Cleveland-based University Hospitals recorded an operating income of $191.8 million (2.6% operating margin) in 2025, up from an operating loss of $172.6 million (-2.7% margin) in 2024, according to its March 31 financial report. University Hospitals reported total operating revenue…
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Cost Plus Drugs’ Mark Cuban recently voiced his support for the “Break Up Big Medicine Act,” introduced by Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Josh Hawley, R-Mo. Introduced in February, the bill would prevent companies from simultaneously owning a health insurer…
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Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health has become the first health system to go live with Epic’s Emmie, an AI chatbot for patients. Emmie answers patients’ health questions “within the privacy and context of their medical record,” according to a March 31…
Kevin Schoeplein, who served as CEO of Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare from 2011 to 2017 and spent nearly four decades with the system, died March 27. He was 72. He left behind a legacy of love, loyalty, devotion to family…
More U.S. workers said they are struggling in their lives than thriving — a first since Gallup began tracking the life evaluation of the U.S. workforce, according to a March 24 Gallup article. The findings are based on Gallup’s survey…
The Department of Veterans Affairs recognized six VA hospitals for delivering exceptional, Veteran-centered care in 2025. The Veterans Health Administration’s Patient Experience (PX) Awards honor top-performing health systems and medical centers for “building trust, improving access and consistently providing outstanding…
America’s Essential Hospitals is urging CMS to revise proposed requirements tied to domestic sourcing of medical supplies, citing administrative burden and financial strain. The group said the policy — which would track whether hospitals meet thresholds for U.S.-made personal protective…
Artificial intelligence can support, but should not replace, clinical decision-making, ECRI and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices said in its latest annual ranking on patient safety concerns. In the report, “navigating the AI diagnostic dilemma” was named the No.…
While patient-centered care has been widely recognized as integral to high-quality care for over a quarter of a century, hospitals and health systems are missing the mark when goal concordant care (GCC) is compartmentalized as important only when a cure…