Naomi Diaz

Hospitals and health systems are continuing to cut IT jobs amid financial and operational pressures, but data suggest the pace may be slowing compared with last year. According to Becker’s reporting, four major health systems announced IT-related layoffs in 2025, totaling roughly 510 positions. Burlington, Vt.-based University of Vermont Health…

Here are five of the latest recalls and corrections reported to the FDA:  Ambu recalls SPUR II resuscitators due to blocked manometer port  Ambu is recalling specific lots of its SPUR II manual resuscitators because a blocked manometer port renders the manometer nonfunctional. The defect can prevent clinicians from monitoring…

Researchers at New York City-based Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Health System have developed AEquity, a tool designed to detect and mitigate biases in datasets used to train machine-learning algorithms. The team tested AEquity on multiple health data sources, including medical images, patient records and the National Health…

A member of Congress from Ohio is calling for a pilot program that would add prior authorization for some traditional fee-for-service Medicare services to be halted until an independent review board is established, Politico reported Sept. 4.     Six states have been selected to test the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction…

New Orleans-based LCMC Health has integrated organ, eye and tissue donor registration into its MyChart patient portal, marking the first such offering for Louisiana residents. The new feature enables patients to enroll in the National Donate Life Registry directly through the Epic-powered platform. Once registered, a patient’s donor status is…

A bipartisan bill in the U.S. House would permanently extend Medicare telehealth flexibilities that are set to expire Sept. 30. The Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies for Health Act of 2025, also called H.R. 4206, was introduced by Reps. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., David Schweikert, R-Ariz., Doris…

Healthcare added 31,000 jobs in August, below the monthly average of 42,000 over the past 12 months, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics latest report on U.S. employment trends.  The report pointed to a broader labor market slowdown. Overall, the U.S. economy added just 22,000 jobs — one of…

Cybercriminals are weaponizing AI agents to attack industries including healthcare, AI company Anthropic found. Hackers are using agentic AI to carry out sophisticated cyberattacks that would have previously required years of training, according to the Aug. 27 report. For instance, a cybercriminal employed Claude, Anthropic’s large language model, to extract…

Becker’s compiled a list of hospitals that were rated 5 stars for nurse communication in each state, according to CMS’ Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems data. CMS shares 10 HCAHPS star ratings based on publicly reported HCAHPS measures. For nurse communication, data from HCAHPS survey questions are…

The Change Healthcare cyberattack delayed testing for a new Oracle EHR at an Illinois hospital jointly operated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense, the VA’s Office of Inspector General found. The Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago went live in…