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Healthcare leaders tend to be very internally focused and for all the right reasons. But even when we’re doing very well performance-wise—with all the right metrics moving in the right direction—we can forget to leverage these results externally to build a strong brand. While it’s great to celebrate your successes internally,…

It’s no secret that the United States is facing a worsening maternal health care crisis. We have the highest maternal and mortality rates of any other developed country. Black mothers are at even greater risk of dying or facing serious complications. Hospitals are closing around the country due to staffing…

As healthcare evolves, so must the ways we define and maintain professional competency. Clinical innovation is accelerating, patient expectations are rising, and the need for adaptable, up-to-date providers is more critical than ever.  That’s why the National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists (NBCRNA) developed the Maintaining Anesthesia…

How AI Digital Twins are Revolutionizing Capital Planning for Health Systems Health systems continually balance delivering exceptional patient care, maintaining cutting-edge equipment and ensuring financial solvency. While traditional avenues like revenue cycle management and supply chain optimization are common paths for margin recoupment, the strategic management of healthcare technology equipment…

Houston, TX — August 18, 2025 — DARVIS Inc., the AI-powered computer vision leader transforming healthcare logistics, proudly announces the appointment of Michael Prokopis as Chief Executive Officer. Michael succeeds former Co-CEOs Jan-Philipp Mohr and Michael Dietz, who will continue to serve DARVIS as Chief Product Officer and Chief Financial…

Managing Back-to-School Respiratory Infections In late summer, tens of millions of children throughout the United States return to school, sharing tales of their summer adventures and, inevitably, new germs. Many will develop a cough, sore throat, or runny nose in the coming weeks, as part of a well-documented “summer wave”…

Cleveland-based MetroHealth plans to launch an initiative to help patients enroll in Medicare, Medicaid and ACA’s marketplace insurance to reduce its soaring charity care costs that now exceed $1 million per day, a spokesperson for the health system confirmed to Becker’s.  That figure puts MetroHealth — Cuyahoga County’s safety-net hospital…

Forty hospitals and health systems were named to Forbes’ list of America’s Best Employers for Women 2025. The list recognizes organizations rated highly by employees on factors such as pay equity, parental leave and advancement opportunities. Leaders from seven of the featured healthcare organizations shared with Becker’s how they are…

HHS launched a dashboard Aug. 27 to track organ transplants that skip patients next in line on transplant waiting lists.  The practice, called “allocation out of sequence,” is growing in frequency. In 2024, organ procurement organizations skipped waitlisted patients for 19% of transplants from deceased donors, six times more often…

Learning how to deal with declining reimbursements while still delivering top quality care and adapting personal strategies to lift up the strengths of colleagues are just two of the difficult lessons that orthopedic surgeons are reporting they have learned.  To be a strong leader in the orthopedic space, surgeons must…

Two U.S. senators are pressing UnitedHealth Group for answers on what they deemed “predatory” tactics from the company in seeking loan repayments from healthcare providers related to the 2024 Change Healthcare cyberattack. U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Ron Wyden, R-Ore., wrote a letter Aug. 27 to the CEOs of…

For decades, healthcare has invested in breakthrough technologies — from artificial intelligence to genomics to robotics — with the promise of delivering safer, smarter, more personalized care. Yet the most important IT problem remains unsolved. Health system leaders need true interoperability to move forward. Without seamless, secure, real-time data exchange,…

University of Iowa Health Care has decided to delay work on a $2 billion inpatient tower due to federal funding changes that are projected to result in a $9.5 billion reduction in healthcare funding to Iowa. In an Aug. 28 statement, the academic health system said work on the Jacobson…

Children’s hospitals and cancer centers are halting enrollment in pediatric brain tumor studies after the federal government paused funding, The New York Times reported Aug. 28.  The Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium includes more than a dozen children’s hospitals and academic centers across the U.S. and Canada. The network’s objective is…

A number of healthcare organizations have recently closed medical departments or ended services at facilities to shore up finances, focus on more in-demand services or address staffing shortages. Here are 10 department closures or services that are ending or have been announced, advanced or finalized that Becker’s reported since July…

As the U.S. faces ongoing shortages of skilled tradespeople, hospitals and health systems are preparing for those gaps to affect their own operations. Health system leaders told Becker’s roles such as mechanics and electricians are critical to daily hospital operations. At Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare, skilled trades have emerged as a…

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has named Yolanda Redmond chief supply chain officer.  She will succeed Teresa Dail, BSN, RN, who will retire from the role at the end of the year and will continue to serve as president of Vanderbilt Health Supply Chain Solutions, according to an Aug. 28 news…

Unichem pharmaceuticals issued a nationwide recall of one lot of cyclobenzaprine hydrochloride tablets after finding that bottles labeled as the muscle relaxant actually contained meloxicam, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug.  The recall was due to a labeling error in which the cyclobenzaprine 10 milligram label was mistakenly applied to bottles containing…

CMS has rolled out the “Crushing Fraud Chili Cook‑Off Competition,” a  market-based research challenge seeking explainable AI and machine learning to detect Medicare fraud, waste and abuse. The challenge also seeks innovative, scalable technologies that reduce labor-intensive processes “while keeping humans meaningfully in the loop to ensure effective oversight and…

Hospitals reported 78 CEO exits through July 2025 — a 15% increase from 68 recorded during the same period in 2024. The finding is from executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas’ Aug. 28 report examining CEO turnovers in the U.S. Four things to know: 1. Ten of the 78…

Jason Barrett began serving as CEO of The George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 18, and he brings more than 25 years of healthcare experience to the role. Prior to joining GW Hospital, Mr. Barrett, who also serves as group vice president of the District of Columbia…

Imperial, Neb.-based Chase County Community Hospital & Clinics CEO Abby Cyboron is exiting her role after five years to return to her previous role as the facility’s CFO, according to an Aug. 28 LinkedIn post. Prior to joining Chase County Community, Ms. Cyboron served as CFO of Kearney, Neb.-based Valley…

Supply chain leader Jeromie Atkinson is returning to Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health as the system’s chief supply chain officer, according to an Aug. 28 news release shared with Becker’s.  Mr. Atkinson worked at Intermountain from 2009 to 2016 before taking on supply chain roles at UPMC in Pittsburgh, UCHealth…

Carolyn Harraway-Smith, MD, has joined Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth as chief medical officer of its Daytona Beach hospital.  Dr. Harraway-Smith stepped into the role Aug. 25. She previously served as chief quality officer of Cone Health, a five-hospital system based in Greensboro, N.C. She has spent more than 20 years…