What 105 healthcare leaders say about the returns on outpatient growth—and what it takes to realize them Health systems and medical groups have shifted capital from inpatient facilities to ambulatory care, increasingly counting on outpatient growth to strengthen margins. But…
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Cullman (Ala.) Regional Medical Center — Alabama’s largest independent rural hospital — is launching an outreach program to help other community hospitals improve financial and operational performance. The outreach program is designed to help rural hospitals add local care services,…
Columbus-based OhioHealth’s Van Wert Hospital has earned critical access hospital designation, a move aimed at strengthening the rural hospital’s long-term sustainability and maintaining local access to care. The designation allows Van Wert Hospital to operate under the federal critical access…
Enterprise server prices are up 8-5%, RAM-heavy builds are up 15-25%, and SSD lead times now run three to six months. That repricing has landed in the middle of a planning cycle already complicated by AI. Next-generation GPU racks draw…
Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health has achieved an 81% jump in new-hire nurse retention over the past year, alongside double-digit reductions in registered nurse turnover and resignation rates. The system’s first-year registered nurse turnover for beside nursing units with its virtually integrated…
Baptist Health Richmond (Ky.) has named Marcie Backus, DNP, vice president and chief nursing officer. Dr. Backus has spent 25 years at the hospital, part of Louisville, Ky.-based Baptist Health, in a range of nursing roles. She most recently served…
An AI investment that saves FTEs is easy to defend. One that improves patient safety, clinician satisfaction or access to care is harder to put in front of a finance committee. One health system addressed this by naming both. Green…
The FDA has selected the first four companies to participate in its pilot program for digital health devices tied to chronic disease care. In late July, Dexcom became the first participant in the Technology-Enabled Meaningful Patient Outcomes for Digital Health…
After serving Evanston, Ill.-based Endeavor Health, Bruce McNulty, MD, will become chief medical officer of Elk Grove Village, Ill.-based Ascension Alexian Brothers in October. Ascension Alexian Brothers is a critical care hospital part of St. Louis-based Ascension, which includes 119…
More than 450 employees at The Cigna Group have signed a petition challenging the company’s decision to end GLP-1 weight-loss coverage for its workforce. Cigna stopped covering GLP-1s for weight loss through its employee health plan July 1. The company…
