Health systems are not carving out separate AI budgets. Instead, CIOs told Becker’s AI is being absorbed into existing IT and operational spending and evaluated alongside other enterprise technology investments. At Columbus-based Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, that integration…
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Plano, Texas-based Community Hospital Corp. has promoted Aubrey Harry, MSN, RN, to CEO and chief nursing officer at Longview (Texas) ContinueCARE Hospital. The 32-bed long-term acute care hospital is part of Christus Good Shepherd Medical Center, according to a March…
Sutter Health, a 27-hospital system headquartered in Sacramento, Calif., is accelerating efforts to expand beyond its home state, pursuing acquisitions, partnerships and investments aimed at building a broader national footprint. The strategy comes into focus with Sutter’s proposed acquisition of…
The Federal Trade Commission is forming a healthcare task force aimed at strengthening enforcement and oversight across the industry. The task force will take a more unified approach to investigating anticompetitive behavior, protecting consumers and identifying emerging risks in healthcare…
Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare has promoted Matthew Hanley to senior vice president of strategic reimbursement and managed care, according to a post on his LinkedIn page. Mr. Hanley has been with the health system for more than 15 years. He…
John Manning, PhD, COO and corporate chief of staff for Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Health, has shared plans to retire, effective Dec. 31, after more than a quarter century with the system. The news comes after Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, president…
Stephen Chandler has been appointed president of Winchester (Mass.) Hospital. Mr. Chandler most recently served as CEO of HCA Healthcare Summerville (S.C.) Hospital, according to a March 18 news release from the hospital. Before that, he was COO of HCA’s…
Two health systems seek to combine into a 39-hospital system, and one of the largest health systems in the U.S. is exploring the sale of its health plan. Here are two hospital M&A moves that Becker’s reported during the week…
“Uncertainty” is a healthcare buzzword that has fallen from the lips of many hospital and health system CFOs in recent years — not as a complaint, but as a caution of a condition that must be managed. “The uncertainty makes…
Some nursing homes are adding inappropriate diagnoses of schizophrenia to patient charts to mask their misuse of antipsychotic drugs and inflate their CMS ratings, an Office of Inspector General report found. The report, published March 19, is based on a…