Mariah Taylor

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers found there is no standard definition for what constitutes contamination in a blood culture, which could lead to more false positives and CLABSI infections. “We found variation in how hospitals define blood culture contamination, and that lack of standardization could dangerously stack the odds toward…

Madison, Wis.-based UnityPoint Health-Meriter has named Karyn Baum, MD, chief medical officer. Dr. Baum previously served as chief transformation officer at Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health. She stepped into her new CMO role Sept. 3, according to a system news release shared with Becker’s.  She will continue to work as an…

As the largest employers in most communities, hospitals and health systems are always looking for new talent.  With the nation’s birth rate hitting a record low last year and the country’s rapidly aging population placing unprecedented demands on the U.S. healthcare system, the onus is on us as healthcare leaders…

The FDA has issued a warning letter to Amneal Pharmaceuticals, citing “significant violations” of manufacturing standards after finding the drugmaker used contaminated IV bags in the manufacture of injectable products.  The violations, discovered during a March inspection of the company’s Gujarat, India, facility, revealed that Amneal continued to manufacture and…

Health systems are increasingly focused on offering healthcare “samplers” to young people before they choose a career path.  One pursuit is a $250 million initiative funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, which includes Memorial Hermann in Houston, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and 11 other health systems. The systems partner with high schools…

Oracle has laid off workers at its former Cerner campus in Kansas City, Mo., KMBC reported. The software giant has let go of employees and consolidated operations in Cerner’s former home city after buying the EHR vendor in 2022 for $28.4 billion. Oracle Health is now headquartered in Austin, Texas,…

A strike by nurses at Henry Ford Genesys Hospital in Grand Blanc, Mich., has entered its third day. The roughly 700 registered nurses at the hospital are represented by Teamsters Local 332. The union and hospital began negotiations for a new labor contract in the spring. On Aug. 21, 93%…

Brewer, Maine-based Northern Light Health has trimmed its workforce by 3% — a reduction of 308 positions — amid ongoing financial challenges and operational restructuring, a spokesperson for the health system confirmed to Becker’s.  About 100 of the affected employees were laid off Sept. 3, while the rest of the…

Rockford, Ill.-based Mercyhealth has signed a purchase agreement with pastor Melvin Brown, PhD, and his wife, Sheila Brown, for its shuttered Javon Bea Hospital-Rockton in Rockford. The hospital closed in early July after Mercyhealth filed a “temporary suspension of services” with the state. In late 2021, the health system filed…

AI salaries are on the rise, as some new college graduates with expertise in the technology are making $1 million a year, the Wall Street Journal reported. Non-managerial workers in AI with zero to three years of experience had their base salaries increase about 12% from 2024 to 2025, the…