Physicians are facing a number of changes and challenges in 2025 — with some good news about burnout rates, some bad news around aging physicians and some surprising shifts in the physician workforce makeup. Here are 10 things to know…
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Google Cloud is strengthening its presence in healthcare through new health system partnerships centered on artificial intelligence and digital pathology. Evanston, Ill.-based Endeavor Health has developed a cloud-based digital pathology model through a partnership with Google Cloud, according to an…
Talihina, Okla.-based Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority has transitioned to an Epic EHR, the Paris (Texas) News reported. As part of the switch, the health system’s patients can now use MyChart, according to the April 8 story. “This digital health…
Syracuse, N.Y.-based Upstate Medical University had to temporarily divert some emergency room patients, cancel appointments and suspend visitations after a network outage. After phone and internet disruptions April 8, the health system canceled the services at Upstate University Hospital, Upstate…
Cleveland Clinic hosted its second annual Cleveland Discovery & Innovation Forum on April 7. Here are five highlights from the event, according to an April 8 news release: 1. Over 20 speakers from academia, government, foundations, industry and venture capital…
Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health has built a “culture” of innovation by involving team members and making care consumer-friendly, its IT chief told Becker’s. Aaron Miri, DHA, executive vice president and chief digital and information officer of Baptist Health, was recently…
The owner of three Ohio-based home healthcare companies was sentenced to 42 months in prison after she was found guilty on all 13 charges against her in a $5.7 million Medicaid fraud scheme. Sally Njume-Tatsing, 47, formerly of Pickerington, Ohio,…
Hospitals in states most vulnerable to Medicaid funding reductions are preparing for what some leaders describe as a financial reckoning. If federal proposals to roll back Medicaid expansion move forward, hospitals could see a $31.9 billion loss in revenue and…
Dayton (Ohio) VA Medical Center is undergoing a $55.6 million IT upgrade to prepare for its new Oracle Health EHR system, Dayton Daily News reported April 9. The facility is one of nine VA medical centers scheduled to implement the…
Moody’s upgraded Doylestown (Pa.) Health’s rating to “A3” from “B2” following Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine’s acquisition of the system. Doylestown and Penn signed a nonbinding letter of intent in January 2024 to merge. Doylestown Health said that it had met certain…