Academic Medical Centers

As healthcare AI moves beyond the pilot phase, health systems need to build the infrastructure to enable the technology for the long term, according to a recent panel discussion at New York City-based Columbia Business School. “There’s a lot of…

Richmond-based VCU Health named John Delzell Jr., MD, its designated institutional officer and senior associate dean for Graduate Medical Education for the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. Dr. Delzell, a family medicine physician, will oversee all of VCU Health’s…

As financial pressures like reimbursement shifts and rising costs remain constant in healthcare, Columbia-based University of Missouri Health Care CEO Ric Ransom said they do not alter the system’s core mission and its commitment to the people it serves.  “Financial…

Jeff Flaks doesn’t lead with the hard stuff. He knows it’s there — the reimbursement pressure, the public policy uncertainty, the compounding financial strain bearing down on health systems across the country. The CEO of Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare, system spanning…

Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health, the largest nonprofit health system in Texas, has been undergoing a consumer-focused transformation aimed at expanding access. After hearing concerns from consumers who had and had not used the system about access gaps, it…

Healthcare leaders are moving quickly on AI — but many believe the biggest risk isn’t that the technology falls short. It’s that organizations overestimate what AI can do on its own and underestimate what it takes to make it work…

As federal policymakers address issues including drug pricing, insurance subsidies and Medicaid eligibility, health system executives say any meaningful national plan — from either party — must address reimbursement stability, administrative burden and workforce sustainability. President Donald Trump released a…

The National Institutes of Health awarded $19.297 billion to 145 medical schools in fiscal 2025, according to data published by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research.  The fiscal 2025 funding was only slightly higher than fiscal 2024, which saw…

Healthcare’s workforce crisis is no longer a temporary disruption. It is becoming a defining structural test for the industry’s next era. Margins remain thin and technology is advancing faster than organizational readiness. Burnout persists even as hiring stabilizes in some…

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai are raising concerns about the safety of ChatGPT Health, a consumer AI tool designed to provide medical guidance, including advice on when to seek emergency care. In a study published…