Vizient, HealthTrust and Premier now serve more than 80% of U.S. hospitals, up from 62% a decade ago. Hospital supply chain leaders want the three group purchasing organizations to put their market power to better use, from pricing and transparency…
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The American Hospital Association is urging Congress to permanently bar rebate models in the 340B program. AHA issued the request in Sept. 23 comments on the SECURE 340B Act. Lawmakers introduced the bipartisan bill in July. The legislation combines protections…
Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital has installed the first dual positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging system in Connecticut. The PET/MRI system — which captures metabolic, molecular and anatomical data through one exam — will be housed within the…
Jason Culp has been promoted to senior vice president and COO of Rady Children’s Health Orange County (Calif.), according to a Sept. 24 LinkedIn post. Prior to his new role, Mr. Culp served as administrator at Children’s Hospital of Orange…
Just 2.3% of the 2026 medical school graduates who applied to residency said they would prefer to practice in rural areas, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. The AAMC released the data Sept. 24. It follows the class…
Nurse practitioners are the fastest-growing healthcare occupation in the country. They are also one of the hardest to hire, according to health system chief human resources officers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released projections of the 30 fastest-growing occupations…
In this episode, Dr. Ed Lee, Chief Medical Officer, Nabla, discusses the shift from standalone AI tools to integrated clinical AI platforms, including ambient documentation, coding, clinical workflows, governance and the future of clinical intelligence. This episode is sponsored by…
Vizient named its 2026 top performers for quality, recognizing hospitals across seven cohorts and five medical groups for ambulatory care. The Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership Award is based on the Vizient Quality and Accountability Study. The study scores…
Interoperability may be the most visible sign of fragmented hospital technology, but health IT leaders say the problem can begin much earlier, with how systems are selected, governed and built into clinical workflows. “The easy answer is interoperability, but that’s…
In the past year-plus, Epic has ended its startup codevelopment program and rolled out its own ambient AI scribe to compete directly with the companies that helped popularize the category in the first place. It’s a live example of the…