At the opening keynote of Becker’s 11th Annual Health IT + Digital Health + RCM Conference in Chicago, two health system technology leaders set up the argument that would carry through the rest of the week: The hardest problems facing…
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Oracle Health has launched a clinical AI agent for nurses that is embedded into its EHR, which includes voice-enabled charting, search and acute nursing summaries. About two years ago, Oracle released a clinical AI agent for physicians. Since then, the…
The New York City Health Department ordered 10 cooling towers, including one at NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln, to be drained, cleaned and disinfected by Sept. 14 after preliminary testing found Legionella bacteria in each. As of Sept. 12, nine people…
Abridge is launching its first product built specifically for the mid-revenue cycle. The San Francisco-based AI-native clinician intelligence platform is adding a pre-bill review capability built for clinical documentation integrity, coding and revenue cycle teams, according to a Sept. 14…
Becker’s has reported the following hospital and health system COO moves since July 1, including leaders promoted within their organizations and those appointed to roles at new organizations. Note: This page was created Aug. 11 and will be updated as…
Sam Hazen, CEO of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, joined an Aug. 28 meeting to discuss how challenges at the system’s Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Hospital are being addressed. The Western North Carolina Health Policy Initiative’s meeting also included Mission Hospital President…
Anthony Robbins, MD, a pioneer in health policy, died July 5 at 85, The New York Times reported. Dr. Robbins died of complications from long COVID, heart disease and Parkinson’s disease, his wife said. He graduated from the Yale School…
Shared decision-making is the latest gold standard in medicine, but some experts worry it’s veering too close to full patient autonomy, Medscape reported Sept. 14. “We’ve swung all the way to the other end, which is actually an inaccurate understanding…
The California Office of Health Care Affordability adopted a 3.5% annual spending growth cap for hospitals and is imposing high penalties for hospitals, physician groups and insurers who exceed the cap, CalMatters reported. Here is what to know. 1. Under…
Members of Doctors Council-SEIU began a four-day strike Sept. 14 at Allina Health’s Mercy Hospital campuses in Coon Rapids, Minn., and Fridley, Minn., according to a union news release shared with Becker’s. Hospice nurses represented by SEIU Healthcare Minnesota &…