As hospitals face mounting financial pressure, supply chain leaders are ideating beyond traditional product-contracting strategies to unlock their next wave of savings. Across health systems, purchased services, contingent labor, contract standardization and utilization management are emerging as some of the…
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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has named Wes Barnes interim chief digital and information officer. Mr. Barnes announced the appointment in a June 16 LinkedIn post. Before taking on the interim role, he served as chief technology officer at Children’s Hospital…
When CMS surveyors determine that a hospital has put patients in “immediate jeopardy,” the deficiency that triggers it is far more often a breakdown in patients’ rights than a clinical error, federal data shows. That is the clearest pattern in…
Anyone who has built or has considered building a specialty pharmacy within their health system knows it’s not easy. It’s essentially a business within a business. You need operational sophistication across every function while still delivering on your core mission:…
The Trump administration has begun enforcing federal information-blocking regulations against healthcare organizations that fail to provide patients with access to and exchange of their electronic health information, Politico reported June 17. Thomas Keane, assistant secretary for technology policy at HHS,…
This episode recorded live at the Becker’s 16th Annual Meeting features Trey Crabb, Chief Executive Officer, Deaconess Associations Incorporated. He shares lessons from successfully merging organizations and cultures, discusses strategies for growth through partnerships and acquisitions, and explains how flexible…
Rochester (N.Y.) Regional Health will end developmental and behavioral pediatric services at Riedman Health Center in Irondequoit July 10 following the departure of the physician leading the program, a spokesperson for the health system said in a statement to Becker’s. Families…
The FDA has warned healthcare providers that a shortage of stereotactic breast biopsy needles could affect patient care through the end of the first quarter of 2027 and urged facilities to adopt conservation strategies. The supply disruption stems from recent…
My mom was a nurse. Some of my most vivid childhood memories are of accompanying her on house calls, where she taught husbands and wives how to give insulin injections using an orange for practice. Growing up in Bayonne, N.J.,…
The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response has launched a $2.04 million prize challenge to develop new approaches for rapidly producing and distributing critical medical products during public health emergencies and supply chain disruptions. “The Digital Stockpile & Manufacturing Response…