Hospitals are improving their ability to prevent medication errors by enhancing their use of electronic medication safety systems, data from The Leapfrog Group's fall 2024 safety grade report ...

Read about the new labor contract at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Oxnard, CA, including wage increases for nurses and licensed professionals and effor ...

A recent study conducted in Sweden found that GLP-1 agonists such as Ozempic and Wegovy may help reduce alcohol consumption and related harms in individuals diagnosed with alcohol use disorder. Here ...

Cybersecurity spending will likely continue to take over the IT budget in the coming year as threats become more sophisticated, according to a Nov. 13 report from Moody's. "The increasing digitization ...

Discover the trend of dual-role CEOs in the healthcare industry, taking on expanded responsibilities through C-suite positions, university affiliations, and in ...

The Drug Enforcement Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services issued a final rule on Nov. 15 extending telemedicine prescribing flexibilities for an additional year, according to ...

Judge approves $65M settlement for victims of Lehigh Valley Health Network's 2023 ransomware attack, where nude photos were posted online by Russian hackers.

Nurses at Corewell Health East, part of Corewell Health in southeast Michigan, have voted to join Nurses for Nurses, a committee of Michigan Teamsters Joint Council No. 43. Workers voted 4,958 to ...

The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has partnered with the Energy Department to harness the technology of the department's Argonne National Laboratory toward the development ...

A New York physician pleaded guilty to receiving kickbacks in exchange for ordering medically unnecessary brain scans.

As health systems and hospitals implement AI-powered technologies into daily workflows — such as ambient listening and drafting patient portal messages — pharmacy departments are also exploring AI's ...

Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham has appointed Patrick Ellinor, MD, PhD, as the inaugural executive director of the system's Heart and Vascular Institute. Dr. Ellinor's appointment is ...