While rural healthcare challenges are real and largely driven by proposed federal policy shifts, they “cannot be examined in a vacuum,” two Richmond, Va.-based VCU Health hospital presidents wrote in a recent column. Innovation is a necessity for rural hospitals,…
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Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine has budgeted for $105 million in benefits from AI solutions by fiscal 2028. The technology is already delivering value at the academic health system in areas like radiation oncology treatment planning and clinical documentation, IT leaders told…
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Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health hosted HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a visit focused on healthcare innovation, behavioral health and chronic disease management. The visit included executives from Summa Health, General Catalyst and HATCo, the healthcare company launched by…
Jerry Yang has been named CFO of Indianapolis-based Community Health Network, effective June 9. Mr. Yang succeeds Kyle Fisher who retired in 2025. During the transition, Holly Millard served as interim CFO, according to a May 13 news release shared…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill that will provide up to $25 million in grants to nonprofit and public hospitals facing immediate risk of closure. The legislation, AB 108, establishes a one-time grant program that will be administered…
Behavioral health emergency department visits are projected to increase by 1 million over the next decade, with adult visits expected to grow 12% and pediatric visits projected to rise 7% — outpacing physical health ED growth, according to an Sg2…
As health systems accelerate AI adoption, technology leaders are discovering that some of the biggest risks aren’t obvious during the vendor demo stage. At Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center, one of the most revealing lessons came during implementation of a…
St. Louis-based Ascension recently saw three hospital and market CFO moves, with new finance leaders stepping into roles across Texas, Florida and Wisconsin. Here are three Ascension CFO moves that Becker’s has covered since May 12: 1. Spencer Estrella has…
Washington, D.C.-based Children’s National Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia have helped launch what they describe as the first large-scale, open-access benchmark dataset designed specifically for pediatric brain tumor segmentation and analysis, according to a May 12 report published in…