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When OpenAI announced on Sept. 1 that ChatGPT could connect to Epic, reactions split between “this changes everything” and “this changes nothing.” For chief medical information officers and chief technology officers, the more consequential questions lie elsewhere: Will this integration…
Health systems rely heavily on medical equipment that moves throughout hospitals with patients and clinicians. These devices play a role at many stages of the patient care journey and represent a significant investment of capital and operating resources. Yet many…
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OpenEvidence has raised $250 million in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz and Byers Capital, valuing the AI clinical decision-support platform at $15 billion. Daniel Nadler, PhD, founder and CEO of OpenEvidence, confirmed the raise and its lead investors…
Arlington-based Texas Health Resources named Jon Duckert president of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southlake, effective Oct. 1. Mr. Duckert brings more than 20 years of healthcare leadership experience to the role, including more than 13 years leading joint venture…
Bethel, Alaska-based Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corp. named Patricia Smith president and CEO. Ms. Smith had served as interim president and CEO for the past six months, according to a Sept. 25 health system news release. She has worked for YKHC for…
Inova Health System, a five-hospital system based in Fairfax, Va., has named Miranda Merriman as system senior director of patient experience. Ms. Merriman, who previously served as Inova’s system director of ambulatory patient experience, announced the news Sept. 25 on…
Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Fla.) named Rick Metzger, BSN, RN, president and CEO, effective Oct. 12. Mr. Metzger has served as CEO of USA Health Providence Hospital in Mobile, Ala., since June 2024, first as interim CEO and then as…
Employers, clinicians and healthcare companies have formed the Association for Direct Care, a Washington, D.C.-based coalition that will lobby for policies supporting direct contracting between employers and providers. The organization plans to work with Congress and the administration on its…
The Trump administration is developing an initiative aimed at moving production of 86 essential medicines to the U.S. within 18 months, according to a Sept. 25 Bloomberg report. Under the initiative, the Office of Management and Budget would solicit proposals…