Category: Press Release

Christopher Cordero has joined Valley Hospital Medical Center in Las Vegas as its new COO, he wrote in a Feb. 10 LinkedIn post. Mr. Cordero served as associate administrator at Reno-based Northern Nevada Health System from May 2024 to February 2026, according to his LinkedIn profile. Prior to that, he was director of operations at […]

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai is expanding its use of a Parkinson’s disease monitoring app with support from a $5 million gift from the Elaine and Eduardo Saverin Foundation. The health system is broadening access to the app among its more than 800 Parkinson’s patients, according to a Feb. 18 news release. The tool allows patients to […]

In one of Michigan’s fastest-growing counties, Henry Ford Macomb is confronting a financial equation facing hospitals nationwide: rising costs, shifting reimbursement and consumers demanding more convenient, lower-cost care. Macomb County is adding 11 residents a day, expanding demand for services across the Detroit-based Henry Ford Health market. But growth alone does not protect margins. Labor […]

Healthcare remains a focal point for work stoppages, despite a broader national decline, as hospital and health system employees continue to cite pay and staffing concerns.  Union activity in 2026 has already seen notable labor actions, such as the largest nurses strike in New York City history and an open-ended walkout by 31,000 United Nurses […]

Jay Bhattacharya, MD, director of the National Institutes of Health, has been appointed acting director of the CDC, effective Feb. 18, an administration official confirmed to Becker’s. He will lead the CDC while continuing to serve as NIH director until President Donald Trump nominates a permanent CDC director. The appointment comes amid broader leadership changes […]

Michael Porter defined value as outcomes divided by cost1. Healthcare embraced the equation quickly but applied it unevenly. For decades, nurses have been treated primarily as a cost to be managed rather than as the people and capability that make outcomes possible. They are bundled into room charges, excluded from RVUs, and discussed more often […]

Devon Bennett, MSN, RN, has been appointed chief nursing officer of NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst, effective Feb. 2.  In his new role, Mr. Bennett oversees more than 1,800 staff, including registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, nurse practitioners and ancillary team members at Elmhurst Hospital. Mr. Bennett said he aims to help the hospital achieve Leapfrog […]

Wyoming officials say they have a plan to make five years of upcoming grants from a new $50 billion federal rural health program last “forever.” The state could tackle rural health issues long into the future by investing its awards from the Rural Health Transformation Program, the director of Wyoming’s health department, Stefan Johansson, told […]

It’s the rare policy question that unites Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida and the Democratic-led Maryland government against President Donald Trump and Gov. Gavin Newsom of California: How should health insurers use AI? Regulating artificial intelligence, especially its use by health insurers, is becoming a politically divisive topic, and it’s scrambling traditional partisan lines. […]

New York City-based Cornell Tech has appointed a chief of health innovation and created a health tech advisory committee. Tanzeem Choudhury, PhD, was named health innovation chief after serving the past five years as director of the Health Tech Hub at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute in New York City. She was previously a senior vice […]