Thomas Gullatt, MD, will retire in January 2027 from his role as president of FMOL Health | St. Francis in Monroe, La. The hospital anchors the North Louisiana market within Baton Rouge, La.-based FMOL Health. Dr. Gullatt began his career…
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AI scribes most help physicians who document more to begin with, according to research in the American Journal of Managed Care. Here are five takeaways from the Jan. 8 study by researchers affiliated with University of California San Francisco and…
Several states are rejecting the CDC’s changes to the U.S. childhood immunization schedule, reaffirming their commitment to long-standing vaccine guidance amid growing confusion among patients, providers and public health leaders. The federal update on Jan. 5 removed routine, age-based recommendations…
Bangor, Maine-based St. Joseph Healthcare and the Community Care Partnership of Maine, an ACO, have received over $491,000 to expand virtual specialty care consults across the state. The funding from Northern Border Regional Commission, a federal-state economic development partnership, will…
Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare has begun testing a new platform aimed at helping clinicians recognize changes in patient health more quickly by displaying trend data directly within electronic health records. The platform, called CliniPane, is a clinical intelligence tool developed…
ChatGPT Health, the new platform from OpenAI, was developed with the help of 260 physicians from across the world. Many of those same physicians participated in HealthBench, OpenAI’s tool that evaluates how well its large language models perform on real-world…
The annual number of deaths in the U.S. is projected to exceed the annual number of births beginning in 2030, according to a January report from the Congressional Budget Office. The projections are based on existing laws and policies as…
Keon Blackledge has been appointed COO of Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital in Birmingham, Ala. In the role, Mr. Blackledge will work with hospital leadership to enhance operational efficiency, he wrote in a Dec. 16 LinkedIn post. He most recently served…
In 2026, health systems are taking a more disciplined approach to technology investments that have shown promise but failed to deliver the operational or financial return initially expected. The increased scrutiny is not due to failed initiatives, CIOs told Becker’s.…
Flu activity remained elevated nationwide during the week ending Jan. 3, with pediatric deaths and overall hospitalizations continuing to climb, according to recent data from the CDC. While some surveillance indicators showed slight declines, health officials say it is unclear…