Vedant Bhosale

Imagine a future where some cancers are caught before symptoms appear, before they spread, before lives are disrupted. That’s the potential of multi-cancer early detection (MCED), a transformative approach that’s reshaping how healthcare leaders think about cancer screening. In 2025 alone, over 2 million new cancer cases and more than 618,000…

Rethinking the Capital Equation in Hospital Finance Hospital CFOs are under increasing pressure to balance competing financial demands. Rising utility costs, deferred maintenance, and aging infrastructure strain operating budgets, while investments in staffing, technology, and patient care require every available dollar. Too often, this creates a financial stalemate: delaying upgrades…

Ascension has reached its highest nurse retention rate in five years — 81.96% — aided by its employee feedback tool Always On Listening, or AOL.  The tool helps address the “pebbles” in people’s shoes, according to Rob Rose, DNP, RN, chief nursing officer and senior vice president of nursing at…

Pharmacy leaders are facing high-stakes challenges that could threaten the stability of drug access and affordability across the U.S. Amid this uncertainty, health systems are responding with urgency, with many exploring new ways to gain control over drug pricing, efforts to increased transparency and options for protecting vulnerable populations.  Here…

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic Health System plans to close six clinics across southeastern Minnesota and transition care to other locations by Dec. 10, according to The Minnesota Star Tribune. The health system cited staffing shortages and declining patient volumes in a Sept. 8 news release shared with Becker’s. “MCHS is…

Amazon Pharmacy has expanded its RxPass service to Texas, allowing Amazon Prime members in the state, including those on Medicare, to receive over 50 generic medications for $5 per month through the prescription subscription service.  Medications covered include those to treat diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, anxiety and other common conditions,…

Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare utilized agentic AI to improve its CMS star measuring rating for blood pressure control from 1-star to 4 stars, according to an abstract presented Sept. 7 at the American Heart Association’s 2025 Scientific Sessions.  The study enrolled 2,000 older adults with hypertension, who received calls from AI…

New Britain, Conn.-based Hospital for Special Care has upgraded its EHR to Altera Digital Health’s Sunrise 25.1 and expanded its use of the platform under a renewed agreement that extends through 2032. The long-term acute care hospital will implement the latest version of the EHR to streamline financial operations and…

Mortality from hypertensive kidney disease in the U.S. has grown by 48%, according to an abstract presented Sept. 5 at the American Heart Association’s 2025 Hypertension Scientific Sessions. Researchers analyzed CDC data from 1999 to 2023 to assess changes and trends in the number of deaths associated with hypertensive renal…

Philadelphia-based Temple University Hospital has achieved twin milestones in the treatment of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Care teams from the Advanced Pulmonary Hypertension, Right Heart Failure and CTEPH program at Temple’s Heart and Vascular Institute have completed their 500th pulmonary thromboendarterectomy and 500th balloon pulmonary angioplasty. Temple University Hospital is…