The FDA has launched a safety review of approved respiratory syncytial virus therapies for infants, including Beyfortus from Sanofi and AstraZeneca and Enflonsia from Merck, Reuters reported Dec. 9. Senior executives from the three companies were informed last week that…
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Boston-based Athenahealth will offer Microsoft Dragon Copilot as a new ambient documentation option within its EHR, athenaOne, in the first half of 2026. The partnership adds Dragon Copilot to athenaOne’s Ambient Notes, a fully integrated AI tool that creates clinical…
The Minnesota Attorney General’s Office has appointed a new mediation team to guide renewed negotiations between Minneapolis-based University of Minnesota, Fairview Health Services and M Physicians — the clinical practice group for University of Minnesota Medical School faculty. The team…
Nearly 4 million Medicare-eligible Americans face heightened risk of disrupted medication access as restructuring efforts by the U.S. Postal Service slow mail delivery in rural and underserved communities reliant on mail-order prescriptions, according to a Dec. 4 analysis from The…
Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center in La Junta, Colo., has named Ronald Hogan as CEO, effective Nov. 24. Mr. Hogan served as interim CEO of the 25-bed critical access hospital for the past four months, according to a Dec. 9…
WVU Medicine Thomas Memorial Hospital in South Charleston, W.Va., opened a pediatric subspeciality and telemedicine clinic Dec. 5 to connect patients in the region to specialists at the WVU Medicine Golisano Children’s Hospital, which is part of the system’s flagship…
Hospitals and health systems are reshaping their leadership teams, including by adding inaugural roles to their C-suites. Here are the new roles hospitals and health systems have added since Sept. 15: 1. Gainesville, Fla.-based UF Health appointed John Hollingsworth, MD,…
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has named Virginia Tenpenny its vice president of community engagement, effective Jan. 12. Ms. Tenpenny will succeed Joanne Pulles, who is retiring after 26 years with HCA, according to a Dec. 9 news release. In her…
Ten hospitals and health systems were included on Forbes’ “America’s Best Companies 2026″ list, published Nov. 19. The list features 500 public and private companies, all evaluated on more than 100 metrics across 11 categories, including employee ratings, financial performance…
Honolulu-based Hawaii Pacific Health and the state’s largest health insurer, Hawaii Medical Service Association, are in preliminary talks regarding a possible merger, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Dec. 8. Four things to know: 1. The two organizations said the goal of…