Exodus at VA: 10,000 employees are resigning in September. Here’s the list
‘Mission-critical’ workers were exempt from deferred resignations, but doctors and nurses are quitting anyway.| North Carolina Health News
Alice Walton’s new medical school aims to equip future doctors with a more holistic set of tools to improve health and wellbeing.| Inside Philanthropy
By Taylor Knopf A new psychiatric hospital in Greenville will begin serving patients in eastern North Carolina later this month. ECU Health Behavioral Health Hospital is a new 144-bed facility intended to provide inpatient and intensive outpatient psychiatric services to adults and children; it will open with a 24-bed unit designated for pediatric patients. The […] The post ECU Health and for-profit giant Acadia team up to open new psychiatric hospital appeared first on North Carolina H...| North Carolina Health News
By Jane Winik Sartwell Carolina Public Press East Carolina University Health is officially pursuing the idea of reopening Martin General Hospital, the shuttered hospital in Eastern North Carolina. But first, it needs $220 million — and for cuts to Medicaid to stop coming. That’s starting to seem increasingly unlikely. The uncertainty around the plan for Martin General […] The post Medicaid cuts create hurdle for rebirth of Martin Co. hospital appeared first on North Carolina Health ...| North Carolina Health News
‘Mission-critical’ workers were exempt from deferred resignations, but doctors and nurses are quitting anyway.| North Carolina Health News
NC Attorney General Jackson, whose office is already suing HCA over handling of Mission Health, agrees with independent monitor findings.| Carolina Public Press
August has seen a slew of executive hires, exits and layoffs across the healthcare sector. For example, OpenAI, Veradigm and Qure.ai welcomed new executives. There were also layoffs at organizations including BioNTech, CentraCare and Emory Healthcare. The post Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires, Exits and Layoffs appeared first on MedCity News.| MedCity News
In a system already under incredible pressures, with more seemingly arriving every day, ROI becomes about not spending less but spending smarter. The post Does ROI Even Matter in Healthcare Anymore? appeared first on MedCity News.| MedCity News
When we give our hospitals the tools they deserve — predictive maintenance dashboards, smart alerts, clean analytics — we’re not just optimizing a process. We’re preserving trust. And lives. The post The Hidden Glitch in Healthcare: When Hospitals Still Run on Spreadsheets appeared first on MedCity News.| MedCity News
Cleveland Clinic is expanding its use of Dyania Health’s AI platform across the health system to speed up clinical trial recruitment. The system quickly scans patient records to identify eligible participants, aiming to give more patients access to trials and speed up development timelines for new therapies. The post Cleveland Clinic Taps Dyania Health to Speed Up Clinical Trials with AI appeared first on MedCity News.| MedCity News
Moving clinical data management to cloud platforms can carry myriad benefits for healthcare organizations. The post Bringing Clinical Data Management to the Cloud appeared first on MedCity News.| MedCity News
The path to a sustainable HaH program looks different for regional systems. A smaller, more focused program, designed around their unique needs, can deliver strong clinical and operational value. The post How Can Hospital-at-Home Grow Outside the Nation’s Biggest Health Systems? appeared first on MedCity News.| MedCity News
Callum McGregor, James Forrest, Kasper Schmeichel, Arne Engels and Daizen Maeda visited the sick kids with the trophy.| Daily Record
Health care in the United States is confusing for patients and consumers. Price transparency is a step in the right direction — transformative change can happen by combining cost, quality, appropriateness and efficiency measures. The post Healthcare Price Transparency is Not Enough appeared first on MedCity News.| MedCity News
As operating environments become more complex, every element and system must be reliable, safe, and compliant with the web of regulations. Testing is the antidote to address these issues, however, this presents a significant testing burden. Here are some key challenges. The post Evaluating the Complexities of the Digital Operating Room appeared first on MedCity News.| MedCity News
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act introduced a new $50 billion fund to offer rural hospitals a financial lifeline. One expert cautions that this effort will fail to address systemic challenges without transparency, clear metrics and long-term infrastructure investment strategies. The post Without Clear Strategy, CMS’ $50B Rural Hospital Fund Risks Falling Short appeared first on MedCity News.| MedCity News
US News & World Report just released their list of “best hospitals” for 2025-26, which is based primarily on patient outcomes for complex specialty care and common procedures. The Lown Hospitals Index for Social Responsibility takes a different approach to hospital ranking, evaluating hospitals on metrics of equity and value as well as outcomes. Here's how the 2025 US News best hospitals perform on the Lown Index. The post How did the 2025 US News best hospitals perform on the Lown Index?...| Lown Institute
