A shift toward strategic, predictive planning can help transform the way healthcare organizations manage their equipment life cycles, according to an Aug. 12 ECRI blog post. The organization said ...

New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System has released the country’s first clinical manual for treating infection-associated chronic illnesses, according to an Aug. 13 news release. The clinical ...

Draeger has recalled its SafeStar and TwinStar breathing system filters due to a risk of misleading carbon monoxide readings. The recall includes lot numbers SafeStar 90 plus, SafeStar 55 plus, ...

Meditech has partnered with AvoMD to embed the company’s AI scribe technology into its Expanse EHR. Avo’s ambient listening tool will now be available natively to hospitals using Meditech, offering AI ...

Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health and its owner, Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, have settled a lawsuit filed by several North Carolina counties and municipalities alleging anticompetitive ...

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, ...

One of the biggest challenges for hospitals across the U.S. is adding capacity to serve more patients with a higher degree of quality outcomes. Sacramento-based Sutter Health is cracking the code to ...

Scott Avery has been named CEO of Canyon Vista Medical Center in Sierra Vista, Ariz., effective Aug. 18. Mr. Avery has served as interim CEO since June and brings more than 27 years of healthcare ...

Enough working mothers have exited the U.S. workforce in 2025 to reverse gains made after the pandemic, The Washington Post reported Aug. 11. The share of women in the labor force who are age 25 to 44 ...

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 ...

Kevin Zachary has been appointed CEO of Jerseyville, Ill.-based JCH HealthCare, which operates the 67-bed Jersey Community Hospital. Mr. Zachary joined the organization in June, bringing more than 20 ...

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 ...