St. Louis-based BJC Health is on a pivotal journey, marked by a major merger, ongoing integration efforts, a new enterprise name and the recent appointment of Nick Barto as president and CEO. Mr. Barto stepped into the top leadership role…
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Saint Francis Hospital Muskogee (Okla.) will open a seven-story, $286.6 million patient tower Dec. 5. The hospital is part of Tulsa, Okla.-based Saint Francis Health System. The tower adds 290,000 square feet to the hospital and comprises larger patient rooms,…
Jefferson Health, a Philadelphia-based system with 32 hospitals, said Dec. 3 it will expand its Nursing SEAL Team program, which will soon grow to include 236 nurses who can be deployed across various settings. In 2022, Jefferson, a then-18-hospital system,…
Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham continues to report benefits from ambient AI scribes as the health system aims to get adoption of the technology above 50%. The organization’s latest research found that a hybrid approach — where virtual human scribes…
GE HealthCare and Mayo Clinic have launched GEMINI-RT, a new collaboration focused on personalizing radiation therapy by integrating imaging, AI and patient monitoring across the cancer care continuum. GEMINI-RT, short for the GE HealthCare–Mayo Clinic Initiative in Radiation Therapy, builds…
Improving the EHR experience is emerging as a critical strategy for reducing clinician turnover, according to KLAS Research‘s Dec. 3 “Clinician Turnover 2025” report. The report analyzes data from the Arch Collaborative, including survey responses from physicians and nurses at…
Labcorp and Quest Diagnostics continue to acquire outreach lab assets from health systems. Here are five deals Becker’s has reported since December 2024: 1. Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems on Dec. 2 completed its sale of select ambulatory outreach laboratory…
Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham plans to consolidate two inpatient burn units in Boston into a single program housed at the Sumner M. Redstone Burn Center on the Massachusetts General Hospital campus, a health system spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s. The…
Chicago-based CommonSpirit saw its operating revenue increase 9.6% year over year in the first quarter of fiscal 2026, but system leaders said more improvement is needed. “While we’re moving in the right direction, we have to acknowledge that this performance…
The FDA has issued an early alert for certain Abbott Diabetes Care sensors over incorrect glucose readings, which have been linked to serious injuries and deaths. The Dec. 2 alert applies to about 3 million FreeStyle Libre 3 and FreeStyle…