Hospitals are expected to focus more on providing care for high-acuity patients as healthcare is increasingly being delivered at home, according to Monique Reese, DNP, RN, senior vice president of home and community care at Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health.

Large tech disruptors such as Amazon and smaller digital health companies have laid off workers as the industry experiences post-COVID-19 churn.

Monique Reese, DNP, RN, senior vice president of home and community care at Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health, said the system has seen the average number of monthly admissions into its hospital-at-home programs increase "more than eightfold between 2020 and 2023."

Oracle Health will soon be right in the middle of healthcare's American "mecca" when its parent company opens a new $1.35 billion facility in Nashville, Tenn., the Nashville Business Journal reported.

Patient data from Chicago-based Lurie Children's Surgical Foundation was leaked due to a breach on its third-party electronic billing provider, NextGen Healthcare. 

Prospect Medical Holdings, a private equity-backed hospital owner based in Culver City, Calif., has been dealing with a ransomware attack since Aug. 3 that has caused emergency departments to shutter, ambulances to be diverted and outpatient services to close.

As hospital and health system leaders try to separate artificial intelligence hype from potential, CB Insights ranked the most promising generative AI startups.

Cleveland-based University Hospitals tapped Harris Data Integrity Solutions to clean up Concord Township, Ohio-based Lake Health's patient index before transitioning to Epic.

Forty-three percent of healthcare workers say that the biggest challenges in becoming more data-driven are disconnected or incompatible systems, according to an Aug. 8 report from Harvard Business Review Analytic Services.

A new ransomware group called Rhysida has been recently targeting healthcare by breaching networks and demanding a ransom, according to an Aug. 4 alert from HHS's Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center.