Registered nurses at St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital in Chicago plan to hold a one-day strike June 11, according to National Nurses United. The union said in a June 1 news release that nurses are striking over alleged retaliation against…
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Jake Marshak has been named chief technology officer of South Bend, Ind.-based Beacon Health System. Mr. Marshak announced the appointment in a June 1 LinkedIn post. “I’m honored to join Beacon Health System as their chief technology officer,” he wrote.…
NYU Langone Health plans to build a new academic medical center in Melville, N.Y., on a 45-acre site the system purchased May 21 for $135.5 million. The campus will include a hospital with more than 500 private inpatient rooms and…
Virginia residents have the highest income of any U.S. state when balancing median income, income among the top 5% of earners and income among the bottom 20%, according to a June 2 ranking from WalletHub. While the median annual income…
Longitude Health has named Colin Drylie COO of Longitude FX, a member-owned agentic utility aimed at advancing shared services from patient access to revenue cycle and back-office functions. In his new role, Mr. Drylie will oversee platform operations for Longitude…
The Cybersecurity Working Group of the Health Sector Coordinating Council has published a guide to help hospitals and health systems manage AI-related cyber threats. The report addresses a range of threats, from traditional, reactive, machine-learning tactics to agentic AI systems…
An experimental oral cancer drug has shown signs of effectiveness across six types of solid tumors in patients whose cancers had stopped responding to immunotherapy. The therapy, GRWD5769, was evaluated in combination with cemiplimab in patients with secondary anti-PD-1 resistance…
Lynchburg, Va.-based Centra Health is laying off about 90 employees as part of a restructuring effort. The reduction affects about 1% of the regional nonprofit health system’s workforce and takes effect this week, a Centra spokesperson told Becker’s. The layoffs…
Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health aims to move its entire system onto a single EHR by 2030 and is running two years ahead of schedule, executives said during the health system’s May 29 investor call. The 137-hospital system said 65% of the…
Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health is reporting strong results, including no patient deaths or healthcare-acquired infections, from its first year of hospital at home. Here are five things to know from a June 1 news release: 1. Launched in April 2025,…