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Ebony Boulware, MD, has fully stepped into the role of chief academic officer at Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health. She will continue to serve as dean of Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, N.C., she wrote in a Jan.…

Becker’shas compiled a list of hospitals and health systems with the longest emergency department visit times using data from CMS’ provider data catalog.  The CDC tracks the average time patients spend in the ED before leaving the visit as part…

As health systems expand specialty pharmacy services, technology transitions are becoming unavoidable — and increasingly complex. Pharmacy leaders who have already navigated these shifts say success hinges less on the software itself and more on how organizations manage people, workflows…

Muhammad Siddiqui, CIO of Reid Health, said one of his team’s most important initiatives in 2025 focused on reducing clinician burnout. The effort has returned two to three hours per day to physicians and reshaped how care is delivered. “We…

Drugmakers plan to raise U.S. prices on at least 350 branded medications beginning Jan. 1, including treatments for cancer, COVID-19 and RSV, according to data provided exclusively to Reuters by healthcare research firm 3 Axis Advisors. The number of increases…

Reducing readmissions at Annapolis, Md.-based Luminis Health begins well before patients leave the hospital. For Catherine Maloney, the system’s new executive vice president and COO, preventing avoidable readmissions hinges on improved coordination across outpatient, primary care and hospital settings —…

Patients in Washington, D.C., had the highest median time spent in the emergency department, while patients in North Dakota had the lowest, CMS data shows. The agency’s “Timely and Effective Care” dataset, updated Nov. 26, tracks the average median time…

Four hospital mergers and affiliations took effect Jan. 1, marking a busy start to 2026 for healthcare consolidation. Here are the four mergers and acquisitions, as reported by Becker’s: 1. Hawarden (Iowa) Regional Healthcare entered a “partner in health” agreement…

Methodist Fremont (Neb.) Health has appointed Michele Williams, MD, as chief medical officer. Dr. Williams is an emergency medicine physician who has been part of the hospital’s medical staff for five years, according to a Jan. 1 health system news…

Cottage Hospital, a 35-bed critical access hospital in Woodsville, N.H., reduced its use of travel staff by 70% in 2025 — a shift driven by workforce investments that focused on stabilizing staffing and reducing costs. Like many rural hospitals, Cottage…