Flu season is arriving weeks earlier than usual this year, with health system, retail pharmacy and federal surveillance data all showing activity rising ahead of schedule. Five things to know: 1. Data from Epic Research shows flu rates are off…
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The FDA has flagged four deaths among patients receiving Newron Pharmaceuticals’ investigational schizophrenia drug evenamide as a potential safety signal in its written explanation of a clinical hold on U.S. sites in a phase 3 trial. The four deaths occurred…
Charleston, W.Va.-based Vandalia Health is moving its 16 hospitals and more than 220 ambulatory sites onto Epic, consolidating an EHR footprint that swelled to 27 systems during four years of rapid growth. Vice President and CIO Daniel Stross told Becker’s…
At a number of health systems, the executive in charge of IT no longer carries the CIO title. Some organizations have elevated their CIO into a broader digital or technology role or split the job between two leaders. The most…
Fortune recognized five healthcare companies on its 2026 “AIQ 75” ranking. Fortune partnered with Enterprise Technology Research and pulled from ServiceNow’s Enterprise AI Maturity Index. The team assessed how Fortune 500 companies, the largest U.S. companies by revenue, deploy AI…
Staritas has recognized 12 healthcare organizations with its 2026 Supply Chain Excellence Award for their performance in supply chain management and use of data, benchmarking and market intelligence in purchasing decisions. The recognition covers medical supplies, capital equipment, physician preference…
The CDC has implemented measures to identify and assess travelers from the Russian region where a woman may have died from pneumonic plague, ABC News reported Oct. 8. The agency said about 200 travelers from that region come to the…
Boston-based Mass General Brigham has restored normal operations after a digital disruption caused some computers and other devices across the health system to go offline Oct. 8. The disruption began around noon and affected some elective outpatient procedures, a spokesperson…
The two most influential figures in the hospital EHR market have reached almost opposite conclusions about how to win it. Judy Faulkner, founder and CEO of Epic, built the nation’s largest EHR vendor by refining a single integrated system, without…
Albany (N.Y.) Med Health System has appointed Matthew Jones as acting CEO amid an independent, outside review of allegations against the system’s president and CEO, Daniel Pickett III, according to an Oct. 8 board statement shared with Becker’s. The board…