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What the updated dyslipidemia cholesterol guideline means for your patients at cardiovascular risk

Cardiovascular risk assessment is evolving, with the 2026 ACC/AHA Dyslipidemia Guideline now recommending that every adult have lipoprotein(a) — Lp(a), an inherited cardiovascular risk factor — measured at least once in a lifetime. The 2026 American College of Cardiology/American Heart…

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What healthcare operations look like when AI moves work forward

Picture a healthcare environment where enterprise applications don’t just track tasks — they act on them. Where compliance steps move forward without manual prompting, exceptions surface before they become problems, and clinical and operational teams spend less time on process…

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Elina Petrillo
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Frances Chao

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California to award $111M for behavioral health supportive housing

California is set to award $111 million through its Homekey+ program to find six supportive housing developments that aim to create 307 permanent supportive homes for veterans and other residents experiencing or at risk of homelessness and living with behavioral…

NAMI partners on health crisis preparation hub

The National Alliance on Mental Illness and Health Management Associates launched the national collaborative for crisis systems innovation to support behavioral health crisis care systems nationwide. The initiative builds on four years of work since the 988 Suicide & Crisis…

Same surgical footprint, more output: How one health system rewrote its OR operating model

Imagine running a surgical enterprise where every OR across every site can be filled with the right case, on the right day, by the right surgeon — without building anything new. Schedulers stop chasing block changes by phone. Surgeons trust…

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Lis Digneo, MHA, RN

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How Health Plans Can Reduce Avoidable Utilization in Serious Illness Care

Members with serious illness often experience fragmented care, avoidable hospitalizations and repeated emergency department visits before receiving meaningful support. For health plans, the result is rising utilization, higher costs and growing pressure to improve quality performance across Medicare, Medicaid and…

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988 calls are rising — what’s behind the surge?

As of May 2024, the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline received a monthly average of 654,000 calls, text and chats, compared to 355,000 contacts when the service launched in July 2022. For providers operating within the system, the growing demand…

Providence hospital to lay off 40 workers amid behavioral health staffing overhaul

Renton, Wash.-based Providence is updating the behavioral healthcare model at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Wash., a move that will affect about 40 positions, the health system said May 11. The changes will take effect July 14, according…

MultiCare pilot targets opioid overdoses with 5-day treatment

Spokane, Wash.-based MultiCare Deaconess Hospital has administered a long-acting buprenorphine 19 times since launching a pilot program in February 2025 aimed at treating patients experiencing opioid overdose or withdrawal. The injectable medication provides up to five days of symptom relief…

Michigan sends 152 youths out of state for mental healthcare: Report

Michigan spent more than $13 million on out-of-state placements for youth mental health treatment in fiscal 2025, compared to $9.7 million the previous year, according to a Michigan Department of Health and Human Services report. As of September, 152 youths…