The shift toward centralized pharmacy fulfillment is accelerating — and for health systems willing to invest, the returns are substantial. At a featured session during Becker’s Spring Chief Pharmacy Officer Summit, three pharmacy executives who have built and scaled central…
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The state of Washington sued Providence Health & Services on May 13, claiming the Renton, Wash.-based health system failed to provide legally required accommodations to pregnant and nursing employees. The lawsuit, filed in King County Superior Court, stems from an…
Patients of Lewiston-based Central Maine Healthcare have had trouble accessing their digital medical records since the health system switched EHRs, the Lewiston Sun Journal reported. The three-hospital network transitioned to Epic on May 1, a cornerstone of the $150 million…
Madison, Wis.-based UW Health has launched WorkForward, a nonprofit organization focused on strengthening the healthcare workforce through career pathways and apprenticeship development programs. WorkForward is designed to serve as an employer-based intermediary that aligns healthcare employers, educators, governing bodies and…
Columbus-based OhioHealth is seeking the dismissal of the Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit against the system, arguing the lawsuit is too vague to proceed and misreads how competition in healthcare markets actually works. Four things to know: 1. The Justice Department…
Historically, Monogram Health’s flagship area of expertise was based on kidney health. But the polychronic nature of this patient population has made it clear that healthcare professionals cannot focus on just one organ or disease, because every organ relies on…
As labor and delivery cuts and closures become more frequent across the country, two more hospitals — one in New York and one in Alabama — have shared plans to shutter their services. Rochester (N.Y.) Regional Health shared plans May…
Alfred Jefferson Jr. was named associate vice president of people and culture for the Georgia Area at Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health, according to a May 13 LinkedIn post. Prior to his new role, Mr. Jefferson served as Advocate Health’s area…
A statewide strike involving tens of thousands of University of California healthcare and service workers was canceled after AFSCME Local 3299 and the university reached a tentative labor agreement early May 14, according to statements shared with Becker’s. The open-ended…
Epic continued to grow its hospital EHR market share lead in 2025, though the company didn’t gain as many hospitals as it did the previous two years, KLAS Research reported. Here are eight things to know from the IT researcher’s…