Category: Press Release

Several hospital and expansion projects are underway in South Carolina, the fastest-growing U.S. state. The state recorded a population growth rate of 1.5%, increasing by 79,958 residents between July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau released Jan. 27.  Becker’s has reported on 11 hospital projects in South […]

Over 130,000 individuals have enrolled to be organ donors through a new feature on Epic’s MyChart patient portal. The EHR vendor launched the organ donation button in May, and since then half of its health system customers have adopted the tool, according to a late January news release. More than 20,000 people registered in December […]

El gobernador de California, Gavin Newsom, que aspira a presentarse en las elecciones presidenciales, ha enfurecido tanto a demócratas como a republicanos por su posición sobre la atención médica para los inmigrantes en su estado. La situación revela el delicado camino político que tiene por delante. Por segundo año, el demócrata pidió a los legisladores […]

The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book “Health Care Politics and Policy A […]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is eyeing a presidential bid, has incensed both Democrats and Republicans over immigrant health care in his home state, underscoring the delicate political path ahead. For a second year, the Democrat has asked state lawmakers to roll back coverage for some immigrants in the face of federal Medicaid spending cuts […]

As therapies become more specialized and expensive, patients are relying on pharmacy teams for more than medication dispensing. Health systems are responding by integrating pharmacists more deeply into clinical care, particularly in specialty and oncology settings, where treatment complexity and coordination demands are highest. “Patients increasingly expect pharmacists to act as clinical partners, not just […]

Robin Kobayashi has been appointed executive vice president and chief people strategy officer for Honolulu-based The Queen’s Health Systems. Ms. Kobayashi brings decades of experience leading workforce transformation and people strategy in complex environments, according to a Feb. 3 LinkedIn post from the health system.  She most recently served as senior vice president of human […]

Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital — part of Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham — has received $35 million from Irving Oil to fund two cancer-focused facilities within the Phillip and Susan Ragon Building, currently under construction. The funds will establish the Irving Oil Limited Center for Urgent Cancer Care in Honor of Arthur L. Irving and […]

Hospital supply chain leaders say the playbook that worked just a few years ago no longer holds.  Global economic instability, fragile supplier networks, pricing pressures and uneven clinical purchasing patterns inside hospitals are converging at the same time health systems are demanding greater savings from supply operations — leaving leaders to rethink how reliability, cost […]