Vermont is the safest state in the U.S., according to an Oct. 5 ranking from personal finance website WalletHub. To build the ranking, WalletHub compared the 50 states across five categories: personal and residential safety, financial safety, road safety, workplace…
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Vizient has unveiled three solutions designed to help health systems address performance gaps across the supply chain lifecycle. The tools target fragmented spend, pricing discrepancies and disconnected cost, utilization and outcomes data, according to a Sept. 22 news release. The…
HHS’ Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response awarded grants to four health organizations to pilot innovative models as part of its new Trauma Care Readiness and Coordination Program. The grant will provide $500,000 to each organization to develop and test…
Vizient has recognized suppliers for service, partnership and performance supporting its healthcare provider clients. Here are the suppliers recognized across Vizient’s 2026 Supplier Partner of the Year, Supplier of the Year, Excellence and Program Excellence awards, according to a Sept.…
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Stanford (Calif.) University’s Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD, as well as two German scientists, for their discoveries in optogenetics. Dr. Deisseroth, Humboldt University of Berlin’s Peter Hegemann, PhD, and University…
Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health is weeks away from completing its exit from revenue cycle vendor Conifer Health Solutions. CommonSpirit Senior Executive Vice President and CFO Michael Browning said on an Oct. 2 investor call that the system’s Central and Pacific Northwest…
Epic has put cybersecurity increasingly at the center of its strategy in 2026, from deploying advanced AI against its own software to pushing faster patching and scrutinizing access to patient records through national data exchanges. The focus intensified in recent…
The State Department and CDC are closely monitoring reports of a suspected pneumonic plague in Russia that may have killed a laboratory researcher and exposed nearly 200 people, News Nation Now reported Oct. 5. “We are aware of reports of…
CMS established a new physician nutrition specialist specialty code, effective beginning Oct. 1. The code helps physician nutrition specialists — physicians with advanced expertise in clinical nutrition in addition to their primary medical specialty — to be more accurately identified…
Secaucus (N.J.) University Hospital named Corinne Lora, MSN, RN, chief nursing officer. Ms. Lora joined the hospital in 2018 as director of perioperative services, and last year was promoted to system vice president of perioperative services, according to an Oct.…