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 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 ...

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 ...

Healthcare gained 50,600 jobs in April, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is roughly in line with the average monthly increase of 52,000 jobs over the previous 12 months. Here are four ...

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 ...

Hospital CFOs navigating today’s tight margins are being called to do more than manage spreadsheets — they’re being asked to rethink operations from the ground up. From challenging the status quo to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health has named Michael Harrington its new executive vice president and CFO. Mr. Harrington joins the system from New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer ...

Thirty percent of millennial physicians report their happiness as “improved,” compared to 21% of earlier generations, according to Medscape. Medscape surveyed more than 5,700 physicians across more ...

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 ...

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 ...