U.S. employers announced 97,006 job cuts in May, a 16% increase from April and the highest total for the month since 2020, as AI continued to drive workforce reductions across industries, according to a June 4 report from Challenger, Gray…
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Abridge, the AI medical documentation startup, is hiring engineers to deepen its EHR integrations with Epic, Oracle Health (formerly Cerner) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ VistA system, as well as a product lead to expand into revenue cycle…
Judy Faulkner, founder and CEO of Epic, has earned a top spot on Forbes’ annual list of America’s Richest Self-Made Women, coming in at No. 3 with an estimated net worth of $9.6 billion. Forbes released the list June 3.…
Change management and influence will define the next generation of effective physician leaders, Andy Anderson, MD, executive vice president and chief medical and quality officer of West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health, said. While physician leaders must be grounded across operations,…
Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare’s credit rating was upgraded to “Baa2” from “Baa3” by Moody’s. The upgrade reflects Tenet’s sustained deleveraging driven by a combination of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization growth and substantial debt reduction over the past two…
Houston-area public health officials created an Ebola dashboard to monitor travelers coming to the area for the FIFA World Cup. According to the dashboard, 17 travelers are being monitored, but health officials report the likelihood of Ebola cases in the…
Neurology saw a 27.6% jump in the number of employed physicians between 2024 and 2025, while ophthalmologists saw a 28.4% decrease, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. The bureau gathered employment data for 17 physician specialties positions in 2025,…
Allegheny Health Network, a member of Highmark Health, both based in Pittsburgh, plans to build a nearly $200 million hospital, a health system spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s. The facility will replaceAHN Canonsburg (Pa.) Hospital, which has operated at its current…
Hospital and health system consolidation showed no sign of slowing as June opened, with several acquisitions, a fallen deal turnaround and Ascension completing its $3.9 billion acquisition of an ASC operator. Here are 10 hospital and health system M&A moves…
Hospitals and health systems are losing money on virtual care across every major payer category even as adoption climbs, according Strata’s latest Performance Trends report. The national analysis found telehealth encounters rose 79% between January 2019 and January 2026, marking…