Paige Twenter

Chicago

Assistant Editor and Reporter at Becker's Hospital Review

Assistant editor + reporter at @BeckersHR / she her hers / houseplant enthusiast

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UH names physician-in-chief

2 weeks ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Paige Twenter

A physician leader at Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare is joining Cleveland-based University Hospitals as physician-in-chief and chair of the medicine department, according to a June 9 news release. Igho Ofotokun, MD, currently serves as co-director of the Emory Center for AIDS Research Clinical Core and associate director for research development at Emory School of Medicine. He is also a staff physician at Atlanta-based Grady Health System and a professor at Emory University.
Owens & Minor scraps plan to acquire home medical supply company

2 weeks ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Paige Twenter

Owens & Minor, a healthcare supply company, said June 5 it mutually agreed to end its planned acquisition of Rotech Healthcare, a home medical equipment company. The $1.36 billion cash transaction was called off due to what the company described as an “unviable” regulatory environment.
Kentucky nonprofit pressed hospitals on early organ removal: Report

2 weeks ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Paige Twenter

An HHS-led investigation found a Kentucky organ procurement organization ignored growing consciousness in dozens of potential transplant donors, The New York Times reported June 6. The case centered on donation after circulatory death, a practice involving patients with some brain function who are on life support and are not expected to recover.
Jefferson, UH wield standardization to manage capacity

3 weeks ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Paige Twenter

As hospital capacity remains elevated after the COVID-19 pandemic, health systems are seeking to standardize clinical care across their footprints to reduce variation and facilitate smoother patient flow. These standardization efforts are gaining momentum in care pathways, safety huddles, admission and discharge planning and employee workflows.
How an Atrium hospital slashed ED boarding

3 weeks ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Paige Twenter

Eighteen months ago, an Atrium hospital in High Point, N.C., had thousands of hours in emergency department boarding. By implementing multiple strategies, the hospital has significantly reduced this burden, according to Paula Correa, DNP, RN. Dr. Correa, chief nursing officer of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist—High Point Medical Center, told Becker’s that, between late 2023 and early 2024, the hospital had the highest ED boarding stats compared to five Atrium Health hospitals in its market.
Teen Wegovy prescriptions surge 50% in 1 year: Report

3 weeks ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Paige Twenter

New prescriptions for Wegovy among teenagers increased by 50% between 2023 and 2024, according to a June 3 report from healthcare data company Truveta. To analyze GLP-1 utilization trends among adolescents, Truveta examined data from 1.2 million children aged 12 to 17 who had a recorded body mass index the same day as an outpatient visit between Jan. 1, 2021, and March 31, 2025.
GAO urges NIH to up oversight on 'delinquent' reports, unused funds - Becker's Hospital Review

3 weeks ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Paige Twenter

In 2023, the National Institutes of Health failed to track unused funds and delayed reports for nearly 1,000 of the 65,000 research projects it monitors, according to a U.S. Government Accountability Office report. NIH had oversight of about $35 billion in external biomedical research in fiscal 2023, $46.4 billion in 2024 and about $46 billion in 2025. In 2026, the organization could undergo an $18 billion funding cut if President Donald Trump’s proposed budget is approved.
NCLEX pass rates decline across the board in early 2025

3 weeks ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Paige Twenter

The National Council Licensure Examination pass rate for registered nurses dropped to 71.6% in the first quarter of 2025, down from 79.1% in the same period in 2024. The decline affected U.S.-educated and internationally educated nurses, as well as both first-time and repeat test takers, according to a June report from the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.
MUSC Health launches virtual-first primary, behavioral care

3 weeks ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Paige Twenter

On June 3, Charleston, S.C.-based MUSC Health launched virtual-first primary and behavioral health services through Ovatient, a company it co-founded in 2022 with Cleveland-based MetroHealth. On-demand urgent care is also available through the platform. Ovatient expects more than 50,000 MUSC Health patients to use the services within the first year, according to a news release. The services are integrated with MUSC Health’s Epic EHR and available through its MyChart patient portal.
Hospitals push back on low Leapfrog grades

3 weeks ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Paige Twenter

Hospitals given “D” and “F” grades from The Leapfrog Group are rebuking the patient safety scores, arguing that Leapfrog’s grading was unfair. Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill, S.C., Huntsville (Ala.) Hospital and Madison (Ala.) Hospital said the scores are not accurate representations of their safety and quality performance. The hospitals did not report data to Leapfrog’s biannual safety grade survey — a factor they say contributed to the misleading scores.

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