East Lansing, Mich.-based MSU Health Care, Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care and Detroit-based Karmanos Cancer Network, has integrated technology to assess patients’ risk of developing breast cancer. The platform, called Volpara Risk Pathways, identifies patients’ individual cancer risk through…
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Greenbrier Valley Medical Center in Fairlea, W.Va., part of Charleston, W.Va.-based Vandalia Health, plans to reopen labor and delivery services through a new agreement between Vandalia and the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine. The hospital closed its inpatient obstetrics…
Health systems are heading into 2027 navigating reimbursement uncertainty, regulatory flux and persistent cost pressure. For some CEOs, it is prompting greater intentionality: accelerating where investment advances long-term strength and pulling back where growth could outpace the organizational foundation. Access…
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare scales its AI safeguards to each tool’s risk level and sometimes decides a technology isn’t ready for use, Chief AI Officer Mangesh Patil said in a Q&A published by the health system. HCA’s Responsible AI governance…
In this episode, Jon Tanner, Vice President, Experience Management Portfolio, NRC Health, and Dr. William England, Strategic Advisor of Research, NRC Health, discuss how healthcare organizations can move beyond measuring patient experience to actively managing it. They share findings on…
The health system CIO’s portfolio now spans cybersecurity, infrastructure, digital strategy and, increasingly, AI. A number of large health systems have responded by splitting top technology leadership between two executives. At Becker’s 11th Annual IT + Revenue Cycle Conference in…
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago’s certificate of need application for a pediatric hospital and outpatient center in Downers Grove, Ill. was approved Nov. 5 by the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board. Lurie Children’s shared…
Academic health systems now go way beyond the hospital and traditional care sites, and growth strategies are evolving as well. When UCLA acquired a shuttered shopping mall on the west side of Los Angeles, the goal was not commercial redevelopment.…
Fresenius Medical Care confirmed that an unauthorized individual accessed an employee account and copied files containing personal and health information during an August cybersecurity incident. The company said the unauthorized party accessed the employee account Aug. 18 and viewed and…
More than 115 Illinois hospitals and health systems participated in a statewide emergency preparedness exercise Nov. 4 simulating an AI-driven cyberattack designed to disrupt patient care, communications and hospital operations. The live, virtual exercise, titled “Broken Trust: AI Takes Control,”…