St. Louis-based SSM Health recorded an operating income of $148.5 million (1.2% operating margin) in 2025, up from an operating loss of $70 million (-0.6% margin) in 2024, according to its March 23 financial report. The system reported total operating…
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From legal developments to expanding use of its AI tools, Epic continues to evolve across the healthcare landscape. Here are 11 updates on the company’s operations, products and partnerships that Becker’s Hospital Review reported in March:
Washington, D.C.-based MedStar Georgetown University Hospital received a $10 million gift from the Robert & Lynda Carter Altman Family Foundation to establish a surgical education center. The gift, made in honor of Lynda Carter’s late husband, Robert A. Altman, will…
Lynn DeJaco has retired from her role as CFO of Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger, according to a March 24 LinkedIn post from the health system. Stephanie Gary has succeeded Ms. DeJaco. Ms. DeJaco joined Erlanger as interim CFO in May 2021…
Artificial intelligence is expected to disproportionately affect routine, clerical and administrative roles, while having a limited near-term impact on overall employment, The Wall Street Journal reported March 24. The Journal cited findings from a working paper recently published on the…
In this episode, James Murray, Managing Director of the BDO Center for Healthcare Excellence and Innovation, shares how health systems are shifting from digital experimentation to disciplined execution. He explores governance, data driven decision making, and high ROI use cases…
Across five health systems, behavioral health leaders are seeing a fundamental shift in how integration is financed: moving from siloed service lines and short-term funding toward enterprisewide cost strategies. Rather than treating behavioral health as a standalone service, leaders said…
Dana Erickson, BSN, RN, president and CEO of Eagan, Minn.-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, has resigned from the board of Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health as the system moves forward with its proposed acquisition of Minneapolis-based Allina Health,…
Members of the Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses United have reached a tentative labor agreement with Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, part of Brewer, Maine-based Northern Light Health. The agreement, which averted a strike planned for March…
Jay Hudson, Monterey, Calif.-based Montage Health’s second CEO, has died, according to a March 23 LinkedIn post from the health system. Mr. Hudson joined the system, which was then known as Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, as an assistant…