Erica Cerutti

Hundreds of CDC workers are receiving permanent layoff notices, according to an Aug. 21 report from The Washington Post, which is based on interviews with sources familiar with the matter.  Officials with the American Federation of Government Employees — the union representing more than 2,000 agency workers — told the…

A bundled, AI-enabled health coaching program significantly improved outcomes in adults with Type 2 diabetes, a recent Cleveland Clinic study found. The intervention, developed by Twin Health, used wearable devices and a smartphone app to deliver personalized nutrition and exercise guidance, combined with telecoaching, according to an Aug. 20 news…

A law firm filed a lawsuit Aug. 20 against a New York City hospital’s construction company, alleging the company failed to treat bacteria-infected water in its cooling towers, leading to a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak.  City officials have identified live Legionella bacteria in 12 cooling towers as the center of the…

Westchester Medical Center Health Network in Valhalla, N.Y., is the state’s largest Medicaid provider north of New York City. It also has the only burn unit in the region, a pediatric hospital and 300 inpatient mental health beds as well as a resident training program. “We really are an integral…

Epic unveiled a flurry of new features at its annual Users Group Meeting this week. What do health system executives think? IT leaders told Beckers at the event that they’re excited about the potential AI capabilities and eagerly anticipate the rollout for many of them. Epic is weaving AI into…

Oracle Health has struggled to retain customer confidence in the three years since acquiring Cerner, according to an Aug. 21 report from KLAS Research. The report is based on seven rounds of interviews conducted with 43 Oracle Health customer organizations between 2022 and 2025. Here are five key findings from…

Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare is implementing virtual technology to reduce emergency department wait times at its St. Elizabeth Medical Center locations in Ottawa and Peru, Ill. Patients who meet certain clinical criteria are triaged into virtual care rooms, where a nurse facilitates a video connection with a remote physician. The…

A regulatory loophole has allowed hundreds of large, urban hospitals to claim rural benefits, raising alarms from lawmakers and experts who warn that taxpayer dollars are being diverted from the very communities Congress intended to protect. In 2016, CMS revised its regulations in response to two federal court decisions: Geisinger…

Warsaw, Ind.-based Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital has named Loretta Schmidt, MSN, RN, chief nursing officer. Ms. Schmidt stepped into her role Aug. 11 and leads all aspects of nursing practice, patient care services and nursing strategy at the hospital, according to an Aug. 20 hospital news release. Most recently, she served…

Dover, Ohio-based Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital has named Kavitha Subramanian, MD, vice president and chief medical officer. Dr. Subramanian currently serves as the division chief of hospital medicine for Cleveland Clinic Akron (Ohio) General for Sound Physicians, and system medical director for hospital medicine for Union, Akron General and Mercy…