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Is AI helping or hurting rural healthcare?
Healthcare is quickly integrating artificial intelligence into many administrative and clinical care functions. Early results at academic medical centers and large innovative health systems are showing areas where the technology (if deployed thoughtful…
77% of health system IT employees eyeing new jobs
Health system IT employees are keeping their options open, with 77% actively seeking new jobs or planning to do so within the next year, according to Bloomforce’s “2024 EHR Salary Insights Report.”
Pay cuts, layoffs hit the C-suite
Health systems are increasingly trimming executive positions and pay to stabilize their financial footing amid rising operational costs, workforce shortages and inflationary pressures.
Penn Med residents, fellows reach tentative deal
Resident physicians and fellows at Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine, which comprises the University of Pennsylvania Health System and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, have reached a tentative agreement on their first c…
Texas system to close ER less than 1 year after opening
The Faith Community ER in Bowie (Texas), part of Jacksboro, Texas-based Faith Community Health System, will close Oct. 6 nearly one year after opening due to a lack of financial assistance.
California bans medical debt from credit reports
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill that will prohibit medical debt from being included on consumers’ credit reports.
Why an HCA hospital is investing $100M in a 53-bed expansion
A $100 million investment underway at HCA Houston Healthcare North Cypress will facilitate easier expansion projects in the future and support the hospital’s broader strategic goals, the hospital’s CEO recently told Becker’s.
Maine hospital cuts behavioral health unit amid financial troubles
Fort Kent-based Northern Maine Medical Center will cut its children’s behavioral health unit and has applied for a critical access designation to address financial issues, The County reported Sept. 25.
Tenet names California hospital CEO
Tina Burch, MSN, RN, was appointed CEO of Doctors Hospital of Manteca (Calif.), part of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, according to a Sept. 24 news release shared with Becker’s.
Why Ascension turned to other industries for patient listening models
Carol Campbell spent more than 20 years at the Walt Disney Co. and Delta Air Lines before joining Ascension in 2022. Her background in consumer experience helped launch the system’s listening approach to capture real-time patient feedback and drive car…
