At Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger, around 90 registered nurses work full time at the bedside and part-time in adjunct faculty roles at local universities. Those 90 employees make up about 47% of all ...

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset (N.J.) opened a rapid decision unit, mycentraljersey.com reported May 11. The 18-room unit will care for emergency department patients who do not need ...

Nashville, Tenn.-based Ascension Saint Thomas, a division of St. Louis-based Ascension, has appointed S. Alan Phelps CFO of Ascension Saint Thomas River Park Hospital in McMinnville and Highlands ...

CVS Health’s primary care company Oak Street Health is implementing a new EHR system, a spokesperson for the company confirmed to Becker’s. “We believe the new platform will provide greater stability ...

House Republicans unveiled legislation May 11 that would introduce Medicaid work requirements nationwide and stricter eligibility requirements. The 160-page bill, introduced by the House Energy and ...

Should health systems tell patients when they’re using AI? UC San Diego Health says yes. The health system uses a generative AI tool from Epic that drafts MyChart patient portal messages for providers ...

Endeavor Health, a nine-hospital system headquartered in Evanston, Ill., is eliminating a $5 per hour pay differential for nurses in its intensive care units and emergency departments, NBC Chicago ...

Urbana, Ill.-based Carle Health has shared plans to lay off 612 employees on July 8, according to a May 8 WARN notice. In late February, Carle Health’s subsidiary, Health Alliance, and Southern Pines, ...

Pittsburgh-based UPMC’s venture capital arm, UPMC Enterprises, has launched its second company in partnership with venture-builder Redesign Health. The new company, Glimmer Health, supports primary ...

Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug Zepbound led to significantly greater weight loss than Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy in a 72-week, head-to-head clinical trial, according to findings published in The New England ...

Lab results play a central role in almost every patient’s care journey. And every day, innovative new diagnostics are developed. However, the benefits of new diagnostics can’t be unlocked without ...

National Hospital Week — which aims to recognize and celebrate hospitals, health systems and the people who work at them — began May 11 and runs through May 17. Six things to know: 1. The origins of ...