Healthcare remained the most expensive industry for data breaches in 2025 for the 14th consecutive year, according to the American Hospital Association’s 2026 Environmental Scan. The average cost of a healthcare breach in the U.S. was $9.8 million in 2025,…
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Real-world data comparing two negative-pressure wound therapy devices suggests lower pressure may drive better outcomes. Around seven million orthopedic surgeries take place in the U.S. every year1, many of them total joint arthroplasty procedures.2 While most progress smoothly, surgical site…
Here are 36 health systems that have made revenue cycle vice president hires in 2025: 1. St. Louis-based Ascension named Marjorie Clark AVP of back-end revenue cycle. 2. Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health named Tiffany Anderson vice president of revenue cycle. …
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…
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…