Medicare coverage of obesity medications could drive a substantial rise in healthcare spending, according to a new study. A microsimulation model published in JAMA Health Forum projected that Medicare ...

Ambience Healthcare and Houston Methodist are teaming up to bring AI-driven documentation to emergency and inpatient care. By ...

Federal regulators have requested that Novavax conduct an additional randomized clinical trial of its COVID-19 vaccine, a costly demand that could threaten the company’s ability to comply, The Wall ...

There’s a longstanding notion in healthcare that patients with low-acuity conditions are a key driver of overcrowding and boarding in emergency departments — one that emergency medicine experts ...

Ascension, based in St. Louis, is notifying patients that some personal information was exposed following a security incident involving a former business partner. The breach affects patients from ...

Amid leadership restructuring, several hospitals and health systems have recently cut, combined or expanded C-suite roles. Becker’s has reported on the following leadership changes — driven by ...

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University has created two new grant programs and expanded research support services amid federal research funding cuts. “Unexpected grant terminations and delays in the ...

A proposed 25% tariff on U.S. pharmacy imports would drive up U.S. drug costs by $51 billion annually, according to an analysis by Ernst & Young reviewed by Reuters. The April 22 analysis, ...

St. Louis-based Ascension said April 28 that patient information was likely stolen after the health system inadvertently shared data with a former business partner whose software was later breached, ...

The top health system CIOs have been using innovative digital solutions to address some of healthcare’s most pressing challenges. Several health systems were recently named winners of CIO 100 Awards ...

Massachusetts is the best state in the U.S. for working moms while Louisiana is the worst, according to an analysis published April 28 by WalletHub. The personal finance website compared the 50 states ...

Ransomware attacks on the healthcare industry are continuing to rise, with 550 attacks recorded in 2024 — a 21% increase from 454 in 2023, according to an April 28 report from global cybersecurity ...