Category: Press Release

Hospitals and health systems began 2026 with a flurry of executive moves. Since Dec. 19, 2025, Becker’s has tracked 125 leadership changes, including 75 in the new year. Editor’s note: This live page was launched Jan. 2, 2026, and will be updated regularly. 2026 Jan. 3-9 1. Eric Liston was named regional president for Salt […]

Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare has begun testing a new platform aimed at helping clinicians recognize changes in patient health more quickly by displaying trend data directly within electronic health records. The platform, called CliniPane, is a clinical intelligence tool developed by OSF Innovation. It is currently being piloted by a small group of primary care […]

Bangor, Maine-based St. Joseph Healthcare and the Community Care Partnership of Maine, an ACO, have received over $491,000 to expand virtual specialty care consults across the state. The funding from Northern Border Regional Commission, a federal-state economic development partnership, will be used to continue access to the curbside consults for the next three years to […]

Several states are rejecting the CDC’s changes to the U.S. childhood immunization schedule, reaffirming their commitment to long-standing vaccine guidance amid growing confusion among patients, providers and public health leaders. The federal update on Jan. 5 removed routine, age-based recommendations for six pediatric vaccines — flu, COVID-19, hepatitis A and B, rotavirus and meningococcal disease […]

AI scribes most help physicians who document more to begin with, according to research in the American Journal of Managed Care. Here are five takeaways from the Jan. 8 study by researchers affiliated with University of California San Francisco and UCSF Health: 1. Most physicians (86.5%) felt that using an AI scribe reduced their documentation […]

Thomas Gullatt, MD, will retire in January 2027 from his role as president of FMOL Health | St. Francis in Monroe, La. The hospital anchors the North Louisiana market within Baton Rouge, La.-based FMOL Health.  Dr. Gullatt began his career at the health system in 1989 as a pulmonary and critical care physician and has […]

Pharmacists in the U.S. are about 21% more likely to die by suicide than the general population, according to a national study led by researchers at the University of California San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.  The findings, published in the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy on Jan. 8, are based on […]

Becker’s is proud to recognize outstanding CNOs who are shaping the future of patient care. As the leaders of nursing strategy, CNOs take on critical challenges such as addressing staffing shortages, managing nursing budgets and creating meaningful professional development pathways for the next generation of nurses. Beyond overseeing nursing departments, these executives lead innovative initiatives […]

Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi significantly reduced intensive care unit admissions among acute care patients after implementing a nurse-led initiative to better identify and respond to patient deterioration. The Critical Care Outreach Nurse Program was first piloted in 2023 to improve early detection of patient deterioration and reduce Code Blue activations. The program created a structured […]

The majority of primary care physicians report that drug shortages affect the quality of patient care and increase administrative burdens, according to new research published in JAMA Network Open. The cross-sectional survey, conducted by researchers from the American Medical Association, collected responses from 902 U.S. primary care physicians between July and August 2024. Eighty-eight percent […]