For years, the instinct in healthcare leadership was to equate bigger with better: more beds, more service lines, more volume, more capabilities built and owned in-house. Becker’s asked CEOs, CFOs, and clinical and supply chain leaders from hospitals, health systems…
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For generations of physician and nurse leaders, good care was measured by presence: a full roster, a fully staffed floor and a patient in a hospital bed. That definition is shifting fast as virtual nursing, AI-supported workflows and team-based care…
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Mary Klotman, MD, will complete her service as executive vice president for health affairs and chief academic officer of Duke Health and dean of Duke University School of Medicine on June 30, 2027. Dr. Klotman has spent two decades in…
If last quarter’s health IT theme was that the hard part of AI isn’t the technology, this quarter’s was that someone has to pay for it — and hospital CIOs started acting like it. From July through September, the leaders…
Hospital M&A is accelerating again, but the activity is not evenly distributed. A handful of states have emerged as particularly active markets in 2026 as large health systems cross state lines, academic medical centers expand, financially pressured hospitals seek partners…
Grand Junction, Colo.-based Western Healthcare Alliance has hired Ginette Sebenaler as CFO of the rural hospital alliance and its family of companies. Ms. Sebenaler will oversee all financial functions across the organization, according to a Sept. 24 Western Healthcare Alliance…
Residents in at least five states have had medical debt erased in 2026, totaling more than $1 billion. Four states and one Indiana health system worked with Undue Medical Debt. The nonprofit has said it has erased more than $40…
Health systems are testing new ways of improving patient experience by shifting operations to curate experiences. “We recognize that no more than about 20% of patients respond to surveys, so we’re often using those responses to drive change that may…
From replacement hospitals to major cancer centers, health systems nationwide are moving forward on large-scale construction projects to expand capacity, modernize infrastructure and meet rising patient demand in 2026. Here are 20 hospital projects worth $500 million or more that…