Healthcare revenue cycle leaders are sounding the alarm and they’re largely pointing in the same direction. Across health systems large and small, from academic medical centers to community hospitals, a convergence of forces is reshaping the financial infrastructure of American…
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Call it planned obsolescence for the C-suite: Several health IT leaders say the chief AI officer title is built to disappear, folded back into the CIO’s job once AI stops being a special initiative and starts being how the organization…
Vandalia Health Grafton (W.Va.) Hospital will temporarily go on full diversion and shut down inpatient services Sept. 19 in order to undergo planned electrical system upgrades, The Mountain Statesman reported. The emergency department will remain open for walk-in patients only,…
A new study found an AI tool helped radiologists detect 39% more brain aneurysm cases on CT angiography exams. The findings were published Sept. 8 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. Here are five things to know:…
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare completed its acquisition of The College of Health Care Professions on Sept. 15. HCA shared plans to acquire the college in late May. CHCP serves more than 8,000 students at 10 campuses across Texas and online…
Rural hospitals often operate with far fewer days of cash on hand than larger health systems, which can leave little room to absorb a financially challenging year, like unexpected capital needs or staffing shortages. Rural healthcare leaders have taken to…
Active U.S. drug shortages increased to 227 in the second quarter of 2026, marking the third consecutive quarterly increase, according to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Nearly half of all new shortages this year involve medications made by a…
Seventy-nine percent of nurses intend to remain in nursing, but only 51% plan to stay with their current employer, according to AMN Healthcare’s 2026 Healthcare Workforce Outlook Survey, released Sept. 15. AMN Healthcare, a healthcare staffing and workforce solutions company,…
Building an AI agent that clicks through a payer portal once, in a demo, on a clean test account, is not hard anymore. Frontier models are a commodity, and browser automation frameworks are open source. A small engineering team can…
Ambient artificial intelligence handed many physicians their evenings back. For nurses, the same promise is proving harder to keep, and the reason is buried in the flow sheet. Physician ambient scribes listen to a visit and draft a narrative note…