Northside Hospital’s clinical staff spend their days moving and lifting and many were quietly paying for it. Across a workforce that is predominantly women and constantly on the move, the benefits team found employees self-diagnosing or delaying treatment for musculoskeletal…
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Greenwich (Conn.) Hospital’s Certificate of Need application was approved, allowing its Heart and Vascular Center to establish elective percutaneous coronary intervention services. The hospital has provided emergency PCI services for more than 20 years, but the new approval now allows…
Behavioral health utilization rose 62.6 percent between 2018 and 2024 and the national mental health workforce is on pace to fall nearly 100,000 full-time counselors short of demand by 2038. Emergency departments are absorbing much of that strain: hospitals reporting…
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A new American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology/multisociety dyslipidemia guideline could expand eligibility for primary prevention statin therapy to an estimated 21.5 million additional U.S. adults, according to a study published July 20 in JAMA. The 2026 guideline, released in…
Across the nation, hospital leaders are migrating many of their electrophysiology services to ambulatory surgery centers and satellite locations. So what does that mean for hospitals? Electrophysiology, a cardiology specialty that treats the heart’s electrical system, is the fastest-growing subspecialty…
Nearly 1 in 3 U.S. adults without heart disease have LDL levels above the goals set by the newly released 2026 guidelines, a Mass General Brigham study found. The study, published July 20 in JAMA, used the new cardiovascular risk…
Portales-based Roosevelt General Hospital opened three new operating rooms and added four specialties, NewsChannel 10 reported July 20. Since 2024, the hospital has added orthopedics, bariatric surgery, dermatology and cardiology services, thanks to a New Mexico bill that provides financial…
Nearly half of U.S. hospitals now offer remote patient monitoring (RPM) services. The next challenge is turning those programs into better chronic disease management, stronger patient engagement and measurable outcomes. In fact, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)…
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Six physician specialties saw lower rates of burnout between 2024 and 2026, but still reported lower rates of happiness. Becker’s compiled Medscape’s “Physician Mental Health & Well-Being Report” in 2025 and 2026 to determine the rate of happiness change. To…
Synthetic identity fraud and deepfake-enabled attacks are active, scaled, and accelerating. Most organizations haven’t caught up. The verification methods many healthcare providers rely on were built around a simpler threat: one document, one face, one check. Today’s fraudsters combine AI-generated…
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