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More institutions, governments drop desflurane: 10 things to know 

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The use of desflurane, a common anesthetic, has been on the decline in recent years as healthcare institutions have begun to sunset it in response to environmental concerns, Inside Climate News reported Jan. 5.  Here are 10 things to know about desflurane’s present use and how healthcare organizations are phasing it out: 1. There have […]

7 recent hospital, health system CFO moves in 2026

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The quality playbook: How systems are preparing for outpatient procedure expansion

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NYU Langone adopts crypto donation platform

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Technology

Medical Bills Can Be Vexing and Perplexing. Here’s This Year’s Best Advice for Patients.

Mary Adams

A Texas boy’s second dose of the MMRV vaccine cost over $1,400. A Pennsylvania woman’s long-acting birth control cost more than $14,000. Treatment for a Florida Medicaid enrollee’s heart attack cost nearly $78,000 — about as much as surgery for an uninsured Montana woman’s broken arm. In 2025, these patients were among the hundreds who […]

Science

Tracking Applications for Rural Health Transformation Funds

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Since the Nov. 5 deadline passed for states to apply for their shares of the new $50 billion federal Rural Health Transformation Program funding, officials at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have declined to publicly release the applications. Federal officials are using those submissions, most of them more than 100 pages long, to decide how to divide the […]

It’s the ‘Gold Standard’ in Autism Care. Why Are States Reining It In?

Ben Parker

To Knock Down Health-System Hurdles Between You and HIV Prevention, Try These 6 Things

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Health

UCHealth hospital uses AI in BPH treatment

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UCHealth Longs Peak Hospital in Longmont, Colo., is using a robot-assisted procedure that incorporates AI to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH, a common condition among older men. The procedure, known as aquablation, uses a concentrated, heat-free stream of water to remove prostate tissue while preserving areas important for sexual function, according to a Jan. […]

Vanderbilt hospital taps chief nursing officer

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Pennsylvania hospital to end labor and delivery services

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