S&P Global Ratings’ preliminary 2025 medians show nonprofit hospitals and health systems posting positive but still-thin operating margins, stronger debt-service coverage and growing reserves, with performance varying across credit tiers. Hospitals enter the back half of 2026 managing elevated labor…
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Agentic AI is taking root across health systems faster than the governance structures built to contain it. The technology questions, for the most part, are settled. What remains unresolved is whether the people responsible for operations understand they are now…
Louisville, Ky.-based ScionHealth has named a new CEO as part of an executive leadership transition. ScionHealth said the leadership structure is designed to support the organization’s evolving strategy and future direction. Doug Shirley, who has served as CFO since April…
Nearly one month after the Ebola outbreak was declared, Democratic Republic of Congo authorities reported the highest increase in Ebola cases in one day at 72 new cases reported in a 24-hour period. Here are five Ebola updates. 1. There…
Oak Park, Ill.-based West Suburban Medical Center completely closed June 11 after the building’s final functioning elevator broke down, the Chicago Tribune reported. The sudden closure forced a dialysis clinic to relocate about 140 patients, according to George Naratadam, DO,…
Wausau, Wis.-based Aspirus Health named Jennifer Loesch, DNP, RN, chief nursing officer for the North Division. In this role, she will oversee and enhance nursing strategy, operations, patient care, safety and nursing leadership across Aspirus Eagle River (Wis.) Hospital, Aspirus…
Anthropic pulled its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 artificial intelligence models for all customers on June 12 after the U.S. government issued an export control directive suspending foreign nationals’ access to the models, citing national security authorities. The directive bars…
Anesthesia plays a crucial role in a patient’s health journey, directly influencing the accessibility and timing of life-saving treatments. However, persistent physician shortages and workforce gaps in rural areas have led to limited procedures, scheduling, and services. When a rural…
Innovation under pressure: 7 ways rural leaders are turning constraints into tech-driven advantage
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Rural healthcare leaders are turning resource limits into a sharper lens for technology investment. As federal initiatives like the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program infuse rural health systems with new capital, the organizations seeing the most impact are not…
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Many health systems have added operational technologies over the past several years. Yet for some leaders, it’s not clear these tools have made the work simpler — or that they’ve resolved the organization’s most pressing operational challenges. Instead, operational complexities,…