As artificial intelligence becomes embedded in everyday hospital operations, health systems are confronting a new question about what happens when the AI disappears or quietly stops working as intended. For CIOs and other technology leaders, the issue is becoming more…
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Hospitals have posted 103 CEO exits through the first eight months of 2026, up 21% from 85 in the same period last year, according to a report from global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas published Sept. 24. Five things…
The American health record was not designed with patients in mind. Records are stored by hospital systems, formatted by the EHR vendor each institution uses and largely inaccessible to patients who see multiple providers or cross institutional lines. Larry Ellison,…
Across the country, there are about 27 hospitals and systems with a chief of advanced practice, and more are considering adding the role. But when is a hospital ready for a chief APP? “When you’re evaluating this, start with the…
The financial pressure on American health systems has rarely been more acute. Providers are absorbing Medicaid cuts, margin compression and the compounding difficulty of competing for labor and reimbursement simultaneously. Larry Ellison, executive chairman and co-founder of Oracle, argues the…
Daniel Egan, MD, was named chief of emergency medicine at New Brunswick, N.J.-based Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and chair of the department of emergency medicine at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, also in New Brunswick. In this role,…
Active U.S. drug shortages increased to 227 in the second quarter of 2026, marking the third consecutive quarterly increase, according to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Nearly half of all new shortages this year involve medications made by a…
In this episode, Denise Scarpelli, PharmD, MBA, CPEL, Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer at UChicago Medicine, joins the podcast to discuss GLP-1 medications and strategies for keeping drug prices down. She also shares insights on managing drug shortages and…
In this episode, Dwight W. McBee, Senior Vice President and Chief Experience Officer at RWJBarnabas Health, joins the podcast to discuss facilitating better communication with patients and advancing equity and inclusion in the healthcare experience. He also shares advice for…
In this episode, Christina Berg, RN, MHA, Sr. Director, Product Management, Imprivata, discusses how stronger patient identity can improve safety, protect against fraud, reduce duplicate records and denied claims, and create more efficient healthcare experiences. This episode is sponsored by…