In 2024, 71.5% of adults reported experiencing fatigue at least some days in the past three months, a Sept. 3 CDC report found. The CDC used 2024 National Health Interview Survey data to estimate fatigue symptoms among about 27,000 adults…
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Every patient recovering in an inpatient bed who could safely recover at home is a patient in the wrong setting. Meanwhile, a patient in need of acute care waits for a bed. Arlington, Va.-based VHC Health addressed this challenge by…
Oct 7, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
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- James Meenan, FACHE, CCM, Associate Vice President of Population Health, VHC Health
- Russell Graney, Founder, Aidin (a part of LeanTaaS)
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay Sept. 12 calling for a deliberate slowdown in AI capability development, a position that carries direct implications for health systems that have already deployed Claude or are evaluating AI platforms for clinical and…
More than 1 million people in the U.S. are living with diagnosed HIV, yet prevention still sits largely in specialty settings. CDC survey data shows how often testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis conversations are missed even when patients do reach care.…
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Kimberly Cooper has been named CFO of Union County General Hospital in Clayton, N.M., according to a Sept. 12 LinkedIn post. The facility is part of Plano, Texas-based Community Hospital Corporation’s family of hospitals. Prior to her new role, Ms.…
Pharmacies have been seeing compelling interest in Medicare’s GLP-1 Bridge program since its July launch, NPR first reported. The demonstration, designed to give eligible Medicare Part D beneficiaries access to certain GLP-1s at a fixed monthly cost, will run through…
The CDC has issued its final update on a multistate cyclospora outbreak that sickened 12,883 people, hospitalized 570 and killed two across 21 states, according to a Sept. 11 food safety alert. The agency said the outbreak has ended and…
Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions rank among the costliest in the U.S., driven by avoidable surgeries and high-cost post-acute care. Controlling this spend is a clinical and economic imperative for health plans. In this 2026 TailorCare Savings Study, discover how matching members…
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A 40-year-old woman died Sept. 12 from measles complications in Jefferson County, Pa., marking the state’s third measles-related death of 2026 and the first reported outside hard-hit Lancaster County. Jefferson County Coroner Greg Furlong confirmed the death Sept. 12, calling…
Patient rights violations remain the deficiency hospitals are cited for most often by federal surveyors in 2026, according to a Becker’s analysis of CMS inspection data. Becker’s reviewed 3,587 CMS Form 2567 statements of deficiency — the reports surveyors file…