Health system marketers are increasingly asked to defend their budgets in the same terms as any other department: with a number attached to a specific outcome. Dona Landers, director of digital marketing at Cincinnati-based Christ Hospital Health Network, offers two…
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A cyberattack on the Alabama Board of Nursing’s online licensing system has taken it offline, affecting more than 80,000 nurses, WBRC reported Sept. 16. “Our number one priority is to protect the data of our licensees,” Honor Ingels, chief policy…
St. Louis-based Ascension on Sept. 16 released consolidated statistical data alongside its fiscal 2026 financial results, comparing the twelve months ended June 30, 2026, with the same period a year earlier. The 91-hospital system closed fiscal 2026 with 79,626 fewer…
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When Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham first began experimenting with AI in its marketing department, the work looked like many other health systems’ early pilots: market research, analytics and creative testing. Mark Bohen, chief marketing and communications officer of Mass…
Madison, Wis.-based UW Health is reviewing more than 100 AI features arriving through an upgrade to one of its core technology platforms, illustrating the growing governance demands health systems face as AI capabilities become embedded in enterprise software. Frank Liao,…
Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health is now majority owner of Idaho Falls Community Hospital and Mountain View Hospital, both in Idaho Falls, Idaho, after acquiring Surgery Partners’ ownership stake in the facilities. “This investment reflects our long-term commitment to supporting…
Health systems and hospitals with successful skilled nursing facility bed leasing programs have many of the same best practices: value alignment, transparency around patient selection, recurring check-ins and more. Most hospitals and health systems left the SNF business long ago,…
Cambridge, Mass.-based Beth Israel Lahey Health has signed a multiyear partnership with the Boston Bruins that names the health system the team’s official healthcare partner. The partnership will include health and wellness initiatives, community events and youth hockey programming involving…
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appointed eight new members to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, bringing the influential preventive care panel to 16 members. Mr. Kennedy made the appointments Sept. 17 through the Agency for Healthcare Research and…