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Year in review: Thinking differently, acting boldly

There’s no such thing as an uneventful year for the health care industry, but 2023 nonetheless stood out as particularly eventful. From staffing shortages and Medicaid changes to progress in artificial intelligence and the imperative to advance health …

Epic makes AI-powered clinical documentation widely available

Epic has made an AI-powered system that automates clinical documentation during patient and physician encounters widely available. 

Health systems, hospitals getting new IT execs

Here are five hospitals and health systems appointing new IT executives to their teams, as reported by Becker’s since Dec. 12:

Healthcare cash bonuses dip

Work bonuses took a dive in 2023, Bloomberg reported Jan. 17. 

Houston hospital leader ordered to pay $11M, prison time

Syed Rizwan Mohiuddin, former president of United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, has been sentenced to 21 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $11 million in restitution of conspiracy to defraud the federal government, the Houston Chronicle…

Emory restructures, cutting campus CEOs

Another health system is doing away with campus-level CEOs. 

CFOs getting more CEO jobs

More CFOs are moving to CEO or president roles, but finance executives must be well-versed in what drives growth to find success in the corner office, Bloomberg reported Jan. 16.

Physician assistant pay by specialty

The median total cash compensation paid to physician assistants varies by specialty, according to one survey.

University Hospitals projects $100M+ annual benefit from EHR install

Cleveland-based University Hospitals installed Epic EHR last year, a $400 million investment that consolidated 15 systems into a single integrated platform.

Rural New York hospital going emergency only

Clifton-Fine Hospital, a 20-bed critical access facility in Star Lake, N.Y., plans to convert into a rural emergency hospital, wwnytv.com reported Jan. 17.