As cyber incidents and system outages become more frequent across healthcare, chief nursing informatics officers say their biggest EHR reliability fears are less about downtime itself and more about what happens to nursing care when digital systems degrade without clear…
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The Trump administration wants to unleash AI in its quest to “Make America Healthy Again.” HHS is asking for public input on how the technology can be more quickly deployed and adopted in clinical care settings. “Artificial intelligence will be…
Nemaha Valley Community Hospital in Seneca, Kan., has named Curt Sudbeck as COO and Courtney Schmelzle as HIPAA privacy officer. Mr. Sudbeck will take on additional administrative duties to support hospital operations and service line development in his new role,…
Although AI is in its infancy in healthcare, spine surgeons have found major advantages with the technology from improving imaging to administrative work. Spine surgeons discuss what they want to do with AI in the next year. Editor’s note: Responses…
The No Surprises Act (NSA) came into effect in 2022 and aims to protect patients from surprise medical bills in certain scenarios, such as emergency care and out-of-network care provided at in-network facilities. However, the Act is facing payer-side legal…
Medical City Weatherford (Texas) added a spine surgery program for the first time in more than a decade, according to a Dec. 12 news release. The hospital’s new program includes posterior lumbar laminectomy and discectomy and anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. “This…
Nova Ortho and Spine, a subsidiary of Cardiff Lexington, performed its first procedures at Doctor’s Memorial Hospital in Perry, Fla., according to a Dec. 11 news release. Doctor’s Memorial Hospital is in Taylor County, Fla., which is an underserved areas…
Ambulatory leaders face a stark reality: cost pressures, staffing shortages and access bottlenecks are rising faster than resources can keep up. Yet expectations for growth and patient experience haven’t softened. According to a Becker’s survey, organizations are turning to seven…
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Ellinwood (Kan.) Hospital and Clinic has named interim leaders as it continues its search for a new CEO. Amid the transition, CFO Summer Zink and Chief Nursing Officer Jill Ritchie, RN, were appointed co-interim CEOs, the hospital said in a…
Here are 33 health systems that have had their credit ratings upgraded by Fitch Ratings or Moody’s Investors Service in 2025: Advocate Health’s member organizations Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health were upgraded to “Aa2” from “Aa3,” and Atrium Health…