In honor of National Nurses Month in May and National Nurses Week (May 6-12), hospitals and health systems are recognizing the difference nurses make in their organizations. This year, the American ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Health systems are turning to data and analytics platforms to improve operational efficiencies, strengthen financial performance and boost patient care. For an April 30 report, health IT researcher ...

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 ...

Abbott has signed an agreement with Epic to integrate data from its Libre continuous glucose monitoring systems directly into the EHR vendor’s platforms. The integration will allow healthcare ...