Retail pharmacies are closing, and the pharmacists who worked in them are leaving, too. Rite Aid filed for bankruptcy in 2023 and shuttered about 800 stores while CVS closed 900 locations beginning in 2021, and Walgreens announced plans to close…
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Nearly 3 in 10 U.S. adults now use AI tools for health information at least monthly, a figure that has nearly doubled over the last two years and now rivals the share of adults who seek health advice on social…
Health system leaders are racing to deploy artificial intelligence, but Tomas Gregorio, senior vice president and chief digital information officer at Care New England Health System in Providence, R.I., believes the industry is outrunning its ability to govern it. Care…
Health systems have been making big investments in smart room technology to give patients and clinicians a safer, more connected and user-friendly experience. Executives say the return on investment comes from enhanced staff and patient satisfaction, as well as from…
Oracle reduced its workforce by 21,000 employees in fiscal 2026, according to the company’s annual 10-K filing. The software giant cut its global staff by 13% to 141,000 full-time workers as of May 31 — down from 162,000 a year…
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Novant Health, based in Winston-Salem, N.C., has named Stephanie Lenzner senior vice president of value intelligence. In this role, Ms. Lenzner will oversee the integration of analytics, data science and performance intelligence, according to a June 22 news release. Ms.…
Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall has introduced legislation that would create a hospital cost review board, impose new restrictions on hospital consolidation and cap certain healthcare prices, according to the Michigan Health & Hospital Association. Hospitals would be subject to…
Ensemble Health Partners has launched Office of the CFO, a strategic finance advisory practice that embeds senior healthcare finance executives directly into its revenue cycle managed services partnerships to provide forward-looking financial analysis and C-suite decision support. Rather than adding…
The White House Council of Economic Advisers addressed the possibility of banning antisteering practices, which prohibit insurers from guiding patients to lower-cost providers, in payer-provider contracting. Its conclusion: Prices and premiums could drop. Along with broader antisteering issues, the memo…