A Clark County (Wash.) Superior Court judge has ruled that patients don’t have a legal right to access ambient AI recordings physicians use to draft clinical notes, siding with The Vancouver (Wash.) Clinic in one of the first rulings nationwide…
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Annapolis, Md.-based Luminis Health’s phone system and MyChart patient portal remain unavailable as the health system continues responding to a cybersecurity incident involving an unauthorized criminal actor. In a Sept. 10 update, Luminis Health said its investigation is ongoing and…
Houston-based Nutex Health says the hackers behind its August cyberattack have published the data they allegedly stole on their own website. The publicly traded micro-hospital operator is now downloading, processing and analyzing that data to determine its contents, scope and…
The pressure on health system leaders to move quickly on artificial intelligence has rarely been more acute. Vendor pipelines are full, board-level expectations are rising and new tools arrive weekly. Liz Popwell, system vice president of strategy and international at…
As hospitals redefine the role of supply chain leaders to focus on enterprise strategy, digital transformation and resilience, health systems across the country are hiring for senior-level supply chain positions. The jobs reflect a growing shift in expectations, from traditional…
St. Louis-based Ascension scaled a digital outreach campaign to 179,711 unique patients across 12 states, resulting in 73,253 preventive care appointments scheduled within 14 days of initial outreach. The campaign prompts patients to schedule annual wellness visits and is featured…
West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health has appointed David Silverman, PharmD, senior vice president and chief pharmacy officer, effective Sept. 14. Mr. Silverman will set systemwide strategy for pharmacy services and oversee operations, policy development, the 340B program, medication management, regulatory…
Ujjwal Ratan has joined UnitedHealth Group’s consulting and analytics division, Optum Insight, as chief AI officer. In a Sept. 10 LinkedIn post, Mr. Ratan said his role is to enable Optum Insight to operate as a connected agentic network in…
Most large health systems can build a strategy. Executing one is a different problem and Liz Popwell, system vice president of strategy and international at Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, says it is the challenge her peers most consistently underestimate. “Organizations struggle…
Hospital sales are picking up steam as various health systems under financial pressure look to trim underperforming assets, exit noncore markets and redirect capital toward strategic priorities. Recent hospital divestitures have come from nonprofit giants carrying hundreds of millions of…