AI is no longer a pilot program at most U.S. health systems — it’s infrastructure. Enterprise deals inked in 2026 span clinical documentation, radiology triage, sepsis detection, capacity management and decision support, with health systems moving from cautious experimentation to…
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As St. Louis-based Ascension continues to build upon its $2.6 billion financial turnaround, system executive vice president and CFO Saurabh Tripathi is thinking beyond the balance sheet. “Find your purpose,” Mr. Tripathi said during a Becker’s “CFO+Revenue Cycle Podcast” episode.…
The U.S. has now confirmed more than 2,000 measles cases in 2026 — a milestone that arrives with roughly half the year still ahead and no clear sign of the outbreak slowing. Here are five notes from the CDC’s June…
Two of the country’s largest health systems reached new milestones in their Epic EHR rollouts, reflecting the continued push by major systems to consolidate sprawling technology portfolios onto a single platform. Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health announced June 2 that 65% of…
Chad Melton has been appointed president of Tacoma, Wash.-based Virginia Mason Franciscan Health’s Puget Sound market. In the role, Mr. Melton will oversee the organization’s eight hospitals and medical centers and nearly 18,000 team members across the region, according to…
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare acquired 17 urgent care clinics from Urgent Care Group in North Carolina and South Carolina on June 2, continuing the for-profit system’s focus on growing its outpatient footprint. The latest acquisitions increase HCA’s presence in South…
The New Mexico Health Care Authority announced a $76.2 million federal funding opportunity through Healthy Horizons, a component of the state’s Rural Health Transformation Program, to expand specialty, maternal, behavioral health and chronic disease care. The Santa Fe-based authority said…
Jayson Laban stepped into the vice president and CIO role at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston on May 1 with a clear vision for the organization’s technology strategy. “My vision is that we are the blueprint for…
Wegovy (semaglutide) 25-milligram tablets have surpassed 3 million prescriptions in just over five months after launching Jan. 5. The milestone equates to roughly one prescription filled every five seconds and makes Wegovy one of the strongest U.S. pharmaceutical launches by…
For years, healthcare organizations have relied on retrospective chart reviews to identify documentation gaps and missed diagnoses. The challenge is that these reviews typically occur days after care has been delivered, when clinicians can no longer act on insights that…