Two years ago, Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Health System was reviewing roughly one artificial intelligence feature for approval each month. Today, that number has climbed to more than a dozen, prompting the health system to rethink how it evaluates and…
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The Alabama Board of Nursing has resumed online license renewals six weeks after a cyberattack forced it to switch to paper applications, AL.com reported Oct. 22. A ransomware attack detected in August took the board’s online licensing system offline Sept.…
The FDA has warned Baxter International over significant manufacturing violations at its Baxter Healthcare drug manufacturing facility in Round Lake, Ill., including deficiencies involving contamination controls and sterile injectable production. The agency identified the violations during a March 23-April 2…
Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University reported an operating income of $135 million (2.2% margin) in fiscal year 2026, up from an operating loss of $118 million (-2.1% margin) in fiscal year 2025, according to the system’s Oct. 21 financial…
Becker’s asked supply chain leaders: If you had an extra $1 million for your supply chain budget, where would it go? Most leaders would spend it on technology that takes manual work off their teams’ plates, from RFID tags and…
Hospital mergers and acquisitions are reshaping health systems’ EHR footprints, with deals completed or announced in 2026 prompting hospitals to adopt new platforms, consolidate existing systems and plan future transitions. Here are 11 hospital deals involving EHR changes, according to…
Cleveland-based University Hospitals disconnected its systems from the internet after detecting unusual activity on its servers Oct. 22, which took certain digital services offline and disrupted its MyChart patient portal and public website. “While there is currently no impact to…
La Rabida Children’s Hospital in Chicago has been named the most beautiful hospital in the U.S. by healthcare staffing firm Soliant. The 2026 Most Beautiful Hospitals list was released Oct. 23. The annual ranking highlighted 20 hospitals for their inner…
Calley Means, senior adviser to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., resigned from the Trump administration over frustration that the Make America Healthy Again agenda had stalled inside the White House, Politico reported Oct. 22. Two administration officials told Politico…
Healthcare stakeholders have sounded the alarm on behavioral health access gaps for over a decade. It’s a story told repeatedly: A patient in need of services finally moves past the stigma to get help, only to find that the next…