After cuts to federal agencies and multiple disease outbreaks nationally and abroad, hospitals are working to fill the gaps in public health preparedness and prevention. The threat landscape The federal government cut roughly 17,000 jobs across 17 HHS agencies. The…
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In this episode, Nicolle W. Davis, PhD, RN, SCRN, FAHA, Director of the Mobile Stroke Program at UF Health, and Janice Walker, DHA, MBA-HCM, NEA-BC, BSN, RN, System Nursing Officer and Senior Vice President at UF Health, join the podcast…
In this episode, Kate Heilpern, MD, President of Yale New Haven Hospital, and Dr. Deb Rhodes, Internist and Chief Quality Officer, Yale New Haven Health System, discuss the cultural transformation, leadership strategies, and systemwide approach that helped Yale New Haven…
Health system operating margins fell to 0.2% in April, edging back toward zero after a brief two-month recovery. A new report shows just how fragile hospital finances remain heading into the second half of 2026. Drawing on data from more…
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Eli Lilly’s deadline for hospitals to submit claims data or lose 340B drug discounts has passed, and with HHS’ Health Resources and Services Administration silent on requests from hospital and pharmacy groups to intervene, noncompliant hospitals are exposed. Lilly sent…
OpenEvidence, the AI-powered clinical reference app, has become one of the fastest-growing tools in American medicine, fielding 30 million questions last month alone, The New York Times reported June 8. Here are six things to know about OpenEvidence, according to…
Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health opened a centralized capacity management center to coordinate patient flow, effectively adding 12 beds per day to system capacity, according to an Epic case study. The 27-hospital system launched the command center in January 2025, using…
While health system leaders told Becker’s they’re skeptical of the Trump administration’s push for AI physicians, they are in favor of using the technology to increase access. HHS healthcare AI adviser Amy Gleason, who also leads the Department of Government…
Three U.S. hospitals and emergency departments have closed in 2026, compared to 13 through the same point in 2025, according to Becker’s reporting. However, those data points might not signal structural improvement. In total, 2025 saw 23 closures, nearly matching…
Members of the Illinois Nurses Association at Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, Ill., have sued St. Louis-based Ascension and Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare, alleging chronic understaffing caused emotional distress and unsafe working conditions for nurses, according to a June…