New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull is piloting a trauma-informed maternal health chaplaincy volunteer program. The two-year program allows volunteer chaplains to gain hands-on experience in providing trauma-informed spiritual care in the hospital setting while serving pregnant and postpartum…
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The American Medical Association is launching an initiative to develop and deploy SNOMED CT to CPT terminology mappings that support electronic prior authorization. The project aims to reduce administrative burden for physicians and help patients receive timely care by connecting…
Here are 14 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…
Waconia, Minn.-based Ridgeview named Matthew Herold, MD, chief clinical officer. As chief clinical officer, Dr. Herold will oversee the system’s physician and provider practices as well as ambulatory operations, according to a July 10 system news release. He will also…
California’s new emergency nurse-to-patient staffing ratios for acute psychiatric hospitals took effect June 1, closing a regulatory gap that had left freestanding psychiatric facilities without mandated minimums for more than two decades. But leaders are raising concerns about behavioral healthcare…
In this episode, Dr. Daniel Knecht, Chief Medical Officer, EmblemHealth, discusses how the organization’s AI-powered Environmental Resilience Program helps identify and support members at risk during extreme heat events. He also shares how predictive outreach, clinical oversight, and addressing social…
Cost-cutting alone will not get a health system to sustained financial health, according to health system CFOs. Their focus has shifted toward revenue integrity, smarter reimbursement negotiation, AI-assisted financial reporting and disciplined, team-driven growth strategies. Becker’s asked CFOs: Where are…
Ask chief nursing officers about their proudest achievement of the past two years and the answers converge less on a single program and more on culture: trust, ownership and a willingness to let frontline nurses shape how care is delivered.…
AI is the thread running through nearly every answer chief medical officers gave when asked what’s about to change most for their physicians. But the shape of that change looks different depending on the organization: for some, it’s ambient documentation…
Erica Schwartz, MD, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the CDC, was questioned about her qualifications and vision for the role during a July 15 confirmation hearing, NPR and PBS reported. The hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and…