Hospitals in multiple states have earned new trauma center designations or secured re-verification in 2026, expanding access to emergency care and reinforcing regional trauma networks. The designations — awarded by state health departments or the American College of Surgeons —…
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Williamsburg, Va.-based Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center has earned provisional Level III Adult Trauma Center designation from the Virginia Department of Health. The designation followed years of preparation and a site review in June, according to a Sept. 28 news…
In this episode, Dr. Sheila Bond, Head of Clinical AI, Wolters Kluwer Health, discusses the pillars of trustworthy clinical AI, including governance, validation, accountability and post-use monitoring. She also explores how healthcare organizations can build strong AI foundations while using…
In 2026, 4.6 million Medicare Advantage beneficiaries, or 16% of enrollees, experienced disruptions to their health plan, according to a recent brief from the Alliance of Community Health Plans and consulting firm HealthScape Advisors. Hospitals have been dropping MA plans,…
Two units at Palo Alto, Calif.-based Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford cut bedside monitor alarms from 60,000 to 26,000 without an increase in emergencies, The Wall Street Journal reported Sept. 28. The result points to a shift in how hospitals…
Bloomington, Minn.-based HealthPartners and Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health plan to combine to form a 22-hospital nonprofit health system with more than 135 clinics and 6,000 clinicians. Six things to know: 1. The organizations’ boards approved an affiliation agreement to combine,…
Elevance Health plans to require hospitals to identify the physical location where care was provided on billing forms and adjust payments for off-campus services accordingly. The insurer said Sept. 29 the new policies will apply across its commercial, Medicare Advantage…
San Francisco-based UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals has become the first U.S. qualified treatment center contracted to administer Waskyra (etuvetidigene autotemcel) to eligible patients with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome. The designation makes Waskyra commercially available to eligible patients in the U.S., according to…
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said AI could help address chronic disease, which he described as necessary to lowering healthcare costs. Doing so would require consolidating health data sets and making them readable, he said, according to Politico. Mr.…
Montana rural emergency medical service agencies will receive $8.7 million for new medical equipment and ambulances through the federal Rural Health Transformation Program. The investment will provide funding to 79 rural EMS agencies, according to a Sept. 29 CMS news…