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The rise of health system chief transformation officers

Facing rising costs, lower reimbursements and increased care demands, health systems are in need of serious transformation. Centennial, Colo.-based Centura Health created a new C-suite position to tackle these positions and redesign the system for futu…

Baptist 1st system to use blockchain for drug pricing

Baptist Health, a nine-hospital system in Louisville, Ky., is the first health system in the U.S. to use MediLedger’s blockchain technology to review prices for procured drugs.

Teladoc, Microsoft to bring generative AI to telehealth

Teladoc is partnering with Microsoft to integrate its artificial intelligence services, which can automate clinical documentation, on the company’s telehealth platform. 

Henry Ford Health notifies 168,000 patients of data breach

Henry Ford Health notified 168,000 patients that a phishing scheme, conducted by an unauthorized party, may have compromised their protected health information. 

Rochester Regional eyes operational changes, hires 475 international nurses

Rochester (N.Y.) Regional Health is experiencing the same workforce challenges as all health systems across the U.S.

CIOs fear Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling could worsen IT diversity

CIOs worry that the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning affirmative action at colleges could make IT less diverse, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Michigan officials issue alert for swine flu after county fair pigs test positive

Health department officials have issued an alert after multiple pigs became infected with swine flu at the Oakland County Fair in Pontiac, Mich., around July 14, according to a news release.

3 hospitals' capacity plan if another 'tripledemic' hits this virus season

Last fall and winter, hospitals took a number of steps to handle what for many was an unprecedented demand for care amid a simultaneous surge of respiratory syncytial virus, flu and COVID-19.

AdventHealth hospital names chief nursing officer

Darla Fish, MSN, RN, has been appointed chief nursing officer of AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach in Florida, effective Aug. 13.

Northwell inks new AI partnership with Aidoc

New Hyde Park-based Northwell Health installed Aidoc, an artificial intelligence-powered clinical workflow platform, at 17 of its New York state hospitals.