There are countless projections about the worsening U.S. physician shortage, especially as the aging population grows and requires higher acuity care. Lots of attention is paid to supporting the medical student pipeline, but the healthcare industry mig…
The last five years at San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare have been defined by major infrastructure and technology investments, including its systemwide 2024 launch of an Epic EHR system, President and CEO Chris Howard told Becker’s.
Pharmacy leaders across the country are implementing initiatives to improve efficiency, reduce costs and enhance patient care.
Joseph Webb, DSc, CEO of Nashville (Tenn.) General Hospital, has resigned following an investigation into allegations of fraud, wasteful spending and policy violations occurring at the executive level of the safety-net facility, multiple media outlets …
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has completed the purchase of Lehigh Acres, Fla.-based Lehigh Regional Medical Center, from Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare.
More than 500 hospitals nationwide have removed questions on physicians’ mental health from licensing or credentialing applications, according to the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation.
The Urology Center of Colorado, based in Denver, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy Feb. 13 in the wake of a $1 million lawsuit from an Iowa-based data security company.
A number of healthcare organizations have recently closed medical departments or ended services at facilities to shore up finances, focus on more in-demand services or address staffing shortages.
Jacksonville, Fla.-based Ascension St. Vincent’s Riverside has been awarded transcatheter valve certification from the American College of Cardiology, according to a Feb. 27 report from The Recorder.
Many factors affect a hospital’s financial performance. External pressures, inflation, reimbursements and workforce shortages can hit hospitals hard. But there are also internal management similarities between the lowest performing hospitals that are h…
