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Ochsner Health in New Orleans has named Mark French chief supply chain officer. Mr. French most recently served as Ochsner’s COO of supply chain and support services from December 2022 to February 2026. He previously held the role of vice…

Farmington, Conn.-based UConn Health completed its acquisition of Waterbury (Conn.) Hospital from bankrupt Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings on March 1, establishing the UConn Health Community Network.  The UConn Health Community Network is a nonprofit entity created to support and…

Over the past decade, hospital anesthesia costs have increased four- to six-fold. What was once a largely self-sustaining professional service line has quickly become one of the fastest-growing cost centers, significantly impacting the bottom line. The drivers are multifactorial: expanding…

Across the country, health systems are showing that staffing stability is achievable even in a constrained physician market. While workforce pressures are now a daily reality, leading organizations are responding differently: aligning service lines, redesigning care delivery, and building stability…

Hospitals face sustained margin pressure driven by workforce shortages, premium labor reliance, and rising operating costs. Among the most preventable financial risks is clinician turnover. Vacancy days, onboarding ramp time, locum tenens coverage, and productivity drag quietly erode margin long…

Care at home programs are helping U.S. hospitals combat chronic capacity bottlenecks, escalating labor costs, and clinical workforce burnout Health systems’ traditional approaches to capital-intensive bed expansion or internal throughput optimizations have reached a point of diminishing returns. The modern…

The digitization of rural healthcare is at a critical juncture, and efforts are underway to address the longstanding challenges, physician shortages, a rising wave of hospital closures, geographic isolation, transportation barriers, and limited access to broadband internet. These issues persist…