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Dermatology is the happiest specialty, while general surgery is the least happy, a July 9 Medscape report found.  Medscape’s “How Doctors Are Really Doing: Physician Mental Health & Well-Being Report 2026” surveyed 5,159 physicians across more than 29 specialties between…

Laura Sauber has been named chief risk and compliance officer of Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger, according to a July 9 LinkedIn post. In her new role, Ms. Sauber will lead Geisinger’s Enterprise Risk Management Program and Ethics and Compliance Program. Prior…

A federal judge has extended her order blocking the Justice Department from accessing the private health records of minors who received gender-affirming care at New York City healthcare institutions, converting a temporary restraining order into a preliminary injunction. On July…

The FDA has classified a recall of more than 2.5 million bottles of prescription prednisolone acetate eye drops as Class II after the product was found to contain a foreign substance. The recall affects 2,530,182 bottles of Prednisolone Acetate Ophthalmic…

From an Oregon hospital aiming to fast-track a merge to avoid insolvency, to a Tennessee health system planning a sale to Ascension, here are four hospital M&A moves Becker’s reported during the week of July 6:   1. Minot, N.D.-based Trinity…

Inland Empire Health Plan and Riverside (Calif.) University Health System partnered on a childhood lead poisoning prevention effort, boosting Riverside County’s childhood lead screenings by 11% in 2025. The collaboration resulted from Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set measures indicating…

As Baptist Health Care prepares to transition to Epic, the Pensacola, Fla.-based health system is viewing the move as more than an EHR replacement. Instead, Vice President and CIO Kory Hudson told Becker’s the platform will be a key part…

A wave of new research and policy developments is reshaping how health system leaders think about GLP-1 medications — from telehealth prescribing gaps to Medicare’s new coverage bridge. Here are six recent findings: 1. The share of employers covering GLP-1s…

On July 7, acting CDC Director Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, sent an email to CDC employees saying that the agency’s Ebola outbreak response will last for several months and require more personnel, the Federal News Network reported.  “The coming months…

Second-in-commands draw less notice, yet they are often the load-bearing figures on a leadership team.