19 analysis from the personal finance company. WalletHub compared 182 cities, including the 150 most populated U.S. cities and at least two of the most populated cities…