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.
- Hospital layoffs have escalated in the fourth quarter as health systems address balance sheets that have been eroded by operating losses and react to ongoing financial and workforce pressures. In November alone, 10 health systems have reduced their workforces.
- Federal officials detained former Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre to execute a search warrant and seize his phone as part of an ongoing investigation.?
- The long-standing federal cap on Medicare-supported residency slots coupled with economic challenges faced by hospitals could spell trouble for the nation's physician shortage.
- Learn how the health system C-suite is shaping 2025 financial priorities — here.
- While Tufts Medicine has indefinitely paused its hospital-at-home initiative because of the health system's "constrained financial environment," Stanford Health Care is trying to clear a hurdle to provide acute care at home.
- GLP-1s and GLP-2s, or glucagon-like peptides, are both secreted from gut endocrine cells and promote nutrient absorption. As medications, they differ vastly, and only one GLP-2 has been approved by the FDA.?
- A CDC advisory committee revisited the agency's draft infection control guidelines for healthcare facilities, voting in favor of recommendations that remain largely unchanged despite ongoing criticism.?
- The seismic shifts set to redefine the workforce in 2025: Thought leaders explain here.?
- A Texas anesthesiologist was sentenced to 190 years in prison for tampering with IV bags, causing one death and numerous injuries.
- Multiple hospitals and health systems have suffered downgrades to their financial ratings this year.
- Top systems are unlocking their staffs' potential with AI — learn how, here.
