Today's Top 20 Healthcare News Articles
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To build or to buy healthcare AI tools?
As healthcare organizations look to implement more AI tools, the question of whether to build or buy continues to be an ongoing conversation. -
Northwell taps supply chain risk management partner
Northwell Health is looking to simplify its supply vendor rankings by partnering with Exiger, a supply chain and third-party risk AI company. -
5 CFO exits in 2024
Multiple hospital and health system CFOs have left or announced plans to leave their roles since the beginning of 2024.
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How UnitedHealth's CEO personally supported a physician following cyberattack
As providers nationwide continue to face financial disruptions stemming from the Change Healthcare cyberattack in February, a Florida physician has shared how UnitedHealth Group's CEO, Andrew Witty, personally stepped in to address cash flow challenges. -
World's 1st gene-edited pig kidney transplanted into Mass General patient
Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital successfully completed the world's first transplant of a genetically-edited pig kidney, the Boston-based system said March 21. -
Neuralink reveals 1st patient with brain chip implant
On March 20, Elon Musk's Neuralink introduced 29-year-old Noland Arbaugh as the first patient to have received its brain-computer implant. -
Attending physicians less likely to respond to minorities' messages: Study
Racial and ethnic minorities experienced lower response rates from attending physicians for patient portal messages, but higher response rates from registered nurses, indicating potential disparities in triage prioritization, a March 18 study published in JAMA Network Open found.
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What's on hospital CEOs' bookshelves
Hospital and health system CEOs are working to tackle the challenges within their respective organizations and within the industry today, while also looking to prepare for the future. For some, this means reading up to prepare for the next three to 10 years. -
9 Epic hospitals affected by data center outage
A San Jose, Calif.-based Equinix data center used by Epic experienced a "power issue" that led to a brief outage March 20. -
Experts cast doubt on link between intermittent fasting, heart disease
A recent study suggested that intermittent fasting could be linked to a 91% increased risk of cardiovascular disease, but experts are skeptical of the results. -
CEO political beliefs could spur workers to quit: Survey
Organizations could see more workers exit based on the CEO's political beliefs, according to a survey released March 12 from job search platform Indeed, conducted in partnership with the Harris Poll.
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The career backgrounds of 4 for-profit CEOs
The CEOs at the helm of the nation's largest for-profit hospital operators bring a variety of backgrounds to their roles, and this includes other positions within their companies. -
Patients turn to weight loss meds to prevent pregnancy complications
Physicians are seeing more women turn to weight loss medications before they become pregnant in hopes of lowering their risks of having a miscarriage and other complications, such as preeclampsia and preterm birth. -
How many Americans have $0 in retirement savings?
More than a quarter of Americans have not contributed a penny to their retirement savings, according to a recent survey from GoBankingRates. -
Steward Louisiana hospital closes inpatient rehab unit
West Monroe, La.-based Glenwood Regional Medical Center, part of financially troubled Dallas-based Steward Health Care, closed its inpatient rehabilitation unit March 20. -
Change Healthcare restores Amazon cloud services after cyberattack
Change Healthcare said it has reinstated Amazon cloud services for two of its platforms a month into a cyberattack against the company. -
4 Conifer RCM partnerships in 2024
Conifer Health Solutions has added and expanded several revenue cycle partnerships in 2024, many of which were part of hospital sales involving its parent company, Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare. -
5 C-suite roles talent leaders are watching
Becker's recently connected with HR and talent executives to learn how their health systems are strengthening leadership pipelines. -
HCA's 5-pronged business strategy
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare outlined its business strategy in its 2023 annual shareholders report released March 15. -
Banner reports $282.8M operating income, 2% margin
Phoenix-based Banner Health posted an operating income of $282.8 million (2% margin) in 2023, a substantial mprovement on the $16.6 million operating gain (0.1% margin) reported the previous year.
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