Health system CIOs and IT leaders are technical experts and strategic visionaries. They’re talent recruiters and team builders. And now they’re adding a new skill: storytelling. At Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Health, CIO Donna Roach has a digital…
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Two Democratic senators and a representative reintroduced a bill May 12 that would create minimum nurse-to-patient staffing ratios at hospitals across the country. Sens. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Rep. Jan Shakowsky, D-Ill., reintroduced the Nurse Staffing Standards…
U.S.-based EHR giants such as Epic, Oracle Health, Meditech and Altera are facing mounting competition from a new generation of regional and international vendors, according to a May 10 report from Black Book Market Research. The findings are based on…
Destination medical centers have emerged as key players in healthcare, offering essential care when hospitals reach capacity or lack specialized resources for life-saving procedures. Hartford HealthCare’s St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport, Conn., is a prime example of how a…
Dan Barbee, BSN, who had returned to University of Toledo Medical Center in Ohio as interim CEO in November, was appointed to the role permanently. Mr. Barbee’s interim title was removed May 1, according to a hospital news release. Before…
In this episode of the Becker’s Healthcare Podcast, Erika Spicer Mason is joined by Purvi Bhatt of ECG Management Consultants and Catherine Nabavi of Siemens Healthineers to explore how health systems are evolving their strategies in response to tighter reimbursements,…
The cardiac surgery team at Washington, D.C.-based Children’s National Hospital has become the first in the world to replace an artificial heart valve with a live tissue valve through a partial heart transplant. Artificial heart valves are the standard of…
Sanford Health, based in Sioux Falls, S.D., is among the first health systems to roll out a new feature in its MyChart patient portal that allows individuals to register directly with the National Donate Life Registry. The functionality — enabled…
Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health has partnered with Shields Health Solutions, a specialty pharmacy integrator, to expand its pharmacy operations. With the partnership, Duke Health aims to broaden access to medications for patients with complex chronic conditions by improving operations efficiency…
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has introduced a new evaluation framework to assess how artificial intelligence systems perform in healthcare settings. Here are six things to know about the new tool, called HealthBench: The tool also compares AI responses with…