Ask health system technology leaders what AI can’t do, and the list keeps getting shorter. Ask what they won’t let it do, and the answers come back to two things: judgment calls and the human work of getting people to…
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Covered employees on average contributed $7,471 toward their family coverage in 2026, 9% more than they did in 2025. KFF published its annual benchmark health benefits survey of employers on Oct. 22. Davis Research carried out fieldwork between January and…
Who rescues the hospital-at-home patient at 2 a.m.? On a hospital unit, a deteriorating patient is a call light away from a nurse, and a rapid response team is down the hall. In a hospital-at-home program, that same patient may…
Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health has restored access to its MyChart patient portal and Find a Doctor search tool following a systemwide internet outage, though some services remain unavailable. According to an update on the health system’s website, patients can…
Brentwood, Tenn.-based Ardent Health has appointed Gaurav Khanna as chief digital and information officer. Mr. Khanna will oversee the 30-hospital system’s technology, data, artificial intelligence and digital strategy, with a focus on supporting patient care, operational performance and long-term growth,…
Hospitals and health systems considering consolidating revenue cycle management vendors should prioritize cash flow protection, transition costs and operational continuity rather than assuming fewer vendors will lead to savings, according to an October 2026 Black Book Research report shared with…
Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, which operates more than 2,300 care sites across 24 states, has made a string of executive changes this year. The following moves have been reported by Becker’s since Jan. 1: Editor’s note: This live webpage was last…
HHS plans to award Anthropic a sole-source contract to keep its workforce on the company’s Claude AI tools without an open competition. The agency posted a notice of intent Oct. 19 on SAM.gov for a “limited continuity of services award.”…
A new coalition of patients, caregivers, physicians and pharmacy experts is advocating for access to specialty pharmacies, according to the group, the Specialty Access Alliance. It says it wants to educate policymakers about patients with complex, chronic and rare conditions…
Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner has spent nearly five decades building the company by declining to do many of the things software companies are expected to do. The firm has never gone public, never taken venture capital or private…