The California Hospital Association and the California Federation of Labor Unions, AFL-CIO agreed June 25 to pull two ballot measures from the November election, one targeting hospital executive compensation and one restricting healthcare union political spending, hours before the state…
New Brunswick, N.J.-based Rutgers Cancer Institute nearly doubled the number of infusion patients it treated per day after modeling patient flow patterns in an animated 3D clinic simulation, according to a study published May 26 in the Annals of Operations…
Big tech is shedding workers by the thousands — the type of talent hospital IT departments have spent years trying to recruit. Are health systems taking advantage? For some, yes; for others, the right candidates have never been more available,…
Atlantic City, N.J.-based AtlantiCare has launched wave 4 of its Oracle transformation initiative, dubbed “Vision 2030.” The initiative involves large-scale implementation of Oracle Health products. AtlantiCare plans to activate 20 new major solutions and more than 60 capabilities throughout the…
Hospital CEOs track countless financial and operational metrics, but supply chain leaders say supply cost as a percentage of net patient revenue deserves the most attention. Because supplies are typically the second-largest expense after labor, the metric directly links supply…
The FDA has granted Breakthrough Device Designation to two generative AI platforms designed to draft radiology reports from chest X-rays, signaling growing federal recognition of AI as a tool to address the radiologist shortage. Aidoc, a clinical AI company supporting…
Here are seven revenue cycle company mergers and acquisitions that have been announced or completed since March 17: 1. Healthcare investment platform Thoreau entered into an agreement to make a strategic growth investment in Ensemble Health Partners. The investment will…
The Georgia Composite Medical Board issued a position statement in early May reinterpreting a 2006 state law in a way that advanced practice registered nurses warn will force clinic closures and cut off healthcare access across rural Georgia, The Georgia…
Software firm Pendo recently named 23-year-old Zain Lakhani its chief AI officer — part of a small but growing trend of companies elevating Gen Z “AI natives” to the C-suite, The Wall Street Journal reported June 25. “He’s got experiences…
Helena (Ark.) Hospital, a rural emergency hospital serving the Mississippi Delta, will gain access to specialists, academic programs and clinical research from Little Rock-based University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences under a co-management agreement approved by the hospital’s board of…
