Opelika, Ala.-based East Alabama Health will assume operations and management of Bullock County Rural Emergency Hospital in Union Springs, Ala., effective June 1. The move comes after the rural emergency hospital’s previous operator notified local leaders it would depart, prompting…
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Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health has completed its acquisition of Community Hospital of Stokes, a 53-bed critical access hospital in Danbury, N.C. The Stokes County (N.C.) Board of Commissioners began searching for a new healthcare partner to purchase or lease and…
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In this episode, Scott MacLean, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, MedStar Health, discusses the organization’s Epic implementation, digital transformation strategy, and how AI, automation, and platform-based technology are shaping the future of patient care and operational efficiency.
In this episode, Jess Pfister, MBA, MS, CCC-SLP, Senior Director of Operations, Ambulatory Services, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, discusses the health system’s ambulatory growth strategy, the development of integrated outpatient care hubs, and how expanding access, specialized…
West Virginia has the highest concentration of healthcare workers in the U.S., with 17% of its workforce employed in healthcare, according to a Becker’s analysis of federal employment data. Becker’s analyzed May 2025 employment data from the Bureau of Labor…
CMS published its interim final rule for state implementation of Medicaid work requirements June 1. HR 1 outlined how low-income, nonpregnant people between ages 19 and 64 must work, engage in community service or attend school — or some mix of…
University Medical Center New Orleans has named Stephen Robinson Jr., as COO, effective June 1. Mr. Robinson brings more than two decades of healthcare leadership experience. Most recently, he served as CEO of Ochsner River Region and Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner…
Boston Children’s Hospital has reclaimed about 60,000 hours from AI-enabled workflows since partnering with OpenAI at the enterprise level, saving over $7 million in redeployed labor. The pediatric health system, an early ChatGPT user, has also employed the developer’s AI…
Healthcare has spent years building digital front doors. The organizations pulling ahead are finally figuring out how to get patients to walk through them. As patient volumes rise and demand for seamless access grows, the call center alone can no…