Health systems across the country are well past the pilot stage and deploying AI across clinical, operational and financial functions. Below are 50 examples of health systems using AI in 2026, as covered by Becker’s: Ambient AI and clinical documentation…
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Health systems are navigating a moment that resists the old playbooks — with federal budget pressure, AI adoption, workforce strain and shifting reimbursement all intensifying at once. For many executive teams, the response has reached beyond strategy into something more…
At a time when healthcare executives are being asked to stretch scarce federal resources as far as possible, the 340B Drug Pricing Program is a much-appreciated lifeline. Despite the program being around for over three decades, the need for its…
Mount Nittany Health has completed its Epic go-live after choosing an uncommon path for a smaller health system: implementing the EHR independently rather than through a larger health system’s Community Connect program. The State College, Pa.-based health system went live…
Terre Haute, Ind.-based Union Health has named Joseph Scuorzo, DO, as chief medical information officer. Dr. Scuorzo is a hospitalist and medical director of Vituity. He has led quality initiatives focused on improving protocols, strengthening the lab-EHR interface and enhancing…
Eli Lilly has given some 340B hospitals five business days to begin submitting claims-level data or risk losing access to discounted drug pricing, escalating a growing dispute over transparency requirements in the federal drug discount program. In a June 1…
About $300 billion in revenue generated by rated pharmaceutical companies is expected to face generic and biosimilar competition through 2031 — a shift with direct implications for how hospitals and health systems manage their drug budgets over the next several…
The HHS Office of the Inspector General estimates $462 million in CMS overpayments to Medicare Advantage plans stemming from some unsupported acute stroke diagnosis codes. In a May report, the OIG reviewed a sample of 97 MA beneficiaries. The entire…
Jeff O’Brien has been named vice president and regional CIO of Valhalla, N.Y.-based Westchester Medical Center Health Network. Mr. O’Brien announced the appointment in a May 29 LinkedIn post. Prior to the promotion, Mr. O’Brien served as director of client…
New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System will deploy Clarium’s computer vision-enabled supply capture and preference card optimization technology across eight hospitals and ASCs. The partnership is designed to modernize surgical supply management, improve data accuracy at the point of…