Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health plans to go live with Epic on May 30. The health system, which has over 40 hospitals across South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and North Dakota, said in July 2024 it was installing the new…
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The state of Utah has analyzed the results of the first four months of a pilot program allowing AI to renew prescriptions. Here are six updates about the program, a partnership between the Utah Department of Commerce’s Office of AI…
Rural healthcare is entering a period of widespread change, with financial strain and workforce shortages now running up against new policies and shifting demographics that could reshape how care is delivered, according to a March 12 research summary from Brookings.…
Carolyn Hunter has been appointed COO of TriStar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn. Ms. Hunter most recently served as COO of HCA Healthcare Florida Aventura Hospital for the past three years, according to a May 26 LinkedIn post from…
In this episode, Dr. Charles Liu, Director of the USC Neurorestoration Center, and Dr. Iftach Dolev, CEO of QuantalX Neuroscience, discuss the future of functional brain assessment, the importance of measurable neurofunctional data, and how scalable technologies could transform neurological…
Fathers with college degrees and children who are 5 or younger have decreased their work hours by more than six a week while increasing their time spent on childcare and housework by more than four hours a week, according to…
Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy has selected Amanda “Mandy” Shelast as president of Mercy Southeast Communities, effective June 29. Ms. Shelast will oversee Mercy Hospital Southeast in Cape Girardeau, Mo., and the system’s clinics and services across southeast Missouri, according to a…
Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Health Hospitals & Clinics has named Aaron Prussin, MD, chief medical ambulatory officer, effective immediately. Dr. Prussin had served as interim chief medical ambulatory officer since August 2024, according to a May 22 health…
In 2025, an ECRI database logged more than 70,000 patient falls, and working-age adults accounted for nearly 3 in 10 of them, according to a May 26 report. ECRI, a nonprofit patient safety organization, analyzed 71,456 falls reported to its…
Providence, R.I.-based Brown University Health has restructured leadership across its two Massachusetts hospitals, appointing two new leaders amid one executive departure. Five things to know: 1. Julie Abilheira, RN, was appointed president of St. Anne’s Hospital in Fall River, Mass.,…