Clinical executives have long been urged to “go to the gemba,” the Lean principle of going to the place where the work happens. Becker’s asked 10 health system leaders what executives should do, and avoid, once they get there. Leaders…

Americans see the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine as the safest and most effective of three common vaccines, and the COVID-19 vaccine as the least safe and effective, according to a study published Sept. 10 in the American Journal of…

The CDC is calling for greater surveillance of Cladophialophora bantiana after a clinical reference laboratory recorded a sharp increase in detections of the rare fungus, which is associated with a 60% to 70% case-fatality rate. The findings were published Oct.…

After serving a quarter century as a hospitalist and hospital C-suite leader, Kevin Neese, MD, has taken an entrepreneurial path to help fill what he sees as an important need.  “Hospitals are excellent at the things that they were built…

Eighteen states now generally ban or void noncompete agreements for physicians, according to a September 2026 state-by-state guide from law firm Tucker Arensberg. The firm sorts the rest into three groups. Ten states and Washington, D.C., allow physician noncompetes with…

Some HCA Healthcare nurses say Timpani, an AI-enabled scheduling tool built on Palantir software, ignores their shift preferences and leaves units short on experienced staff, Wired reported Oct. 2.  Wired interviewed six nurses who work at Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare,…

Kenya confirmed its first case of Ebola. The man, who had arrived from the Democratic Republic of Congo, died of the infection Oct. 5, The New York Times reported Oct. 6. Here is what to know. 1. The man, a…

The Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing named three hospitals and health systems as winners of its 2026 National Certification Champion Award on Oct. 6. The award honors organizations that support, recognize and reward registered nurses who earn and keep…

Nurse staffing and supportive nurse work environments should be at the core of hospital’s extreme heat emergency preparedness, an editorial from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing’s  Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research said. “Extreme heat is no…

Heart failure contributed to 452,573 U.S. deaths in 2023, a new peak, and the disease is increasingly affecting younger adults, a new Heart Failure Society of America report found.  The “HF Stats 2026: An Updated Report on Heart Failure Epidemiology…