Why Staff Safety is the Foundation of Clinical Excellence
When healthcare staff feel unsafe, they are more likely to feel overwhelmed and distracted, increasing their risk of error. This directly links provider safety to patient safety.
Why UHS Is Acquiring Talkspace for $835M
Universal Health Services plans to acquire Talkspace for $835 million to create a national behavioral health platform that integrates virtual therapy with in-person care.
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Inside an Automated Healthcare Practice: Redesigning Care Around People, Not Paperwork
By reducing administrative burden and redesigning workflows around human needs, it creates space for what matters most: connection between clinicians and patients.
Why This Rural Health System Is Scaling AI for Point-of-Care Decision Making
Presbyterian Healthcare Services has rolled out an AI-powered precision care platform to 200 primary care providers, helping them review charts, identify care gaps and make faster treatment decisions. The tool is also designed to maximize each visit, especially for rural patients who travel long distances to receive care.
The Healthcare Industry Requires a New Kind of Leader
Today’s challenges — such as rapid technological innovations, shifting patient demographics, and mounting financial pressures — call not for just any leader but for a particular type of leader. They must be able to assess like clinicians and lead like CEOs.
AI Startups Are Tying Fees to Completed Tasks. Will Hospitals Buy In?
Healthcare AI startups are experimenting with pricing models that tie their costs to real-world results, such as completed tasks or improved patient outcomes. While investors see this as a way to prove value, many hospitals remain skeptical, preferring predictable pricing.
Why Hospital Outpatient Isn’t the Default for Long-Term Infusion Anymore
The move toward infusion centers as the preferred site of care is not a short-term response. It aligns with broader industry trends, including specialty drug pipelines that continue to favor infused biologics and a sustained rise in infusion demand.
Beyond Analytics: How Sellers Dorsey is Hard-Coding Value into Medicaid Policy [Video]
How to turn analytics into actual policy outcomes.
Mount Sinai Drops Anthem Following Contract Dispute
Contract negotiations between Mount Sinai and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield broke down this week, leaving the health system completely out of Anthem’s insurance network. The dispute reflects broader pressures on payers and providers, with rising costs and administrative inefficiencies driving contentious contract battles and highlighting the need for deeper cost-control innovation.
Balancing the Role of Physicians and AI [Video]
At the ViVE conference in LA, Smarter Technologies Chief Medical Officer Ruben Amarasingham MD talked with Katie Adams about the company's larger goals for AI: to improve the accuracy of data and make healthcare less burdensome for physicians and clinicians.
The Domino Effect of Healthcare Staffing Struggles
Investing in modern, tech-enabled staffing solutions is not just about filling shifts; it’s about building more resilient organizations that anticipate labor demands, prioritize patient care, and achieve sustainable financial health.
Solving the Psychological Safety Problem in Healthcare
Safety threats impact more than what is physically visible. The emotional toll is crushing the healthcare workforce from the inside out, and until the erosion of psychological safety is addressed, the battle to combat workplace violence will continue.
The Power Behind Enterprise EHR Software for Large Healthcare Systems
Enterprise EHR boosts scalability, interoperability, and governance for large healthcare systems.
After 4-Week Strike, Kaiser Permanente Workers Score Tentative Win on Staffing & Pay
About 31,000 Kaiser Permanente workers ended a four-week strike after reaching a tentative agreement that includes measures to address chronic understaffing and wage increases. The full contract has not yet been ratified.
Making Quality a Daily Habit
Sustainable quality doesn’t live in binders or dashboards; it lives in the small, repeatable actions that happen every day.
4 Health Tech Trends Startups Can’t Ignore, Per an Oak HC/FT Partner
During a recent interview at the ViVE conference in Los Angeles, Oak HC/FT Partner Vig Chandramouli shared four key trends shaping the health tech startup market, from underinvested labor management, pricing risks and the influence of Epic on long-term deals.
DOJ, Ohio File Antitrust Suit Against OhioHealth Over Payer Contracts
The Department of Justice and the state of Ohio filed an antitrust lawsuit against OhioHealth this week, alleging the health system used “all-or-nothing” contracts that force insurers to include all of its hospitals and physicians. The case highlights federal and state scrutiny of hospital consolidation and restrictive contracting practices — with potential implications for payers, patients and healthcare markets across the country.
The Rural Care Crisis Is an Economic Issue, Not Just a Public Health One
As hundreds of rural hospitals face the risk of closure, healthcare leaders warn that the fallout extends far beyond patient outcomes. During a panel at ViVE in Los Angeles, healthcare leaders outlined how access to care underpins the economic stability of rural America.