Hasan Ahmad, DO, vice president and associate chief medical information officer at Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health, spent years untangling a problem that had nothing to do with AI: interruptive EHR alerts that had piled up for 15 years with…
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In this episode, Matthew Hurford, President and CEO of Community Care Behavioral Health at UPMC, discusses workforce development, the growth of UPMC’s Telemedicine Bridge Clinic to 23,000 encounters, and strategies to expand behavioral health access, treatment engagement and recovery.
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In this episode, Marlon F. Levy, MD, MBA, FACS, Chief Executive Officer of VCU Health System, joins the podcast to discuss managing strong demand while keeping the patient experience at the center of care. He also shares insights on staying…
The Wake County (N.C.) board of commissioners voted 5-2 on Sept. 21 to approve the proposed combination of Raleigh, N.C.-based WakeMed Health & Hospitals and Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health, according to a joint news release shared with Becker’s. The proposed…
Every health system, from a 15-location clinic group to a national system with tens of billions in revenue, shares the same overlooked front door: the phone. Yet, almost none of them treat it as a revenue channel. Abandoned calls, long…
Oct 29, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
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- Malik Bahar, AVP Digital & Customer Loyalty, Virtua Health
- Valerie Daugherty, Director of Patient Access, Collaborative Health Partners
- Jennifer Preciado, Performance Manager, Keck Medicine of USC
- Scott D'Entremont, CEO, Parlance
A payroll problem that affected some employees’ paychecks has been resolved and was caused by a banking issue, Waukegan, Ill.-based Vista Health System said in a Sept. 21 statement shared with Becker’s. “Vista Health System previously addressed an issue affecting…
Chris Allen became executive vice president and CFO of UChicago Medicine Sept. 1, 2025, but it wasn’t his first time walking the system’s halls. In his early career, Mr. Allen served as a budget analyst in the University of Chicago’s…