June 22, 2026- Baxter International Inc. published its newly renamed 2025 Sustainability Report, highlighting the company’s progress and refreshed approach to advancing a sustainable and responsible business model. The report highlights Baxter’s progress across key priorities in 2025, including strengthening collaboration with healthcare partners to improve patient care, … [Read more...]
HHS announces over $700 million to fund behavioral health, other initiatives
June 19, 2026- The Department of Health and Human Services June 17 announced it will provide more than $700 million in funding for initiatives on mental illness, addiction and homelessness. Funding opportunities include $96 million for the Safety Through Recovery, Engagement, and Evidence-based Treatment and Support Program, or STREETS; $223.1 million for comprehensive … [Read more...]
Concordance Healthcare Solutions appoints CFO
June 19, 2026- Concordance Healthcare Solutions, LLC announced that its Board appointed Michael Sands as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He will lead the finance organization and help drive the company's strategic growth initiatives, financial performance and long-term value creation. Sands joins the company with more than 25 years of finance and operational leadership … [Read more...]
Live WISH Webinar: Kelly Coxon of UMPC
June 19, 2026- We’re excited to continue our WISH webinar series with Kelly Coxon on July 14 at 2:00 PM Eastern. Kelly serves as the Senior Director of Procure to Pay (P2P) at UPMC, Pennsylvania’s largest non-governmental employer and a $26B integrated health system. With more than 33 years of P2P leadership experience, she oversees enterprise-wide Procurement Operations, … [Read more...]
The Confidence Behind Every Cycle
June 19, 2026- In sterile processing, certainty is everything – yet absolute proof remains elusive. Hospitals and clinics cannot directly confirm that every instrument is free of harmful microorganisms after sterilization. Instead, they rely on a system of checks to verify the process. At the center are consumable indicators – chemical and biological – providing objective … [Read more...]
Baptist Health Paducah announces $19 Million surgical expansion project
June 18, 2026- Baptist Health Paducah is investing $19 million to expand and renovate its Surgical and Central Sterile departments as it works to meet growing demand for advanced surgical procedures and improve access to care across western Kentucky. The project is expected to be completed in fall 2027. Plans call for the addition of two new da Vinci robotic … [Read more...]
Pfizer announces C-suite executive transition
June 18, 2026- Pfizer Inc. announced that Dave Denton, Chief Financial Officer, will step down from his current role and leave the company on August 15 for a professional opportunity outside of the pharmaceutical industry in consumer goods, which he has accepted. The company has named Cecile Guegan, currently Senior Vice President, Finance, Global Biopharmaceutical Business, as … [Read more...]
FDA warns breast biopsy needle shortage to continue into 2027
June 18, 2026- The Food and Drug Administration announced June 16 that a nationwide shortage of stereotactic breast biopsy needles is expected to last through the end of March 2027. The FDA said the shortage is due to a manufacturing disruption and that clinical management adjustments may be required for patients needing a breast biopsy. Healthcare providers are recommended to … [Read more...]
Marathon Health and Lantern launch integrated primary and specialty care model
June 18, 2026- Marathon Health and Lantern announced a partnership to help employers and labor organizations reduce one of the largest and fastest-growing cost drivers: specialty care spend. The integrated approach connects Marathon's advanced primary care model — with member guidance at its core — to Lantern's specialty care platform for better quality at lower … [Read more...]
CME Corp. on why facilities are turning to compact medical carts at the point of care
June 17, 2026- Healthcare facilities are built to keep care moving. Staff move between departments, between rooms, and increasingly, through workflows centered at the point of care. But while clinical work has become more mobile, more often than not, the spaces where that work happens have not expanded to match, according to CME Corp. Patient rooms already hold equipment, … [Read more...]









