Forbes highlighted strong physician access in several of the 25 cities it named as the best places to retire for leisure pursuits, according to the Oct. 2 article. Forbes screened nearly 1,000 U.S. locales, removed places with very high natural…
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Claire Alminde, MSN, RN, was named president of St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, according to a Tower Health statement shared with Becker’s on Oct. 2. Ms. Alminde has served as interim president since January and will continue as…
SCAN Health Plan and Costco shared Oct. 1 that their co-branded Medicare Advantage plans will go live in California and Nevada in 2027. The HMO will be available in 17 California counties and two Nevada counties on Jan. 1, a…
In this episode, Kathy Donovan, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Hospital Sisters Health System, joins the podcast to discuss developing a long-range capital plan and aligning investments with the health system’s broader growth strategy. She also shares…
The FDA has flagged three medical device recalls and corrections confirmed over the past week, affecting angiographic catheters, heart pump controllers and convenience kits. The convenience kit correction is the latest in a chain of recalls tied to sodium chloride…
The surgical workforce is facing shortages, with fewer residency applicants wanting to work in rural communities, as surgery outcomes worsen for patients in rural counties who already face higher rates of smoking, obesity, cancer and cardiovascular diseases. Over the past…
Health systems are rethinking how many technology executives they need at the top. In 2026, several systems have let IT C-suite titles lapse when leaders retired or left, folded those duties into a broader job or left the seats unfilled.…
San Francisco-based Dignity Health, part of Chicago-based CommonSpirit, reached an agreement to transfer its share of co-owned Arizona managed care health plan, Mercy Care, to CVS Health subsidiary Aetna. CommonSpirit had a 49.75% ownership interest in Mercy Care as of…
Two recent developments have sharpened a question health systems will eventually have to answer: How much care can AI deliver on its own? A Sept. 28 McKinsey & Co. analysis estimated that AI can perform the care represented in 16%…
Healthcare employment continued to trend up in September, adding 17,000 jobs, though at a slower pace than the average monthly gain of 33,000 over the prior 12 months, according to the Oct. 2 jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of…