After nearly five decades in hospital and healthcare administration, I’ve seen firsthand the fragility of the financial framework supporting hospitals — and today, that foundation is starting to crack ...

Forth Worth-based Cook Children’s Health Care System, one of Texas’s largest pediatric Medicaid managed care providers, is in a battle to retain its Medicaid contract with the state after being left ...

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices will build the first state-required medication error reporting system for community pharmacies in California following its selection by the California Board ...

Members of two unions are set to begin a five-day strike May 12 at locations within Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth. Six things to know: 1. The strike affects approximately 900 service and tech and ...

Dale Gold, MD, is stepping down as chief medical informatics officer for CommonSpirit Health’s Mountain Region to join Kaiser Permanente Medical Foundation. In a May 2 LinkedIn post, Dr. Gold said he ...

Karen DeSalvo, MD, Google’s chief health officer, is retiring after five years in the role. “It has been such an honor to be able to bring the full force of Google to the world of health. There is no ...

The American Hospital Association is urging CMS to adjust its newly established drug price negotiation program, arguing the agency’s current approach conflicts with 340B programs.  In a May 1 open ...

U.S. medical device companies are starting to feel the financial pressure from the current imposed tariffs, with Baxter International and GE Healthcare reporting millions in projected costs. Here are ...

Tony Esposito, former CEO of Crozer Health, has been named the CEO of one of Philadelphia-based Temple Health's physician groups and the CFO of another.

On July 7, certified registered nurse anesthetists in West Virginia will be allowed to administer anesthesia in cooperation with — rather than under the supervision of — a physician. The new CRNA ...

Persivia, a leader in AI-driven digital health solutions, today announced the successful completion of a $107 million recapitalization with Aldrich Capital Partners, a growth equity firm focused on ...

Medicine has become the first in the U.S. to use a fluorescent imaging system that identifies cancer cells after a lumpectomy.  The new technology aims to prevent repeat surgeries by catching residual ...