California regulators found that Los Robles Regional Medical Center used contaminated surgical instruments on patients in three procedures and did not report a related adverse event to the state as required. The findings come from a California Department of Public…
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Most health systems that launch insurance arms do so to capture margin. Albert Wright Jr. built one to give it away. Peak Health, a provider-sponsored health plan created by Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine, is structured as a joint venture with…
One of Epic’s earliest customers, Seattle-based UW Medicine, is doubling down on plans to continue growing with the company 30 years later — a move system CFO Jon Alford, who is also vice president of medical affairs at the University…
Albert Wright Jr. has led Morgantown-based WVU Medicine for 12 years and has grown from an academic medical center into a 25-hospital health system operating across West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Ohio and Pennsylvania. The growth is not incidental. WVU Medicine…
Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Health recorded an operating loss of $22.9 million (-2% operating margin) in the third quarter of fiscal year 2026, compared to operating income of $47.7 million (4.3% margin) during the same period last year, according to its…
More than 200 nurses at three Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health locations have filed for two union elections with the National Labor Relations Board, according to a Sept. 3 news release from the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals shared…
Women’s share of hospital and health system COO appointments tracked by Becker’s rose from 29.3% in 2025 to 50.9% in 2026 — the largest year-over-year swing of any role in an analysis of executive move reporting. The analysis compared appointments…
In 2021, 46.2% of nearly 2,400 pediatricians said they were experiencing burnout, and by 2025, that figure decreased to 35.2%, according to research led by the American Academy of Pediatrics. The study, published Sept. 1 in Pediatrics, analyzed a study…
Health systems have spent years managing the aftershocks of a workforce reshaped by pandemic-era disruption — and the pressures persist. Staffing shortages, elevated first-year turnover and reliance on premium labor continue to strain systems even as stabilization efforts have taken…
Death rates from cancers associated with alcohol consumption doubled between 1990 and 2023, according to a study published Sept. 2 in The Lancet Regional Health — Americas. Led by the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami, researchers…