Members of SEIU 1199NE at Care New England’s Butler Hospital in Providence, R.I., have ratified a new four-year labor contract, ending Rhode Island’s longest hospital strike, both parties confirmed in ...

Tulsa, Okla.-based Ascension St. John Medical Center has appointed Dean Kindler, MD, chief clinical officer.  Dr. Kindler, a vascular neurologist, brings more than 20 years of clinical leadership ...

Many hospitals and health systems are not maximizing the value of their core electronic health record (EHR) investments. Conducting regular “EHR tune-ups” can be a quick win to help your organization ...

Twenty hospitals were named to healthcare staffing firm Soliant’s 2025 Most Beautiful Hospitals list, which recognizes both architectural beauty and quality of care. Leaders from eight of the ...

Sterile compounding has long been recognized as a high-risk area of health system pharmacy. Traditional manual IV compounding techniques can be prone to human error, leading to incorrect ingredients ...

Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy, which earned $25.9 billion last year from U.S. prescription revenue, has expanded its limited distribution drug portfolio to 265 medications, the company said Aug. 19. ...

Clinical workflows continue to be a major source of inefficiency and frustration for nurses. Documentation, admissions, and medication reconciliation often remain manual, time-consuming and prone to ...

Megan Gillespie, DNP, RN, has been named CEO of Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Medical Center. Dr. Gillespie has spent nearly 25 years in healthcare leadership roles, most recently as CEO of Sutter ...

Baylor Breckenridge has been named CFO of TriStar NorthCrest Medical Center in Springfield, Tenn., according to an Aug. 18 LinkedIn post. Prior to his new role, Mr. Breckenridge served as assistant ...

In a departure from the CDC’s recommendations, the American Academy of Pediatrics said all children between 6 months and 2 years old should receive a COVID-19 vaccine for the 2025-26 virus season. ...

AstraZeneca has issued its flu vaccine nasal spray for at-home use. The nasal spray is authorized for use by adults ages 18-49 and for caregiver use with children ages 2-17, according to an Aug. 15 ...

The $50 billion rural hospital transformation program that is part of the recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act might aim to support rural healthcare, but an Aug. 19 Bloomberg editorial said it ...