The CDC’s influential Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has canceled a meeting that had been scheduled for Feb. 25-27. “We will not hold the ACIP meeting later this month,” HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon said in a statement to Becker’s. “Further…
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Health systems are increasingly turning to managed IT services firms to relieve internal IT teams of maintenance work, but execution failures remain a primary reason contracts are terminated, a Feb. 20 report from KLAS Research found. The report, based on…
Despite laying off about 16,000 employees in January, Amazon continues to hire for its healthcare businesses. The tech giant is advertising this month for jobs including specialists in healthcare AI and leaders for its hybrid primary care chain Amazon One…
The final group of striking New York City nurses has reached a tentative agreement, paving the way for an end to the largest nurses strike in city history. About 4,200 nurses represented by the New York State Nurses Association reached…
Some patients choose to bypass their nearest hospital to find surgical care further away, but this has negative consequences for outcomes and cost of care, a recent study found. The study, published Feb. 18 in the Journal of the American…
The former chief data officer of Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health has been named to the same role at the Maryland Insurance Administration. Brent Matthewson served as the 11-hospital system’s inaugural data chief from September 2022 through December 2025, according to…
Trinity Health will open a new $229 million hospital in Brighton, Mich., on April 19. Five things to know: 1. Trinity Health Livingston will replace the system’s current hospital in Howell, Mich, located about eight miles away. Current inpatients will…
Bryce Carder has been named senior vice president and chief digital and information officer of Phoenix-based Banner Health. Mr. Carder shared the news in a LinkedIn post. He previously served as vice president of IT business services at the health…
Cooperstown, N.Y.-based Bassett Healthcare Network has appointed two system leaders, according to a Feb. 19 system news release. Henry Knoop, PA, was named vice president of strategy and growth. In the role, he will work with network leaders to identify…
Chicago-based CommonSpirit recorded total revenue of $10.5 billion in the second quarter of 2026, up from $10.1 billion during the same period last year. The 138-hospital system reported an operating income of $2 million (0% operating margin) for the three…