A Hawaii health system and payer plan to affiliate under a new nonprofit parent, and a New Jersey system signed a definitive agreement to acquire its 15th hospital. Here are two hospital M&A moves that Becker’s reported during the week…
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Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine has developed a generative AI tool designed to help clinicians quickly identify and synthesize key information from patients’ electronic health records ahead of visits. The tool, called Chart Hero, is embedded within the EHR and allows clinicians…
After finding flaws with a federal patient safety metric, researchers at Los Angeles-based UCLA Health are calling for revisions. In a study published Oct. 12 in the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery, UCLA Health researchers outlined their concerns with “PSI 04:…
Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Health has appointed Wendy Fielding CFO, effective Jan. 10. Ms. Fielding currently serves as CFO of Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics, as well as senior vice president of finance for the health system. She…
Police fatally shot a patient wielding a makeshift knife at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital on Jan. 8, The New York Times reported. The patient, a man in his early 60s, was admitted to the hospital Jan. 7. About 5:30 p.m.…
Donna Roach, CIO of Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Health, has added the title of system chief digital information officer. She announced the change on LinkedIn. In her expanded role, she will provide executive leadership and oversight of the…
Healthcare employment continued to grow in December, with the industry adding 21,100 jobs, according to the latest report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. BLS released the December jobs report Jan. 9. Here are three more takeaways: 1. December’s…
States are beginning to sketch out plans to deploy billions of dollars in new federal funding aimed at stabilizing and transforming rural healthcare, but early signals point to wide variation in approach and persistent uncertainty for rural hospitals waiting to…
In this episode, Thomas Carey, PharmD, Senior Director, Pharmacy Services, UW Northern Illinois, shares how the organization elevated its Med to Bed discharge program using multidisciplinary coordination, driving a nearly 30% reduction in 30-day readmissions. He also discusses agility in…
In this episode,Caswell Samms III, Executive Vice President and CFO of Nemours Children’s Health, discusses financial priorities for 2026, including purposeful growth, Medicaid reimbursement pressures, and strategic investments in maternal care and virtual health. He also shares how CFOs must…