With rising costs, workforce shortages, and shifting patient demands, hospitals can’t afford to treat physician groups as just another vendor, focused only on staffing and contract terms. While coverage is essential, it’s not enough to solve the systemic challenges executives…
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By 2037, the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis projects a shortfall of more than 187,000 physicians across 31 of 35 specialties, including notable gaps in anesthesia, obstetrics and gynecology, and radiology. As physician shortages intensify in the years ahead,…
Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health has partnered with Compass Surgical Partners and local physicians to open an orthopedic surgery center in Newport News, Va. The new ASC will offer total joint replacements, specialty orthopedics that include upper and lower extremities,…
TRIO streamlines workflows and provides the accuracy and oversight necessary to eliminate missed charges and maximize revenue. ATLANTA, Aug. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Ingenious Med, a leader in healthcare technology, today announced the launch of its new product bundle, TRIO. This innovative solution…
As cellular therapy continues to revolutionize the way cancer is treated, cancer centers are rushing to stand up these types of programs. However, successfully navigating the payer process is a whole other story, as many provider organizations lack the experience…
Amazon is investing $1 billion to reduce healthcare costs for full-time employees, the company said Sept. 17. The retail giant will lower the weekly cost of its basic employer-sponsored health plan from more than $7 to $5, while maintaining its…
In today’s healthcare landscape, hospitals are under pressure to deliver better patient outcomes, improve financial performance, enhance safety and security, and streamline regulatory compliance—all while boosting staff productivity. Patient Engagement Systems (PES) can help meet these challenges but their success…
Meeting patients where they are: How health systems are using technology to transform care
Health systems are navigating rapid digital transformation, driven by patient expectations, workforce challenges and emerging technologies. During an August webinar hosted by Becker’s Healthcare and Wolters Kluwer, leaders from NYU Langone Health, Kaiser Permanente and Wolters Kluwer explored how tech-driven…
Healthcare leaders tend to be very internally focused and for all the right reasons. But even when we’re doing very well performance-wise—with all the right metrics moving in the right direction—we can forget to leverage these results externally to build a…
At this time each year, business administrators shift to thinking about challenges and opportunities for the coming year. For healthcare administrators, it’s never been truer than this fall. Like it or not, change is on the horizon, and hospitals, healthcare…