Category: Press Release

Minneapolis-based Hennepin Healthcare is working to cut $200 million in costs by the end of 2026. However, internal savings alone will not be enough to keep the system afloat, with closure possible if the state legislature doesn’t act quickly. Both Hennepin Healthcare and local leaders are pushing for legislation to repurpose and expand an existing […]

The FDA has linked Amgen’s vasculitis drug Tavneos to 76 postmarketing cases of drug-induced liver injury, including eight deaths, 54 hospitalizations and 74 serious outcomes. Seven patients developed vanishing bile duct syndrome, three of whom died. The medication, approved in October 2021, is used to treat severe active anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody-associated vasculitis. Most cases showed […]

Ambient clinical documentation tools were associated with modest time savings at five academic health systems, a study published April 1 in JAMA found. The AI scribes were linked to a reduction of about 13 minutes in EHR use and 16 minutes in documentation time, according to the research. Providers who used the tools also saw […]

This piece was informed by “How AdventHealth Improved Care Transitions and Drove $48.6M in Operational Value,” a recent AHA webinar in which AdventHealth leaders Jeannine Nylaan, Corporate Executive Director of Care Management, and Rob Dixon, Executive Director of Clinical & Revenue Systems, Information Technology, detailed how their organization transformed care transitions at scale. Watch the […]

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health has signed an agreement to acquire eight acute care hospitals from Louisville, Ky.-based ScionHealth.  The deal is expected to close within 60 to 90 days of the March 6 signing date, pending legal and regulatory approvals, according to a Lifepoint Health news release.  The eight hospitals are: Bolivar Medical Center (Cleveland, […]

Lakeland (Fla.) Regional Health is expanding its freestanding emergency department network, with two new Florida locations over the next two years in the works, which will grow its network to three such facilities. The first new freestanding ED will serve the Winter Haven (Fla.) area and open in mid-2027. It will be followed by a […]

Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University has opened the Vista Pavilion, a $650 million building dedicated solely to cancer care services.  Patients will begin receiving care at the facility on April 7, according to a March 31 news release from OHSU. Vista Pavilion has 128 inpatient beds with space to add another 56 inpatient beds […]

Bluestem Health, a clinic that serves low-income and uninsured patients in Lincoln, Nebraska, has lost money for the last two years. And CEO Brad Meyer fears times will soon get worse for the clinic and its 21,000 patients. That’s because Nebraska is set to become the first state to require certain Medicaid enrollees to work […]

Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and require full names. ‘The Federal Government’s Loss Is the County’s Gain’ I wanted to thank Rachana Pradhan and Katheryn Houghton for their coverage of the loss of staff at the National Institutes of Health […]

Cleveland Clinic has received a $50 million grant from the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Supporting Foundation to launch its Community Bridge to Care Initiative. Three things to know: 1. The initiative is designed to improve access to care for Cleveland residents and expand emergency and trauma services through a combination of digital tools, system […]