As hospitals across the country grapple with rising patient volumes, long wait times and overstretched staff, Baptist Health (Ark.) is proving that the solution isn’t always more space — it’s smarter ...

The FDA has issued warnings to manufacturers and distributors of unapproved animal-derived thyroid medications citing concerns over safety, effectiveness and quality. The drugs, often sold under names ...

Eli Lilly recently spoke out against proposed tariffs on pharmaceuticals, warning they could increase drug costs and restrict patient access. The drugmaker said it has invested more than $50 billion ...

Faced with rising surgical demand and limited operating room capacity, Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System turned to AI-powered strategies to achieve a 16% increase in staffed room utilization ...

A few weeks ago, CIO of Richmond, Ind.-based Reid Health Muhammad Siddique was doing a round of the ED department when he ran into one of his physician colleagues. She stopped to make a quick but ...

Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine is notifying more than 1,000 people that some of their health information may have been exposed after a research study mailed postcards without envelopes. The ...

HHS has reinstated the Safer Childhood Vaccines task force, the agency said in an Aug. 14 news release. Here are six things to know: 1. The task force, created by Congress, was originally disbanded in ...

When Bloomington, Minn.-based HealthPartners launched its My dashboard interface in 2021, it was not available to everyone. The personalized digital hub — designed to surface the right prompts, tools ...

An AI tool developed and evaluated by researchers at Stanford (Calif.) Medicine was able to identify 44% more lesions than human interpreters when reviewing prostate biopsy ultrasound images, ...

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health has begun deploying AI-powered imaging equipment across its network, eight months after announcing a partnership with GE HealthCare. The seven-year Care Alliance ...

As semaglutide sees a surge in use, new research raises questions about the medication’s effects on muscle health. A study published Aug. 5 in Cell Metabolism and led by researchers at Salt Lake ...

Orthopedics began offering bundled self-pay options, according to an Aug. 12 news release shared with Becker’s. The self-pay program offers transparent pricing for services including office visits, ...