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Ascension Texas has appointed Joshua Pozos, MD, chief clinical officer for the market. Dr. Pozos most recently served as chief medical officer of Ascension Seton Hays, based in Austin, Texas, according to a May 11 health system news release. In…

Health systems aren’t short on digital health pilots. They’re short on digital health pilots that actually change outcomes. Across the industry, promising initiatives too often run into the same wall: technology that works in a demo but stalls against the…

Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health has sped up prior authorizations with AI in Epic. Here are five things to know from a May 4 Epic case study: 1. Advocate Health replaced phone and fax-based prior authorization workflows with digital processes in…

When Corewell Health began evaluating how to structure its lab services strategy, President and CEO Tina Freese Decker said leadership first had to answer a foundational question: Should the system pursue a partnership model? For Ms. Decker, the answer was…

Women are increasingly leading IT strategy for the nation’s biggest health systems. Here are female CIOs serving at the top 100 health systems by annual revenue:  — Bobbie Byrne, MD, has been executive vice president and CIO of Charlotte, N.C.-based…

St. Louis-based Ascension is finding success using nurse scientists to improve workforce challenges and patient care. In 2021, Ascension established its National Nurse Research Affinity Group, which brings together clinical nurses, nurse leaders, nurse scientists, clinical informationists and workers in…

Deepfake physicians created by AI are popping up on social media, often endorsing unproven treatments. The American Medical Association released seven key policy principles for preventing AI-generated physicians from proliferating, according to a May 11 news release: 1. Make physician…

A Houston Methodist employee was attacked the morning of May 11 at a Texas Medical Center parking garage and was released from the hospital the same day, a health system spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s. Three things to know: 1. A…

California’s uninsured population could double by 2030, according to a May 4 report from the state’s Legislative Analyst’s Office, which is responsible for nonpartisan fiscal and policy advising. HR 1’s provisions — including work requirements and more frequent eligibility checks for Medicaid — are…