The influenza positivity rate in the U.S. fell to 18.6% during the week ending Jan. 10, down from 24.7% the previous week. At the same time, the deaths attributed to influenza rose to 2.1% from 1.9%, according to CDC data…
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As health systems enter 2026, chief medical information officers say the biggest IT risks are operational, financial and clinical — and many are converging at once. From ransomware threats to unchecked AI adoption, CMIOs describe a landscape in which the…
Microsoft has been working with startup founders and health systems on AI and augmented reality projects. The tech giant collaborated with augmented reality startup Strolll and Cleveland Clinic to develop a solution to help patients with Parkinson’s disease overcome gait…
Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health has begun construction on a cancer center in Modesto, Calif. The Advanced Cancer Center and Care Complex will cost an estimated $380 million and is part of the health system’s larger multiyear expansion plan in the…
As rural hospitals across the nation continue to face mounting financial challenges and closures, East Adams Rural Healthcare’s Ritzville (Wash.) Hospital is emerging as a success story through aggressive operational and financial changes, with hopes to become the state’s first…
Incentivizing high nursing home staffing levels in the U.S. could result in 6,142 fewer hospitalizations each year, according to a study published Jan. 16 in JAMA Health Forum. The study was conducted by researchers from Bethlehem, Pa.-based Lehigh University, Baltimore-based…
New Mexico has seen the biggest increase in ACA enrollment from 2025 to 2026, while North Carolina has seen the largest decrease, according to KFF. The ranking below uses preliminary CMS data comparing similar periods during the 2025 and 2026…
Encouraging flu vaccinations among hospital patients and staff cannot be overstated, according to Andrew Wallach, MD, ambulatory care chief at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue and ambulatory care chief medical officer for the 11-hospital system. Dr. Wallach joined Becker’s Jan. 16…
Post‑COVID‑19, many hospitals consistently operate at or near capacity, driven by persistent staffing shortages and increasing demand for care. That baseline strain leaves health systems with difficult operational decisions when seasonal respiratory viruses like influenza spike. “On any given day…
The largest nurses strike in New York City’s history — involving nearly 15,000 nurses at Montefiore Health System, Mount Sinai Health System and NewYork-Presbyterian — entered its ninth day Jan. 20. Nurses represented by the New York State Nurses Association…