AI Goes All In To Support Nursing Teams: Ambient Charting is Just the Start
The question is whether these AI tools will be another fragmented layer of technology or true assistants to help them spend more time on patient care.
From OpenNotes to “Doc Can I Record You?” Why Physicians Should Embrace Era of Accountability
Healthcare has a habit of embracing patient empowerment right up until patients become powerful.
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Closing the Quality-Affordability Gap in Workplace Mental Health
In an interview, Kyan Health Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer Konstantin Struck discussed how Kyan gives mid-market and enterprise employers access to premium workforce mental healthcare, at a price point that is affordable.
The Nurse Is Health Care’s Most Underpriced Founder
They see the problem first, build the fix, and decide whether it is ever adopted. The market has trained them to hide the one credential that de-risks the deal.
The Missing Link in Surgical Safety: Integrating Patient Warming and Positioning
Historically, warming and positioning have been addressed independently because, in many surgical procedures, they do not significantly interfere with one another. However, that’s not the case in most robotic-assisted surgeries.
As MA Denial Rates Rise, Hospitals Are Betting on Traditional Medicare Instead
As Medicare Advantage denial rates climb, health systems are dropping plans and steering patients back to traditional Medicare. Pearl Health CEO Michael Kopko thinks the original Medicare Advantage bargain has broken down — and that the model may never have been as efficient as policymakers assumed.
Hospital Margins Fell This Summer Amid Outpatient Slowdown, Data Shows
Hospitals' operating margins fell to 1.4% in July, down from 2.2% in May and June, according to new data from Kaufman Hall. The margin decrease was driven largely by a seasonal slowdown in elective surgeries and payer mix pressures.
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From Blind Spots to Better Outcomes: How SNF Data Transparency Strengthens LTSS
What if health plans could identify member decline before an avoidable hospitalization occurs? Real-time clinical visibility into long-stay SNF members uncovers risk earlier and drives better outcomes.
Shadow AI Is the Fastest Growing Force in Medicine, and Hospitals Are the Only Ones Who Can Control It
If trust, transparency, and accountability remain core values in medicine, AI governance cannot be left to improvisation.
Augmenting the Systems That Support Patient Mobility
Automation in healthcare gains value when it strengthens the conditions that allow clinicians to practice at the top of their training.
Imprivata CEO: AI Agents Need the Same Scrutiny as an Unvetted Contract Nurse
Imprivata CEO Fran Rosch said AI agents should be treated similarly to the way hospitals treat a new contract nurse — vetted, monitored and then cut off as soon as the job is done.
How Lifepoint Health Is Using AI to Give Nurses Their Time Back
Michelle Watson, Lifepoint Health's chief nurse executive, believes ambient listening and AI-powered patient prioritization are helping nurses reclaim time on tasks that don't require clinical judgment. The goal is to free nurses up for the work that actually requires their expertise.
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Automation Didn’t Dehumanize Care. Bad Systems Did.
We have the opportunity to design systems that give people greater capacity for the work where human presence matters most: listening, understanding, reassuring, deciding, and caring.
Is Radiology at a Structural Breaking Point? What Will Move It to a Better Future?
The path forward requires much more than whack-a-mole point solution replacement. It requires a more critical look at redesigning the entire workflow architecture
Oracle Health Execs Subpoenaed After VA Contract Costs Nearly Triple
The House VA Committee voted 19-0 to subpoena Oracle Health executives Larry Ellison and Mike Sicilia after learning the VA's EHR contract ballooned from $10 billion to $27 billion — despite Oracle's promise to Congress that it would absorb any costs beyond the original cap.
7 Hospital Mergers from Summer 2026
A roundup of the seven most notable hospital mergers and acquisitions announced or completed this summer, including Prisma Health’s acquisition of Erlanger Health and Sanford Health’s purchase of North Memorial Health
Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires, Exits and Layoffs
August has seen a slew of executive hires, exits and layoffs across the healthcare industry. For instance, Humana, Merck and Mayo Clinic named new executives. There were also layoffs at organizations including MaineHealth, Cellares and Sharp HealthCare.
Hospitals Are All In on AI, but Testing and Oversight Haven’t Caught Up
A new report found that while more than 90% of health systems have deployed third-party AI tools, less than half have the infrastructure to properly test and validate them before they become embedded in patient care.