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HCA urged to boost staffing at Mission Health after patient death

A coalition of clinicians, elected officials and community advocates is urging HCA Healthcare to increase staffing levels at Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Hospital following a patient death that occurred in an emergency department bathroom in February….

VA Oracle Health EHR outage affects 6 medical centers

The Spokane (Wash.) VA Medical Center experienced an outage of its Oracle Health EHR system on March 4, prompting an investigation into the cause of the disruption, KHQ reported.

Medicaid cuts must occur to meet GOP budget goals: CBO

The only way to reach a savings goal of $880 billion in healthcare spending over the next decade is through cuts to Medicaid or CHIP, according to a new report from the Congressional Budget Office.

5 takeaways from HIMSS '25

While AI — from generative to agentic — was the talk of HIMSS25, the annual gathering of the health IT trade association held March 3-6 in Las Vegas, the thousands of executives in attendance discussed a variety of technological advancements in healthc…

Advocate Children's establishes heart transplant program

Advocate Children’s Hospital in Oak Lawn, Ill., has established a new pediatric heart transplant program.

Cervical cancer screening stagnant: 14% behind pre-pandemic levels

Despite increases seen in both breast and colorectal cancer screening, cervical cancer screening has yet to recover from COVID-19 pandemic-related declines, according to a study published March 5 in JAMA. 

Why 35 health systems teamed up on AI

About three dozen health systems recently aligned to learn how they could better scale AI and shape the direction of the technology together.

Envision Healthcare names former Change Healthcare CFO as board chairman

Nashville, Tenn.-based Envision Healthcare has named Fredrik Eliasson chairman of its board of directors, replacing Steve Nelson, who departed the role after being named president of Aetna.  

AdventHealth's 10 executive moves so far in 2025

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth has made several leadership appointments in 2025, including hospital CEOs and a new systemwide C-suite role.

One of the most financially motivated healthcare hacking groups

A cybercrime group known as Vanilla Tempest is among the most financially motivated hacking organizations targeting the healthcare sector, according to a new report from Microsoft.