Software firm Pendo recently named 23-year-old Zain Lakhani its chief AI officer — part of a small but growing trend of companies elevating Gen Z “AI natives” to the C-suite, The Wall Street Journal reported June 25. “He’s got experiences…
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Helena (Ark.) Hospital, a rural emergency hospital serving the Mississippi Delta, will gain access to specialists, academic programs and clinical research from Little Rock-based University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences under a co-management agreement approved by the hospital’s board of…
Nurses are significantly less likely than physicians to report a strong EHR experience, a June 26 report from KLAS Research’s Arch Collaborative found. The report, which surveyed more than 121,000 clinicians across 92 organizations between May 2025 and May 2026,…
Lynchburg, Va.-based Centra Health plans to close Virginia Baptist Hospital in 2028, a spokesperson confirmed, transitioning services to other system facilities while pursuing a mixed-use redevelopment of the more than 100-year-old campus. Virginia Baptist’s first building was constructed in 1924,…
Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has reduced MRI patient wait times by more than 60% in its Northwest region using an FDA-cleared AI tool that shortens scan duration without degrading image quality. The AI solution reduces image noise during MRI scans,…
From two New Jersey systems exploring a potential merger, to UNC Health planning to take over a North Carolina hospital, here are five hospital M&A moves Becker’s reported during the week of June 22: 1. Encore Medical Center in Bryant,…
Michael Wagner, MD, president and CEO of Providence, R.I.-based Care New England, will step down from his role and transition to serve as chair of the system’s board of directors. The system’s board has launched a national search for its…
As healthcare leaders, we have a responsibility to address the growing mental health needs of our workforce. Mental illness is among the most common health conditions in the U.S., affecting more than 1 in 5 adults. Serious mental illnesses, including…
The CDC posted an updated charter for its vaccine advisory committee June 25. Here are five things to know: 1. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices provides recommendations to the CDC director on the use of vaccines and immunization program…
Fewer than 1 in 4 patients with stroke and 1 in 7 patients with traumatic brain injury are discharged from the hospital to an inpatient rehabilitation facility, a recent study found. The study, published June 10 in Neurology, analyzed 444,908…