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As AI reshapes industries worldwide, these technologies are moving rapidly from experimentation into everyday practice. For health systems, the question is no longer whether to adopt AI, but how to do so in ways that deliver meaningful value while preserving…

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health is warning of a potential measles exposure at Geisinger Medical Center after a visitor suspected of having the disease passed through several areas of the hospital. The possible exposure occurred between 1 p.m. Aug. 12 and…

Detroit-based Henry Ford Health is leaning on unified data systems, clinician engagement and deeper supplier partnerships to strengthen supply chain reliability while finding new ways to cut costs. For Candice Pytlik, chief supply chain officer at Henry Ford Health, that…

Artificial intelligence tools are helping patients and physicians identify rare and hard-to-diagnose diseases faster, according to an Aug. 15 report from The Wall Street Journal. The report cited several cases in which AI helped care teams or patients arrive at…

Nearly half of nurse practitioners report feeling burned out and 1 in 6 report having both burnout and depression, according to an Aug. 11 Medscape report.  Medscape’s “When Caring Costs Too Much: Medscape Nurse Practitioner Burnout & Depression Report 2026”…

Fairfield, Calif.-based NorthBay Health has named Matt Whalen vice president of managed care and health plan integration.  Mr. Whalen comes to NorthBay with 30 years of experience in managed care strategy, value-based contracting and revenue performance, according to a LinkedIn…

Admitted patients boarding in the emergency department often wait hours, and sometimes more than a day, for an inpatient team to take over their care, well after the decision to admit them, according to a study published Aug. 17 in…

Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine has named Taryn Pemberton chief marketing and communications officer, effective Aug. 31. Ms. Pemberton will lead the health system’s enterprisewide marketing and communications strategy, a Penn Medicine spokesperson told Becker’s. Her responsibilities include brand development, growth marketing,…

Mass General Brigham launched its postsurgical Home Hospital in 2024 for patients undergoing planned, elective procedures — bariatric surgery, colorectal surgery and nonoperative complicated diverticulitis cases with predictable recovery timelines. Nearly two years later, most of the patients don’t come…

San Francisco-based Abridge is extending its context-aware clinical decision support to every clinician at its partner health systems, regardless of how they document patient visits. More than 300 enterprise health systems, representing over 250 million patients, have adopted the tool…