Epic is continuing to grow its hospital EHR market share lead, though its gains weren’t as pronounced in 2025 as in previous years. Here are 14 things to know about the EHR giant’s run of success: 1. Over 325 million…
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As rural healthcare continues to face cross-winds from workforce fulfillment challenges, anticipated Medicaid cuts and revenue cycle issues, hospital leaders are confronting problems that know no ZIP code boundaries. In Arcata, Calif., Mad River Community Hospital’s COO Matt Anderson told…
Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health reported an operating income of $77.6 million (2.1% margin) through the first three quarters of 2026, up from $60.4 million (1.8% operating margin) during the same period last year, according to its May 26 financial…
Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare patients are among approximately 22,500 individuals whose information was accessed after an unauthorized third party gained entry to payment accounts on Connecticut’s Medicaid provider portal. The incident involved the HUSKY Medicaid provider portal, which is administered by…
Hospitalists with Swedish Medical Group voted to join Northwest Medicine United, AFT Local 6552, becoming the first physicians in the Renton, Wash.-based Providence system to unionize in the state, the union said May 26 in a news release shared with…
Amazon is making a leadership change at its healthcare division, with Neil Lindsay, senior vice president of Amazon Health Services, stepping down after more than 15 years at the company. Mr. Lindsay is leaving the company to pursue personal projects…
Health systems are increasingly turning to AI to tackle one of hospital operations’ most complex challenges: medication management. Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System formed a new partnership to apply AI across its pharmacy, dispensing and infusion workflows, with the aim…
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine have formed “a new, long-term contract,” according to a joint statement the organizations shared with Becker’s May 27. The insurer and health system originally had until July 1 to…
Physicians are in a unique position to restore patients’ trust in medicine, John Whyte, MD, CEO of the American Medical Association, said in a viewpoint article published on Medscape. “[Mistrust] is not simply a communications challenge,” he wrote. “It is…
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has expanded the state’s professional loan repayment program to offer physicians up to $300,000 in loan forgiveness. The expanded program allows full- and part-time physicians to receive $75,000 per year in student debt relief…