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25 factors that could affect health system performance in 2024

Last year was one of the worst financial years for hospitals and health systems in decades. Many of the same challenges — including staff shortages, inflation and the rising costs of drugs, supplies and services — have continued into 2023, but the good…

Gesinger, Cedars-Sinai, UCLA Health leaders to advise new gen AI collaborative

Leaders from Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger, Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles-based UCLA Health and Microsoft’s health unit will help advise a new generative artificial intelligence collaborative from AVIA. 

Intermountain recognized for IT efforts

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health received the 2023 Davis Award of Excellence from the Health Information Management Systems Society for a series of case studies on the use of technology to treat patients with complex conditions.

Hospital margins sunk in 2022, but signs of stability emerge: Moody's

Nonprofit hospital expenses continued to grow last year while liquidity fell to pre-pandemic levels, according to Moody’s Investor Services.

AdventHealth appoints new chief clinical officer

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth has tapped Victor Herrera, MD, to become the new chief clinical officer for the southern region of its Central Florida Division, according to a Sept. 1 news release.

Vanderbilt U details plans for health equity research center

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University has debuted plans for its Center for Research on Inequality and Health. The research will focus on three key areas of public health: LGBTQ policy and care, gun violence, and economic and social inequities, a…

AdventHealth breaks ground on $100M cardiac expansion at Colorado hospital

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth has broken ground on a $100 million heart and vascular patient tower in a hospital south of Denver, according to a Sept. 7 Denver Business Journal report.

'The biggest challenge is also the biggest reward': Cleveland Clinic committed to international growth

Cleveland Clinic is one of a few top health systems that has expanded its international presence in recent years, increasing the diversity of its healthcare operations while promoting its clinical expertise in new markets. 

Know who's across the table, says Florida system supply leader

It’s rare for a hospital or health system to constantly win the ECRI Institute’s supply excellence award — between 2022 and 2023, only four systems made both lists. Jackson Health System in Miami has won thrice since 2020. 

Arkansas hospital accused of suing more than 8,000 patients, employees over medical debt

Little Rock-based University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’s debt collection lawsuits have skyrocketed since 2019 with more than 8,000 patients, including more than 500 of its staff, for unpaid medical debts, a CNN investigation found.