A health economist and researcher at the Department of Veterans Affairs is joining the Joint Commission to lead the healthcare accrediting agency’s research center.  The Joint Commission named Austin ...

Cleveland-based University Hospitals will design and integrate electronic patient-reported outcome tools within its Epic EHR as part of an initiative with the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research ...

For $1.9 billion in cash, Cardinal Health plans to acquire Solaris Health, a urology management services organization, according to an Aug. 12 news release.  After the acquisition, which is expected ...

Drugmaker AbbVie plans to construct a $195 million facility near its headquarters in North Chicago to manufacture active pharmaceutical ingredients, The Chicago Tribune reported Aug. 12. Construction ...

OpenAI plans to back a competitor to Elon Musk’s Neuralink in the brain-computer interface market, the Financial Times reported. Merge Labs aims to raise $250 million for a valuation of $850 million, ...

The FDA has approved Insmed’s brensocatib, the first treatment for non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis, a chronic and progressive lung disease affecting about 500,000 people in the U.S. The drug was ...

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health doubled its rate of early-stage lung cancer diagnoses after implementing an AI-powered tracking tool within its Epic EHR. The tool has led to more than 70% of ...

Three-quarters of the hospitals on U.S. News & World Report’s 2025-26 Honor Roll list also earned top marks in CMS’ latest Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings, underscoring a notable overlap in ...

An oversight committee representing the bankrupt Mercy Iowa City hospital has filed a complaint seeking to recover at least $55 million from MercyOne, Iowa Heart Center and a former hospital CEO.

The FDA has approved Ketarx, a ketamine-based drug developed by drugmaker PharmaTher, for use in pain management. The medication is now cleared by the FDA for clinical use in perioperative settings, ...

St. Cloud, Minn.-based CentraCare is laying off 535 employees across the health system in response to “significant external pressures” including rising costs and reimbursements rates “that no longer ...

Pittsburgh-based UPMC has appointed John Byrd, MD, as director of the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center. Dr. Byrd will step into the role in November and also serve as associate vice chancellor for cancer ...