Making continued investments into new services lines, technologies and facilities are top priorities for these leaders once the calendar flips into 2026. From modernizing outdated systems to improve efficiencies to breaking ground on new orthopedic ASCs, organizations already have blueprints…
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Health systems today face a dual crisis: financial pressure that threatens long-term stability, and clinical complexity that is pushing physicians to the brink. Capacity is shrinking, burnout is rising, and margins remain under strain. At Becker’s 10th Annual Health IT…
Due to a variety of factors, many health systems across the country had to make operational changes in 2025. Becker’s asked three healthcare strategic leaders which operational change made the biggest impact re. patients in the past year and what…
Becker’s asked pharmacy leaders across the U.S. one question: What innovation are you looking to scale for 2026 — and why? Their answers reveal a sector doubling down on automation, access and operational resilience. Access at the point of care…
As health systems continue the push toward safer, more sustainable care environments, clinical informatics executives say 2026 will hinge on two increasingly interconnected forces: tightening the metrics that protect patients and teams, and expanding AI capabilities that meaningfully reduce workload.…
From a new health system forming in Oklahoma to Prime Healthcare ending discussions to acquire two Rhode Island hospitals, here are four hospital M&A moves that Becker’s reported during the week of Dec. 1: 1. Prime Healthcare Foundation, the nonprofit…
A new analysis from researchers at Providence, R.I.-based Brown University’s Center for Advancing Health Policy through Research found Oregon’s 2019 hospital payment cap, limiting what the state employee health plan pays hospitals to no more than 200% of Medicare, resulted…
Hartford-based Connecticut Children’s opened its new clinical tower on Dec. 4, marking the largest expansion in the health system’s history. The eight-story tower includes a private-room neonatal intensive care unit, a comprehensive fetal care center and sensory-friendly design features, according…
Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine Thomas Hospitals in South Charleston, W.Va., held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new Pediatric Subspecialty & Telemedicine Clinic Dec. 5. The clinic expands access to advanced pediatric care for families in southern West Virginia and offers…
Dignity Health’s Mercy Hospital Southwest in Bakersfield, Calif., opened its new 142,000-square-foot patient tower on Dec. 4. The Thomas M. Hardt Tower expands clinical capacity for the growing westside Bakersfield community, according to a Dec. 1 news release shared with…