“There is no hospital in Vermont that is not in jeopardy,” stressed the consultant who led work on the report. Recommendations include closing inpatient beds and converting emergency departments into urgent care centers at Gifford Medical Center, Grace Cottage, North Country, and Springfield hospitals.| Vermont Public
By Taylor Knopf Just days before Christmas 2024, a group of female teen patients broke into the nurse’s station and medication room at a psychiatric hospital in Raleigh, where they tore down parts of the ceiling, hurled objects at staff, damaged equipment and used syringes as weapons. Several police officers responded to the disturbance at […] The post Holly Hill under scrutiny again: State finds repeated failures after violent patient uprising appeared first on North Carolina Health News.| North Carolina Health News
By Andrew R. Jones Asheville Watchdog A patient who died in February after calling for help in a Mission Hospital emergency department bathroom went 29 minutes with no response as multiple staff members passed by the door with a call light flashing above, according to documents obtained by Asheville Watchdog. By the time an employee entered […] The post Patient called for help from Mission bathroom 29 minutes before someone found him. By then, his heart stopped, new report shows. appeared ...| North Carolina Health News
By Jane Winik Sartwell Carolina Public Press This week, HCA Healthcare settled an antitrust lawsuit that has plagued the Asheville-based Mission Health system for three years. In 2022, four Western North Carolina governments sued HCA Healthcare and Mission Health for predatory and monopolistic practices, which plaintiffs claim lead to more expensive and lower-quality health care across much of […] The post HCA settles antitrust lawsuit with Western NC local governments appeared first...| North Carolina Health News
After multiple years of mandated disclosure of negotiated hospital-insurer rates, those of us who follow the buy-and-bill channel might have expected transparency to reduce drug price variability, lower hospital markups, and accelerate adoption of lower-cost biosimilars. Alas, that’s not what the latest data reveal. DCI’s analysis of four national commercial insurers—Aetna, Anthem, Cigna, and UnitedHealthcare—and 26 hospitals found that: Hospitals still earn significant markups over a...| Drug Channels
An investigation was launched after a man aged 74 died in a fatal crash near the village of Petworth on April 29. Sussex Police said he suffered a medical episode while driving| Daily Mirror
Up to 1/3 of seniors get delirium in hospitals. This confusion and agitation can be prevented and treated but must first be diagnosed| Howard Gleckman
A health care desert has emerged in Delaware County. There are currently only two hospitals, Riddle and Mercy Fitzgerald, operating […]| Broad + Liberty
The new contracts include 10% raises over the next three years, new tools to address workplace violence and requirements that hospitals provide coverage for nurses when they go on breaks.| Union Advocate
See which critical access hospitals made our list of most socially responsible hospitals…and which ones are at risk of shutting down services or closure. The post These top critical access hospitals are at risk of closure appeared first on Lown Institute.| Lown Institute
Nurses and lawmakers point to ongoing problems at Mission Health. HCA spokesperson highlights successes, disputes noncompliance claims.| Carolina Public Press
Harrison Memorial Hospital in Cynthiana is already taking a hard look at its budget in light of Republican cuts to Medicaid.| Tradeoffs
In his latest Beyond the Data column, KFF President and CEO Dr. Drew Altman examines the controversial rural hospital grant program, noting “Will the new $50 billion rural hospital grant program in the big Republican tax and spending law just amount to a bunch of ribbon cutting and big check ceremonies, or will it help rural hospitals offset coming Medicaid cuts, help them in general, or all of the above?”| From Drew Altman Archive | KFF
Hospitals have a lot of leeway to decide who is eligible for financial assistance. In some cases, hospitals don't allow any elective care to be eligible. What impact could that have on health or medical debt? The post When hospitals exclude elective care from financial assistance appeared first on Lown Institute.| Lown Institute
Now independent union leader Dan Osborn, who nearly won a U.S. Senate race in 2024, is vying for his seat.| The American Prospect
LONDON, Ont. — London Health Sciences Centre filed one of the largest fraud lawsuits in the history of Ontario hospitals on Wednesday, alleging a former senior executive masterminded a “fraudulent scheme” involving procurement and he and others used funds they obtained to buy dozens of properties. The hospital has filed two civil lawsuits, one for| Canadian Healthcare Technology
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s health system is improving its methods for early detection of sepsis, a life-threatening condition that occurs when the immune system reacts to infection by attacking the body’s organs. Introduced in January 2024, the new program offers front-line caregivers in emergency rooms new tools and training to help them determine when patients| Canadian Healthcare Technology
A new Wake Forest University medical school campus opened this week with a nontraditional training curriculum that includes digital dissections, robotic patients and problem-based learning.| North Carolina Health News
Hospitals are shutting down, slashing programs, and laying off staff. And the worst parts of the spending law haven’t even hit yet.| The American Prospect
