Top Stories of the Week

Top Stories of the Week

Here are the developments that marked the last week in healthcare, handpicked by Becker's editors. To receive curated articles like this in your inbox daily, sign up for the Hospital Review newsletter here .

  • The healthcare industry is still recovering from an IT issue that disrupted service on a massive scale. Here are 10 things to know , including why the recovery process could boost preparation for any future outages. Meanwhile, the House is requesting to speak with the CEO of CrowdStrike , a cybersecurity firm, regarding its role in the disruption.
  • U.S. News & World Report released its annual medical school rankings and ratings July 23 after postponing them for the second year in a row. Baylor College of Medicine topped the list for research, East Carolina University is No. 1 for primary care and Morehouse School of Medicine took the top spot for diversity .
  • Steward Health Care is canceling the auction and sale hearings for three of its 31 hospitals after receiving no qualified bids.?
  • RCM strategy session: Experts weigh in on promising new tech and payer trends. Join them — here.
  • Former employees with UnitedHealth Group's Optum and its subsidiaries took to social media regarding another reduction in force they say occurred across parts of the company.
  • Whether a GLP-1 medication is approved for diabetes or chronic weight management, declaring one therapy as "best" for weight loss is tricky . Trials are not uniform. Add in weak medication adherence and varying results for body mass Index classes and the equation becomes more muddled.?
  • Norman Regional Health System in Oklahoma is closing its flagship Norman Regional Hospital and emergency department and relocating services to another location.
  • How this 270-bed hospital expedited discharges and optimized throughput: here.
  • The average wait time for the third next available appointment across 11 medical specialties in 23 U.S. metropolitan areas is 38 days, starkly contrasting with the traditional 14-day benchmark. The metrics provide a realistic snapshot of what patients experience when seeking medical appointments.?
  • Self-scheduling has emerged as an increasingly popular option to provide nurses with greater flexibility — though the concept is not entirely new.
  • Retail healthcare is big — even for imaging. Learn how Prisma Health successfully expanded outpatient imaging here .


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David Babins MD MBA

Senior Consultant | Physician, ABOS, MBA

3 个月

the cost of health care education should be addressed. Thenumber of applicant I meet who have never held as job, is unbelievable, indicating to me the value of work is grossly under estimated

Thank you, Becker's Healthcare and Molly Gamble, for the insightful piece on patient wait times!

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