Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Health recorded an operating income of $249.7 million (5.4% operating margin) in the first half of fiscal 2026, up from an operating income of $130.1 million (3.1% margin) during the same period last year, according to its…
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GLP-1 receptor agonists may reduce the risk of developing and dying from substance use disorders, a study found. The study, led by researchers at St. Louis-based WashU Medicine and published March 4 in The BMJ, analyzed data from more than…
Greenville, N.C.-based ECU Health has entered into an agreement to sell its home health and hospice business unit to Liberty Home Care and Hospice, pending approval from the North Carolina attorney general’s office. The transaction would include all ECU Health…
Four health systems’ venture capital arms are participating in a $27.4 million financing round for virtual care startup KeyCare. York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health, Minneapolis-based Allina Health, University of Chicago Ventures, and Edge Ventures (the investment arm of Emplify Health, headquartered…
Amazon Web Services has launched Amazon Connect Health, an artificial intelligence tool designed to automate administrative tasks for health systems and improve patient access to care. Here are six things to know about Amazon Connect Health: Amazon Connect Health is…
Rochester (N.Y.) Regional Health said it is “making a targeted operational change,” which “allows us to reduce duplication while maintaining consistency, compliance and access to care,” according to a statement shared with Becker’s. The “change” also entails a number of…
Nashville, Tenn.-based Ardent Health incurred $4.8 million in Epic EHR expenses in 2025, according to a March 4 earnings report. The publicly traded 30-hospital system spent $1.9 million on Epic in Q4, up from $1.7 million in the same quarter…
Mercy Health-Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Ky., pays pre-medicine college students to shadow its physicians and advanced practice clinicians as part of its future physicians program. The program offers seven rotations in the medical department, four rotations in the surgery department…
In healthcare technology, rankings capture attention. But enterprise decisions are built on something else entirely. Health systems do not anchor long-term strategy on headlines. They anchor it on consistency. On economic clarity. On delivery credibility. On whether a partner continues…
The American College of Surgeons has devised the nation’s first framework outlining workplace standards for surgeons, it said in a March 4 news release. The framework provides measurable standards that can be customized by surgical specialty and are designed to…