Today's Top 20 Healthcare News Articles
  1. 16 large health systems growing bigger

    Merger and acquisition activity is rebounding after a drop in deal volume during the pandemic, with many large health systems growing their hospital portfolios or planning to add more hospitals in the coming quarters.
  2. Texas health system reports data breach

    Dallas-based Parkland Health suffered a data breach, which has affected 6,523 patients, CBS News Texas reported Oct. 28. 
  3. Study finds hallucinations in hospital-used AI tool

    About 1% of audio transcriptions written by Open AI's Whisper, a speech recognition tool launched in 2022 and currently used in hospitals, contain hallucinated phrases or sentences when nobody spoke, according to a recent study. 
  1. US health departments falling short on bird flu surveillance

    The CDC has confirmed 34 human bird flu cases in 2024, but the total number remains elusive as health departments struggle to track the outbreak, KFF Health News reported Oct. 25. 
  2. Judge issues injunction against Trinity hospital

    A federal court has ordered Trinity Health Grand Haven (Mich.) Hospital, part of Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health, to recognize SEIU Healthcare Michigan as the bargaining agent of about 200 employees and to, upon request, resume negotiations, according to court records accessed by Becker's.
  3. Healthcare billing fraud: 10 recent cases

    Here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases that Becker's has reported since Oct. 10:
  4. California officials vote to deny HCA hospital expansion

    The San Jose (Calif.) Planning Commission has recommended rejecting Good Samaritan Hospital's proposed expansion, largely due to concerns about its for-profit owner, HCA Healthcare, according to the San Jose Spotlight. 

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  1. Emory Healthcare to launch new IT division

    Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare is unifying its IT functions with Emory University.
  2. Dallas pharmacy owner sentenced to 10 years for $41 million healthcare fraud scheme

    Dallas pharmacy owner Ivor Jallah, 37, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for a large-scale healthcare fraud scheme in which he billed insurers for medications never provided to patients. 
  3. Oracle Health to join interoperability network

    Oracle Health said it intends to obtain the Qualified Health Information Network designation under the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement, known as TEFCA.
  4. Baptist Health names executive director of revenue cycle compliance

    Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health named Johnny Tureaud as executive director of revenue cycle compliance, according to an Oct. 28 LinkedIn post.

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  1. Bariatric surgeries plunge in GLP-1 era: New study

    Between 2022 and 2023, prescriptions for GLP-1 drugs soared 132.6% while bariatric surgery rates fell 25.6%, according to a new study from researchers at Boston-based Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital. 
  2. Fairview's RCM team goes beyond avoiding penalties

    In a complex and rapidly evolving healthcare environment, payer dynamics and regulatory demands are top concerns for healthcare leaders. Health systems are frustrated with payers’ selective interpretations of medical necessity, which often complicate the process of delivering timely, essential care to patients.
  3. Which health systems are partnering with Amazon, Google, Microsoft

    Health systems continue to partner with Big Tech on artificial intelligence and clinical documentation initiatives.
  4. Nurse manager retention: 5 things to know

    Nurse manager turnover rates are highest within the first four years of leadership, suggesting a crucial opportunity for health systems to boost retention by investing and supporting nurses who are new to managerial roles, according to a new report from the American Organization for Nursing Leadership and Laudio.
  5. Health systems' top picks for clinical documentation

    Nuance and Abridge are emerging as top choices among healthcare providers for AI-driven clinical documentation tools, an Oct. 25 report from KLAS found. 
  6. The rise of hospitalists, explained

    Long gone are the days when primary care physicians stopped by a hospital on the way home from a hectic day to check on a patient. 
  7. 14 Epic updates in 30 days

    From deepening its partnership with Microsoft to more details regarding its antitrust lawsuit, here are 14 updates on Epic's operations, software products and partnerships reported by Becker's Hospital Review in October:
  8. HCA Healthcare names new cancer network leader

    Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has promoted Amy Ware to regional vice president of oncology for the system's Sarah Cannon Cancer Network in the TriStar Health Division.
  9. Older adults don't trust AI-generated health information: 4 notes

    Seventy-four percent of older adults say they have little to no trust in health information generated by AI, according to a University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging.

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