Fifteen percent of nurses are working a second job, according to the 2026 Nurse.org State of Nursing Survey. Another estimate puts this at 50%. This can create a patient safety blind spot that health system leaders are largely not equipped…
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Waconia, Minn.-based Ridgeview has appointed Ben Nielsen as its next president and CEO, effective June 14. He will succeed Mike Phelps, who plans to retire Jan. 2, according to a June 4 health system news release. Mr. Nielsen has held…
Tripp Owings has been named CEO of Wichita, Kan.-based Ascension Via Christi, effective July 6, according to a June 5 LinkedIn post. In his new role, Mr. Owings will oversee six hospitals, more than 5,650 employees and more than 75…
Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System has finalized an agreement to acquire Mountain Lakes Medical Center, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Clayton, Ga. Four things to know, per a June 5 news release: 1. Wellstar is an 11-hospital system with…
New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals has completed more than 20,000 robotic surgeries since launching its program in 2016, with the health system now performing more than 5,000 procedures annually across 19 da Vinci systems at 10 sites of…
Connecticut is erasing nearly $315 million in medical debt for more than 97,000 residents in the fourth round of its medical debt relief program. The initiative has now eliminated more than $513 million since the program began in 2024, according…
As researchers continue studying GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro in a range of conditions beyond their approved uses, a growing body of evidence is pointing toward a meaningful role in cancer prevention and outcomes — with some of the…
When CMS released its latest Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings in May, Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health’s flagship hospital earned five stars, placing it among the largest hospitals in the country to do so. The result was more than three…
A federal judge has dismissed with prejudice AbbVie’s lawsuit challenging Mississippi’s Defending Affordable Prescription Drug Costs Act, granting summary judgment to Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch, according to a June 3 final judgment. AbbVie and several affiliated companies sued Mississippi…
Cedars-Sinai has received a $13 million donation from Eric and Terri Holoman to establish the Cedars-Sinai Holoman Health Equity Center and endow the Holoman Chair in Health Equity at the Los Angeles-based academic medical center. Christina Harris, MD, vice president…