Nurse staffing shortages have been a challenge in healthcare for years, and was only made worse by the pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to staffing issues that are still pervasive in the state, the Ohio Nurses Association has launched an advocacy campaign called “Code Red” in an effort to promote safer staffing ratios.

One health record connects a fragmented health system where disparities are an issue, says Mitchell Thornbrugh, CIO of the Indian Health Service.

Healthcare enablement software company Florence, which focuses largely on workflow automation, has acquired Zipnosis, an asynchronous-first virtual care solution, in what it said was an all-cash deal, although the financial terms were not disclosed. Florence acquired Zipnosis from insurtech Bright Heath, which has been struggling financially and has been selling off various business lines in […]

When tech delivers clinical evidence at scale, it reduces the variability of care, according to Stacey Caywood, CEO of Wolters Kluwer Health.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued a proposed rule to drive down prescription drug costs in Medicaid by increasing price transparency.  The rule would allow CMS to have more insight into what the most expensive drugs on the market actually cost to manufacture and distribute.  

Hospitals and health systems were optimistic about their financial performance to start the year, figuring that revenue and profit margins would rebound after a tough few years.

A nurse staffing bill in Minnesota, which exempted the Mayo Clinic, failed to get legislative approval on Monday.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts has added Tufts Medicine to its pay-for-equity financial payment model.  Blue Cross said it is the first health plan in Massachusetts — and among the first in the nation — to introduce contracts linking financial incentives to achieving measurable improvements in health equity.

There’s an increasing buzz among patients for GLP-1 weight loss drugs, such as Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy, but if patient demand continues to grow and Medicare expanded its coverage in response, it could cost the federal program between $13.6 and $26.8 billion annually.