The White House has released its 2026 National Drug Control Strategy, outlining a federal plan focused on overdose prevention, addiction treatment, recovery support and drug surveillance. The strategy also expands enforcement efforts targeting fentanyl trafficking and transnational criminal organizations. The…
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Lynchburg, Va.-based Centra and Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health affiliates Lifepoint Behavioral Health and Lifepoint Rehabilitation are preparing to open the Centra Behavioral Health Hospital at the Centra Simons Run Medical Campus in Lynchburg. The 60,000-square-foot, 72-bed facility is designed to…
Ayesha Delany-Brumsey, PhD, senior adviser and director of community-based services in the Office of Behavioral Health at New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals, has been appointed commissioner of the Office of Community Safety by Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Dr. Delany-Brumsey…
For many health system leaders, the workday is a series of reactions. Workforce gaps, cybersecurity threats, AI decisions, quality demands and cost pressures arrive faster than teams can process them. Strategic time evaporates and the organization runs on adrenaline. It…
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- Dr. Susan Grant, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
- Dr. Jamie Wiggins, PhD, MBA, FACHE, FAAN
- Dr. Bryan Sisk, DNP, MPH, RN, NE-BC, CENP
- Dr. Luis Taveras, PhD
Hospital operating margins closed out 2025 at an adjusted year-to-date rate of 1.3%, according to Kaufman Hall. At that threshold, a single operational inefficiency can quickly become a financial crisis. This on-demand session offers a data-driven look at where health…
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- Kristin Russel
- Todd Jones
AI-powered nursing workflows are helping nurses spend less time completing documentation, but time saved is only the beginning of the ROI story. In this KLAS-moderated webinar, nursing and health system leaders from Reid Health and Corewell Health will share what…
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- Jill Sheipline, MSHI, BSN, RN, Vice President, Chief Nursing Informatics Officer, Corewell Health
- Misti Foust-Cofield MHA, BSN, RN, Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer, Reid Health
- Mac Boyter, Research Director, KLAS
Picture the OR board on a typical Monday — blocks held but underused, cases running late, add-ons pushing the schedule past prime time. Many hospitals recognize the pattern. Few have made durable changes to break it. The physician executives in…
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- Matthew K. Tsuei, MD, FACS
- Charles Harr, MD, MBA
- Ihab Dorotta, MD
GLP-1 utilization is climbing and so are the costs. For payers and employers, the instinct is to restrict access, layer on prior authorizations and focus narrowly on pharmacy spend. The problem with that approach is it often backfires. Members discontinue…
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- Jennifer Jones, MSM, RD, CSOWM
A new class of synthetic opioids known as orphines is emerging in the U.S., raising concerns for public health officials and clinicians, The New York Times reported May 5. Orphines began appearing in the U.S. drug supply in the fall,…
Healthcare organizations are investing heavily in AI and digital innovation — yet many are discovering that legacy systems, redundant applications and fragmented infrastructure are slowing progress. Before scaling AI or advanced analytics, many healthcare IT, digital and compliance leaders are…
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- Stephen Perri
- Miles Tanner
