Only 35% of OhioHealth patients with diabetes were completing recommended eye tests. To close that gap, the health system integrated FDA-cleared autonomous AI testing directly into primary care visits and Epic workflows, allowing patients to receive results before leaving the…
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As hospitals are filled with patients beyond capacity, boarding times in the ED rise. A recent study of 46 million ED visits found that more than one in four admitted patients now wait beyond the four-hour safety standard for an…
Chronic disease can develop for years before diagnosis, yet many risk calculators rely on decades-old patient cohorts and a single snapshot of a patient’s health. Researchers at Meir Medical Center, part of Clalit Health Services, retrained cardiovascular and Type 2…
Holyoke (Mass.) Medical Center named Krishna Kafle, MD, chief of hospital medicine, WWLP reported Oct. 14. In his new role, Dr. Kafle will foster a collaborative and inclusive environment for physicians and care teams to work and learn together. Most…
CJR-X arrives January 1, 2028, moving the financial risk for hip, knee and ankle replacement episodes onto hospitals. Many of the decisions that shape those costs, though, happen well beyond the hospital’s walls. To help operations leaders get ahead of…
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Among physician assistants, 44% reported feeling burned out for more than two years, up from 37% in 2024, a Medscape report found. But only 24% of PAs said their employers can spot burnout. “Between Burnout & Belief: Medscape PA Burnout…
AI spending in healthcare nearly tripled between 2024 and 2025, reaching $1.4 billion, and roughly three in four US health systems now use at least one AI application. But for most organizations, this first wave automated isolated tasks without moving…
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Health system executives are under pressure to move fast on AI. They are implementing tools for ambient documentation, agentic AI, clinical decision support, revenue cycle automation and more. Seema Verma, executive vice president and general manager of Oracle Health and…
Every day, in healthcare practices across the country, calls go unanswered, appointments get missed, and revenue quietly ages into bad debt. One 100-location dental service organization recovered more than $19 million after a full analysis of its patient interactions surfaced…
Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health and Gastonia, N.C.-based CaroMont Health are forming a partnership to develop two hospitals in Mecklenburg County. The systems plan to submit certificate of need applications by Oct. 15 for a 120-bed hospital in the University City…
