San Francisco is the most artificial intelligence-ready city of 2024, according to AI market research firm Avantis.

Dallas-based Steward Health Care filed a Sept. 10 stipulation that Pennsylvania will provide $1.5 million to the for-profit health system's Sharon (Pa.) Regional Medical Center for three months to keep it from closing.

AbbVie has filed a lawsuit against BeiGene, alleging the biotechnology company of stealing trade secrets to develop a competing cancer therapy.

In a phase 1/2 trial, researchers tested ATSN-101, a gene therapy for Leber congenital amaurosis 1, a rare genetic disorder that typically causes blindness in early childhood. 

Here is how much 10 hospitals and health systems are expected to pay or have paid for the cost of purchasing, installing and upgrading a new or current electronic health record system:

St. Louis-based Mercy has acquired Ascension's Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan.

The main drivers of diagnostic errors in 2023 were issues with processing medical tests, referrals and communication, according to the Emergency Care Research Institute. 

Camden, N.J.-based Cooper University Health Care is moving forward with a $3 billion expansion of its main campus, set to break ground this month.

Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health often hires physicians whose former employers were not willing to accommodate a transition to part time.

Modesto, Calif.-based Stanislaus Surgical Hospital will suspend operations indefinitely, effective Sept. 14, and lay off all 160 employees, a spokesperson for the hospital confirmed to Becker's.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic received a $50 million gift to expand access to cancer care and clinical trials.

Detroit-based Henry Ford Health has launched a campaign to raise $750 million by 2028 in philanthropic donations to invest in communities it serves, the largest one in the nonprofit health system's 109-year history.

Cancer continued to be underdiagnosed after the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published Sept. 6 in JAMA Network Open.

Seventy-seven percent of health system finance leaders surveyed said they are using some form of revenue cycle outsourcing, according to a Sept. 9 report from consulting company Guidehouse. 

Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health has entered into negotiations with Epic to switch to the EHR vendor.

A hacker accessed the IT network of a Baptist Health hospital in Arkansas and may have stolen patient data.

CIO pay continues to rise as IT chiefs move higher within their organizations and have to understand emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, CIO reported.

Apple is introducing new health features across its product lineup, including an over-the-counter hearing aid option. 

Fifteen months after undergoing the world's first whole-eye and partial face transplant at NYU Langone Health, a 46-year-old Arkansas resident has achieved recovery with no episodes of tissue rejection. 

Making hard choices is part of what it takes to be a CEO, but Terry Shaw, president and CEO of Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth, urged people in a Sept. 10 LinkedIn post to relieve themselves of the "perfect decision" myth.