Wausau, Wis.-based Aspirus Health named Jennifer Loesch, DNP, RN, chief nursing officer for the North Division. In this role, she will oversee and enhance nursing strategy, operations, patient care, safety and nursing leadership across Aspirus Eagle River (Wis.) Hospital, Aspirus…
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Anthropic pulled its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 artificial intelligence models for all customers on June 12 after the U.S. government issued an export control directive suspending foreign nationals’ access to the models, citing national security authorities. The directive bars…
Anesthesia plays a crucial role in a patient’s health journey, directly influencing the accessibility and timing of life-saving treatments. However, persistent physician shortages and workforce gaps in rural areas have led to limited procedures, scheduling, and services. When a rural…
Innovation under pressure: 7 ways rural leaders are turning constraints into tech-driven advantage
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Rural healthcare leaders are turning resource limits into a sharper lens for technology investment. As federal initiatives like the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program infuse rural health systems with new capital, the organizations seeing the most impact are not…
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Many health systems have added operational technologies over the past several years. Yet for some leaders, it’s not clear these tools have made the work simpler — or that they’ve resolved the organization’s most pressing operational challenges. Instead, operational complexities,…
Clinical documentation integrity programs sit at the intersection of patient care, quality reporting and revenue capture but too many remain siloed and disconnected from the workflows around them. During a recent webinar hosted by Becker’s Healthcare and Solventum, Dan Bray,…
A total of 536 hospitals in the U.S. have a Clostridioides difficile infection rate of zero, based on the healthcare-associated infections dataset from CMS. Measures are developed by the CDC and collected through the National Healthcare Safety Network. The measures…
Healthcare leaders are making generational decisions about rural care delivery, financial resilience, primary care economics, AI governance and patient safety. Organizations are testing models, piloting frameworks and reshaping operations under pressure every day. Below are five resources from Becker’s Healthcare…
In this episode, Sarah Greichen, Chief Information & Innovation Officer at Sedgwick County Health Center, joins the podcast to discuss addressing staffing demands and reducing administrative burden through technology and innovation. She shares strategies for solving capacity challenges and explores…
In this episode, Dwight Raum, Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Information Officer at Rochester Regional Health, joins the podcast to discuss the rise of AI in healthcare, including its costs, benefits, and long-term potential. He shares how technology can…