A federal judge has extended her order blocking the Justice Department from accessing the private health records of minors who received gender-affirming care at New York City healthcare institutions, converting a temporary restraining order into a preliminary injunction. On July…
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The FDA has classified a recall of more than 2.5 million bottles of prescription prednisolone acetate eye drops as Class II after the product was found to contain a foreign substance. The recall affects 2,530,182 bottles of Prednisolone Acetate Ophthalmic…
From an Oregon hospital aiming to fast-track a merge to avoid insolvency, to a Tennessee health system planning a sale to Ascension, here are four hospital M&A moves Becker’s reported during the week of July 6: 1. Minot, N.D.-based Trinity…
Inland Empire Health Plan and Riverside (Calif.) University Health System partnered on a childhood lead poisoning prevention effort, boosting Riverside County’s childhood lead screenings by 11% in 2025. The collaboration resulted from Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set measures indicating…
As Baptist Health Care prepares to transition to Epic, the Pensacola, Fla.-based health system is viewing the move as more than an EHR replacement. Instead, Vice President and CIO Kory Hudson told Becker’s the platform will be a key part…
A wave of new research and policy developments is reshaping how health system leaders think about GLP-1 medications — from telehealth prescribing gaps to Medicare’s new coverage bridge. Here are six recent findings: 1. The share of employers covering GLP-1s…
On July 7, acting CDC Director Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, sent an email to CDC employees saying that the agency’s Ebola outbreak response will last for several months and require more personnel, the Federal News Network reported. “The coming months…
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West Palm Beach, Fla.-based HCA Florida JFK North Hospital has named Sandhya Henry, BSN, RN, vice president of quality. Ms. Henry joined the hospital in 2022 as director of patient safety and risk management and succeeds Cary Estes, who joined…
Sister Mary Faith McKean, PhD, who served as CEO of St. Joseph’s Hospital in Savannah, Ga., from 1982 to 1992 and was the last Sister of Mercy to lead the institution, died July 6. Dr. McKean oversaw a decade of…