Here are 15 health systems that have had their credit ratings upgraded by Fitch Ratings or Moody’s Investors Service in 2026: Broward Health’s credit rating was upgraded to “A2” from “A3” by Moody’s. The upgrade reflects the Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based…
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Nearly 1 in 5 adolescents and young adults in the U.S. — an estimated 8.2 million people — used an AI chatbot for mental health advice in 2025, according to a study published June 1 in JAMA Pediatrics. The findings…
Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai has named Ravi Thadhani, MD, to the inaugural role of executive vice president, chief physician executive and dean of the medical faculty, effective Sept. 1. Dr. Thadhani will oversee Cedars-Sinai’s academic and clinical enterprises, further unifying the…
Tech budgets at Mountain View, Calif.-based El Camino Health are absorbing a price increase that has nothing to do with vendors relabeling old tools as AI, Deb Muro, the health system’s CIO told Becker’s. The pressure is coming from further…
Pasadena, Calif.-based Huntington Health named Mariko Kita, MD, senior vice president and chief medical officer. Dr. Kita will provide strategic and clinical leadership at the system, and oversee clinical quality, patient safety, physician engagement, operational excellence and patient experience initiatives,…
Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.-based Northwell Health’s Phelps Hospital named Samuel Acquah, MD, vice president and chief medical officer. Dr. Acquah will oversee clinical quality, physician engagement and program growth, and elevate patient outcomes, strengthen clinical offerings and the hospital’s connection with…
Erlanger Health signed a non-binding letter of intent to join Prisma Health, and AdventHealth and Intermountain Health are seeking to form a joint venture combining their greater Denver-area hospitals. Here are five hospital M&A moves Becker’s reported during the week…
The National Labor Relations Board has overruled the objections of St. Louis-based SSM Health seeking to overturn a union election in which registered nurses at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison, Wis., voted June 11 to join SEIU Wisconsin, according to…
People are living longer, but most populations are now spending a decade or more of life in poor health, a recent study published in The Lancet Public Health found. “Progress towards healthy ageing should therefore be assessed not only by…
The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board has approved Evanston-based Endeavor Health’s plan to build a $175 million cancer and neuroscience center on the Northwest Community Hospital campus in Arlington Heights, the health system confirmed to Becker’s. The project…