The cumulative flu hospitalization rate has climbed to the highest level for this point in the season in more than 15 years, according to CDC data. For the week ending Oct. 17, the cumulative flu hospitalization rate was 2.1 per…
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Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has given $15 million to UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland to build a behavioral health wing that will include the hospital’s first dedicated inpatient psychiatric rooms. The 21,300-square-foot wing will have 20 private inpatient psychiatric rooms…
The share of federal hospital inspections that end in a serious nursing citation has nearly doubled since 2019, and California accounts for much of the jump. In 2025, 12% of short-term acute care hospital surveys that produced deficiencies included a…
Epic’s October included new AI capabilities, expanded third-party integrations, a prescription price comparison tool and continued EHR rollouts at some of the nation’s largest health systems. Here are 15 Epic updates from October, as reported by Becker’s:
After more than five years in senior leadership roles at Walmart, Pravene Nath, MD, is joining San Diego and Orange, Calif.-based Rady Children’s Health in November. Effective Nov. 16, Dr. Nath will become executive vice president and chief innovation and…
Plano, Texas-based Community Hospital Corp. has named John Henderson senior vice president of hospital operations. Mr. Henderson will join CHC’s executive leadership team in January, according to an Oct. 27 news release. The organization owns, manages and consults with community…
Brad Goodson was named president of Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health’s Greater San Francisco and East Bay Division, effective Nov. 2. Mr. Goodson succeeds Christina Oh, who was promoted to Sutter’s COO, according to an Oct. 28 news release. He has…
As health systems cut management layers and restructure their C-suites, executives are increasingly treating leadership vacancies not as positions to fill but as questions to answer: What work still needs to be done, and who should own it? Those questions…
Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh is hosting the cast and crew of HBO Max’s Emmy-winning medical drama “The Pitt” this week as production films exterior scenes for the show’s third season. Crews will shoot at the hospital’s LifeFlight helipad and…
Internal medicine represents the largest primary care specialty, with 48% of all primary care physicians practicing in this field, according to new data from KFF. In contrast, obstetrics and gynecology represents 10.1% of the primary care workforce, underscoring a significant…