Health systems across the U.S. are grappling with care delivery disruptions amid winter storm Fern, which has brought heavy snow, freezing temperatures and icy conditions to 34 states and more than 200 million people. Before the storm hit, many health…
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Flu activity has declined nationwide for the third consecutive week, new CDC data shows. While hospitalizations, emergency department visits and test positivity rates are trending downward overall, the virus continues to strain pediatric care. Children are experiencing the highest flu…
Healthcare groups and leaders are speaking out about the killing of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old registered nurse, by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis on Jan. 24. The shooting follows another fatal encounter between Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials and a…
Tom Parker stepped down Jan. 23 as CEO of Mammoth Hospital in Mammoth Lakes, Calif., after announcing his impending retirement, and an interim leader has been appointed. Mr. Parker led the hospital for more than seven years, overseeing unprecedented growth…
Health systems continue to look to Big Tech to increase access to primary and virtual care as healthcare leaders recognize it’s “not a traditional brick-and-mortar industry anymore,” as one executive told Becker’s. In the past month, two health systems expanded…
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health has reopened its MRI Center in Bismarck, N.D., following a significant renovation. The upgraded facility features a 3-Tesla MRI — the first of its kind in Bismarck — and a 1.5-Tesla MRI unit, according to…
Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health has expanded access to an EMR dashboard that supports geriatric care across its acute and ambulatory care practices. Developed by the Division of Geriatric Medicine at Hackensack University Medical Center in collaboration with the system’s…
A research team led by the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University at Buffalo in New York has developed an artificial intelligence model that predicts which cardiac patients are at risk of hospital readmission within 90 days…
Since the end of 2020, 124 rural hospitals have closed their maternity units or shared plans to close them before 2026 is over, representing a 12% reduction in rural labor and delivery services, according to a new analysis from the…
Members of the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals began an open-ended strike Jan. 26 at Kaiser Permanente facilities across California and Hawaii, according to a union news release shared with Becker’s. Seven things to know: 1.…