California’s new emergency nurse-to-patient staffing ratios for acute psychiatric hospitals took effect June 1, closing a regulatory gap that had left freestanding psychiatric facilities without mandated minimums for more than two decades. But leaders are raising concerns about behavioral healthcare…
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In this episode, Dr. Daniel Knecht, Chief Medical Officer, EmblemHealth, discusses how the organization’s AI-powered Environmental Resilience Program helps identify and support members at risk during extreme heat events. He also shares how predictive outreach, clinical oversight, and addressing social…
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Erica Schwartz, MD, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the CDC, was questioned about her qualifications and vision for the role during a July 15 confirmation hearing, NPR and PBS reported. The hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and…
Valhalla, N.Y.-based Westchester Medical Center Health Network has unified eight of its hospitals under a single hospital license, an administrative change the system says will improve care coordination and streamline operations across the Hudson Valley. The unification consolidates HealthAlliance Hospital…
IT departments used to be judged on whether they could deploy software on time. CIOs say that bar has moved: The job now is redesigning clinical workflows, owning outcomes alongside clinicians, and building governance into every AI implementation from day…
A bipartisan trio of physician-lawmakers on July 15 introduced the Patients First Act, a Medicare payment overhaul aimed at tying physician pay to inflation and bolstering independent practices. Chairs of the GOP and Democratic Doctors Caucuses — Reps. John Joyce,…
Every healthcare leader is placing a bet on where the industry goes next. For some, that bet is on AI becoming an intelligence layer that helps clinicians make faster, better-informed decisions. For others, it’s a shift toward outpatient and value-based…