Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health has cut its EHR count from 19 to nine over the past 24 months as it moves toward a single Epic instance by the end of fiscal 2030, CFO Michael Browning said during the system’s fiscal 2026…
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Massachusetts is the healthiest state in the nation for women and children for the second consecutive year, while Louisiana again ranks last, according to the United Health Foundation’s “2026 America’s Health Rankings Health of Women and Children Report” published Oct.…
The healthcare supply chain has entered a new era of sustained uncertainty. Geopolitical instability, tariffs, raw material shortages, cybersecurity threats and pharmaceutical shortfalls have made volatility a permanent feature of the operating environment. Community hospitals feel this pressure most acutely.…
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Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, which operates 189 hospitals and about 2,600 ambulatory sites in 19 states and the United Kingdom, has named new CEOs at six of its hospitals since Sept. 1. Here are the moves: 1. Sean Patterson is…
Ask a Revenue Cycle Leader is a new series featuring insights from health system and hospital revenue cycle executives nationwide. Becker’s poses questions on the most pressing issues in healthcare finance — from payer relations and automation to workforce and…
The average starting salary for nurse practitioners held at $180,000 in 2025-26, unchanged from the year before, according to a Sept. 16 white paper from AMN Healthcare. The flat year follows two straight years of growth. Average NP starting pay…
Health systems are strengthening their technology leadership benches, appointing new executives to lead areas like cybersecurity, innovation, digital platforms and enterprise systems. Here are the latest health IT leadership moves at hospitals and health systems, as reported by Becker’s since…
Supply savings work tends to end at the contract. Price is negotiated, the line item improves and the program reports a win. Underneath that win, two physicians perform the same procedure and consume different supplies at different cost. Reimbursement does…
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The Department of Veterans Affairs is deploying AI-based enhancements to its pharmacy module alongside the rollout of its modernized EHR, according to an Oct. 5 GovCIO Media & Research report. The module includes an AI transcription agent to help clinical…