On a positive note, I realised last night that I’d just passed the 500 km mark—a big milestone and something I’m proud of. Unfortunately, I didn’t sleep much. The heat and humidity were unbearable, and by morning I could tell something in my body was wrong. I forced down some tea and an energy bar, […]| Randomwire
Changes to a key funding formula will reduce research grants at hospitals and universities by billions — and may discourage future research.| www.nytimes.com
125 “socially responsible” hospitals earn Honor Roll status for outcomes, value, and equity BOSTON—More than 100 U.S. hospitals achieved top performance across measures of equity, value, and outcomes, according to the 2025 Lown Hospitals Index. Despite workforce shortages, rising costs, looming Medicaid cuts, and other challenges, Lown Institute analysts say this year’s Honor Roll demonstrates […] The post PRESS RELEASE: Top hospitals in American named by the Lown Institute appeared...| Lown Institute
NC Health News breaks down the two chambers' health and human services budget proposals — line by line — in a spreadsheet.| North Carolina Health News
Progressive, transformative changes in health-care delivery are being implemented. But lurking in the background is more privatization.| Analysis Archives – The Independent
Register now for the webinar "America's Most Socially Responsible Hospitals" on June 25, 2025. The post REGISTER: America’s Most Socially Responsible Hospitals, 2025 appeared first on Lown Institute.| Lown Institute
Analysis of 2,500 charity care policies finds patients with identical income and medical needs could receive free care at one hospital, yet face collections or lawsuits at another. The post PRESS RELEASE: Inconsistent Hospital Policies Put Patients at Greater Risk of Medical Debt appeared first on Lown Institute.| Lown Institute
The spending plan would also increase public school teacher salaries.| North Carolina Health News
Disability Rights NC spent a year investigating the state’s overuse of the legal procedure, which leaves patients locked up at a high cost with few rights.| North Carolina Health News
The 340B Drug Pricing Program has emerged as a growing source of profits for pharmacies and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). Drug Channels Institute’s latest exclusive analysis of the 2025 market reveals a highly concentrated market structure increasingly dominated by a handful of major players: About 32,000 pharmacy locations—nearly 60% of the entire U.S. pharmacy industry—function as contract pharmacies for the hospitals and federal grantees that participate in the 340B program. The ...| Drug Channels
Pear Suite recently won the payer/provider technology track of MedCity News’ INVEST Pitch Perfect contest. The startup provides a software platform for community health workers that helps them share data, submit claims and maintain compliance.| MedCity News
In this column, KFF President and CEO Drew Altman explores the state of consumer protections in health care and explains why, even with consumer frustration clear, Congress is unlikely to pursue major new health insurance protections but there could be some modest steps.| From Drew Altman Archive | KFF
A quick, critical look at the key ideas in the new UEC plan [NB: updated with extra comments on June 8] The new NHS plan for improving em...| policyskeptic.blogspot.com
First identified in January, NB. 1.8.1 is spreading quickly across multiple countries, leading to an increase in cases and hospitalisations, the World Health Organisation said| Daily Mirror
A newborn nearly died after an unnecessary NICU circumcision. It’s time to end this harmful, profit-driven practice. Sign Intact America’s petition now.| Anti-circumcision Advocates | Intact America
It’s time for Drug Channels’ annual look at pharmacist salaries and employment. There was more bad news, as employment in retail pharmacies and drugstores dropped by 8,500 positions in 2024, following a drop of 4,800 positions in 2023. Employment in mass merchants and supermarkets with pharmacies increased. Meanwhile, employment at hospitals surged to a new high, growing by nearly 7,000 positions in 2024. Average salaries hit $137,000, but varied widely across practice settings. However, ...| Drug Channels
Ann Marie Tobin was recovering from surgery at the Health Sciences Centre in St. John’s when she was told a bed awaited her in Labrador. When she arrived, the Happy Valley-Goose Bay resident says she was left on a stretcher in a hallway.| The Independent
Dating back from the founding of the Province, the Archive contains at least basic information about all the Sisters of the province. In the 20th and 21st centuries, we usually have a little …| docarchivesblog.org
New data from the ONS on their analysis of mortality and A&E waits has enabled new, better calculations on the magnitude of excess deaths ...| policyskeptic.blogspot.com
In the movie The Matrix, where people live in a fake virtual world, Morpheus offers Neo a choice. He says, “You take the blue pill... the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe.” But taking the red pill means you wake up in the horrifying real world and have to face the consequences.| policyskeptic
