Medline has launched Mpower, a cloud-based platform designed to help healthcare providers predict and respond to supply chain disruptions. The platform serves as a “digital control tower,” combining supply and demand data, predictive analytics and workflow automation to identify at-risk…
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In this episode, Steve Liou, Founder and CEO of Clarium, and Dr. Steven Klasko, Executive in Residence at General Catalyst, join Scott Becker to explore how supply chain is emerging as a strategic driver of margin, total cost of care,…
Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Health is turning to AI to expand services without expanding its workforce at the same pace as years past, President and CEO Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, said at the system’s spring leadership forum. Dr. Balser said Vanderbilt…
National Hospital Week — which aims to recognize and celebrate hospitals, health systems and healthcare workers — begins May 10 and runs through May 16. Four things to know: 1. The origins of National Hospital Week date to 1921, when…
The second quarter of 2026 has included a wave of health system transactions aimed at expanding market share, scaling care delivery and strengthening financial stability. Several deals announced in recent weeks reflect broader industry trends as hospitals pursue acquisitions, divestitures…
OpenAI has released a healthcare policy blueprint calling for broader patient access to medical data, expanded clinician use of AI tools and updated regulatory pathways for AI-supported care. The report, “Keeping Patients First: A Blueprint for AI in U.S. Healthcare,”…
For the first time in its 14-year history, The Leapfrog Group’s biannual safety grades update omitted hospitals that did not participate in its surveys. The change affects more than 20% of hospitals that would otherwise be graded and comes as…
Physician associations are praising the White House’s decision to reverse the visa renewal freeze for foreign physicians but are still left with questions about how the administration will process visas. In late April, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services updated…