AI is the thread running through nearly every answer chief medical officers gave when asked what’s about to change most for their physicians. But the shape of that change looks different depending on the organization: for some, it’s ambient documentation…
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Erica Schwartz, MD, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the CDC, was questioned about her qualifications and vision for the role during a July 15 confirmation hearing, NPR and PBS reported. The hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and…
Valhalla, N.Y.-based Westchester Medical Center Health Network has unified eight of its hospitals under a single hospital license, an administrative change the system says will improve care coordination and streamline operations across the Hudson Valley. The unification consolidates HealthAlliance Hospital…
IT departments used to be judged on whether they could deploy software on time. CIOs say that bar has moved: The job now is redesigning clinical workflows, owning outcomes alongside clinicians, and building governance into every AI implementation from day…
A bipartisan trio of physician-lawmakers on July 15 introduced the Patients First Act, a Medicare payment overhaul aimed at tying physician pay to inflation and bolstering independent practices. Chairs of the GOP and Democratic Doctors Caucuses — Reps. John Joyce,…
Every healthcare leader is placing a bet on where the industry goes next. For some, that bet is on AI becoming an intelligence layer that helps clinicians make faster, better-informed decisions. For others, it’s a shift toward outpatient and value-based…
CMS is proposing a Medicare payment ban for remote patient monitoring services delivered by third-party vendors. Here are six things to know: 1. The proposed rule, released July 14 as part of the 2027 physician fee schedule, would allow payment…
In this episode, Laura Dyrda, Vice President, Editor-in-Chief, Becker’s Healthcare, discusses the resurgence of hospital mergers and acquisitions, how health systems are refining AI and technology investments, and why revenue cycle is becoming a strategic priority across healthcare organizations.
In this episode, Russell Baxley, MHA – President and CEO, Beaufort Memorial, reflects on leading a hospital evacuation during Hurricane Matthew, the lessons that shaped his approach to leadership, and the importance of humility and innovation in healthcare. He also…
Every healthcare organization has habits it has never questioned, whether that’s measuring success by volume instead of outcomes, assuming ambulatory care and health systems can’t coexist, or clinging to “this is how we’ve always done it.” The leaders willing to…