[Update: I need to issue an important caveat about the analysis in this post. When published, I had just been made aware of new and very detailed data sources about hospital prescribing, monthly sources with detailed analysis of volume and indicative price. The analysis was based on those sources and was consistent with a longstanding NHS Digital annual report on the total cost of hospital prescribing. But when the analysis attracted some attention, it was pointed out that the indicative pric...| policyskeptic
TORONTO – To position Canada as the ultimate destination for the brightest minds in medical research, and to build a stronger economy, University Health Network (UHN) is unveiling the ambitious Canada Leads 100 Challenge to recruit 100 world-leading, early-career scientists to Canada’s No. 1 hospital. As part of the strategy, UHN will focus on the| Canadian Healthcare Technology
by Logan Finney, Idaho Reports The Senate has passed a bill to revise property tax exemptions for nonprofit hospitals. Senate Majority Caucus Chairman Ben Toews described the bill as “a collaborative effort between the Idaho Association of Counties and the Idaho Hospital Association.” It tightens the general definition of hospital while specifically designating critical access […]| Idaho Reports
“Nearly every day I was there, I saw a new young child who had been shot in the head or the chest, virtually all of whom went on to die.”| www.nytimes.com
The Transparency in Coverage (TiC) rule aimed to make healthcare prices easily comparable, but the reported data may pose many barriers to effective analysis.| Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker
Long waits in A&E kill patients. A new analysis of mortality and A&E waits by the ONS–despite issues in the analysis and presentation of the...| policyskeptic.blogspot.com
Hospital league tables could be returning to the UK. On the 21st anniversary of the Royal Statistical Society Working Party report on Performance Monitoring in the Public Services, Sheila Bird...| Significance magazine
Florida and Texas now require hospitals to ask patients about their immigration status when they seek medical care.| Stateline
Longtime health care leader Scott Tittle has been tapped to be the next president of the Indiana Hospital Association.| Indiana Capital Chronicle
Western North Carolina, Hurricane Helene, deadly, food, water, Buncombe, mountains, drinkable water, floodwaters, Asheville, power outage| North Carolina Health News
By 2023, the country was estimated to have a shortfall of as many as 23,000 surgeons, according to a 2019 report by the Association of American Medical Colleges.| North Carolina Health News
Many healthcare providers saw their revenues and operating margins grow in July, despite the fact that both labor and non-labor expenses continue to grow, according to new data.| MedCity News
Few people want to think about the end of a child's life, but pediatric care is a need nonetheless — and it's an underserved one. According to Children's Respite Homes in America, as of 2023, there were only six of such homes in the United States, which makes the plans unveiled at this August 24 Austin gala incredibly unique.| CultureMap San Antonio
Automation startup Qventus launched a new AI assistant designed to alleviate healthcare staff’s administrative burden by completing mundane tasks for them. The assistant was built in collaboration with health systems, including Northwestern Medicine, Ardent Health and Allina Health.| MedCity News
Screening older patients for frailty and managing their medications are examples of age-friendly hospital services.| North Carolina Health News
This chart collection examines recent trends in healthcare utilization and spending using a variety of data sources.| Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker
Health systems have spent billions on portals while investments in modernizing the voice channel — the dominant preference of healthcare consumers — have taken a backseat.| MedCity News
A more-deadly version of the virus formerly known as monkeypox is spreading fast through Africa. Should Europe be on alert?| POLITICO
In exchange for higher federal payments, participating hospitals agree to forgive old medical debt and offer more help to low-income patients.| North Carolina Health News
The U.S. spends more on healthcare per capita than its peers. Most of the additional health spending goes to providers for inpatient and outpatient care.| Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker
Hospitals are at risk of shutting down due to an extreme weather event made worse by climate change. Experts say it’s time to adapt.| Impakter
There has been much progress with life expectancies, health outcomes, and access to care across the globe—although it is inconsistent....| Horses for Sources | No Boundaries
By Sarah Shepherd. Fraternalism fulfilled a crucial role in society. It was a social club as well as an early form of social welfare through the principle of reciprocal aid.| Social Welfare History Project
They are due to begin the first "prayer vigils" of the year on February 14.| Daily Record
Quality can be an ambiguous word when people approach from different perspectives. What makes a quality car? It could be how long it will last; how fast it will go; how much it can haul. What makes…| Aesthetics Research Lab
Executive summary My interview with former Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa nurse Gail Macrae is the single most devastating interview I’ve done since I first started speaking out against the COVID vaccine in May 2021. Key points of the interview include: Hospitals were actually empty when the press told us they were full. 90% or more of the COVID deaths were…| The White Rose UK
